"A far off country of which we know little" ! doesn't bode well, does it ? (View Post)

The valuation of land - you mean property is something I know quite a lot about having spent the 1990s studying and comparing Tithe Commutation valuations with the land tax valuations of the same pro… (View Post)

Another example of the Establishment / the Blob if you prefer which many of US will have seen, being as we are people who get involved with politics and sometimes elected to councils and or appointed… (View Post)

What power does the establishment have over the United Kingdom ? When did they come to power ? Good Cambridge History Entrance Exam Question. My own answer, probably about 1727 to 1730. And then they… (View Post)

I prefer the term "Establishment". It has become a modus vivendi. It grew out of the Restoration. If Charles I and the Interregnum had been unacceptable - as they were then there was a need… (View Post)