I gather the brave Irishmen buggered off here, the UK, or elsewhere in the Empire/Commonwealth, and the cowards that were left elected the biggest cowards among them into government.
Just so you know, “bugger” means “to f*** in the ass,” and is based on an ethnic slur against Bulgarians, who were associated by the West with the Cathar sect, which believed procreative sex led to damnation, but non-procreative sex was fine.