Original sentence: However, its arguably sympathetic stance towards an Irish Republican freedom fighter - a character that the British and Ulster Unionist Establishment of the time seen as a mere 'criminal' - attracted some criticism in both the Britain and Northern Ireland of the era
Edited sentence: However, its arguably sympathetic stance towards an Irish Republican freedom fighter or terrorist - a character that the British and Ulster Unionist Establishment of the time seen as a mere criminal - attracted some criticism in both the Britain and Northern Ireland of the era