... to prison, but he was released on appeal to the House of Lords. In the meanwhile the Tory Government was defeated, and the Whigs took office in their stead. O'Connell's agitation collapsed, and he again sought the Government alliance. A new party had however ...

... necessary reforms. Politics is a game that has now been practised for over two hundred of years between Whigs and Tories. It is a Tory Government to-day, a Whig Government to-morrow. Meanwhile the working classes are left to stew in their former misery and ...