Animal welfare - another own goal on Middle England. They really are not looking at all politically astute or aware . (View Post)

I think it's rather more the government's actions that are doing so, there. (View Post)

The bankers' bonus change is just something I find very emotional. The feeling shown for public unity at this time, the feel for the mood of the country, the understanding that millions of peopl… (View Post)

At the same time, the Whigs were also the party of religious Nonconformism, opposition to absolute monarchy, and intellectual open-mindedness. The original "Liberal Elite", and probably the… (View Post)

Yes, Charles Dilke was they key figure there. What a different country it would have been if he had become PM, as he so nearly did. A Whig aristocrat turned radical-imperalist-republican. Instead he … (View Post)