How much has changed in British politics over the last two centuries?
I am currently reading a book called “Perilous Question” – subtitled “The drama of the Great Reform Bill 1832” – by Antonia Fraser.
She quotes a tale of the times:
“A little girl asked her mother, ‘Mamma, are Tories born wicked, or do they grow wicked afterwards?’
To which her mother replied, ‘They are born wicked and grow worse.'”