Complex sentence: This involved giving long speeches to delay passage (also known as filibustering) of Irish coercion acts and to generally obstruct the business of the House to force the Liberals and Conservatives to negotiate with Irish nationalists.
Split into simpler sentences: This involved giving long speeches to delay passage (also known as filibustering) of Irish coercion acts and to generally obstruct the business of the House. The purpose was to force the Liberals and Conservatives to negotiate with Irish nationalists.