... animal that old William Cobbett made his Rural Rides through the counties of England, pen in hand, fulminating against the Whigs and their Corn Laws. The cob was not yet quite a gentleman; though now a riding horse, he was still collar-marked. But he was ...

... agriculture had been essen tially protectionist and had operated through levies on imports. It was only under pressure from Whig industrialists that the Corn Laws were repealed and protection thrown out in order to keep industrial wages down with cheap ...

... however, that the Victorian Prime Ministers were only following in the footsteps of many of their predecessors in office, Whigs and Tories alike, in their support of the Turf. There was a Marquis of Rockingham who held the post as long ago as 1765, and ...