But the Corn Laws and the Irish Cattle Acts were the cornerstone of English and Scottish financial power in the Eighteenth Century. They gave wealth to the Yeoman, Husbandman class. It was only later… (View Post)
Few Romans would consider the CD bit of "CDXC" an acceptable form, the number should be rendered ccccxc. Like clock faces, iiij was always preferred for 4 but ix was widely used and xl and … (View Post)
As a now retired farmer I have some but limited sympathy for the President of the NFU, Tom Bradshaw. There is no doubt he is a better holder of the office than his more recent predecessors. However, … (View Post)
These changes have no effect on millionaire business men. It is families where both partners work 60, 80 hours per week for less than half the minimum wage, never taking a holiday that this vile Nati… (View Post)