Seriously, tho ' - and to humour Dick - if de Valera had been a British spy (and I remain to be convinced) why did he oppose the 'Anglo-Irish Treaty' ?

It seems to me that if he were working for the British he would have welcomed the 'Treaty' with open arms (so to speak) ?

Do not suggest that he was playing a 'long game' - I said it above and I'll say it again - what he got in 1932 he could have had in 1922 ; and if he had been a British spy, on his terms.