I see no reason why we should not repay the Progressists for their infamous behaviour of 1887  and bring it home to them that they exist by our grace only. Parnell s decision of 1886 that the Irish in England should all vote against the Liberals, for the Tories, that is, for the first time since 1800 stop being a herd voting for the Liberals, transformed Gladstone and the Liberal chiefs into Home Rulers in a matter of six weeks.  If anything can still be made out of the Progressists, then only by showing them in the by-elections ad oculos that they are dependent on us.
Letters: Marx-Engels Correspondence 1885. Ireland