5th May 1821, the first edition of The Guardian… & the first Fletter
The Guardian is 200 years old on 5th May. I am not quite old enough to have had a letter in the first edition but below is what one might have read like it:
Dear Editor,
It’s good to see that the Manchester Guardian supports an extension of the suffrage, the fundamental issue that saw so many cut down by Tory oppressors on horseback at Peterloo, the August before last.
It’s not just the vote. Working men see the vote as the way to get what we have long needed. I refer to the 10 hour working day and a daily wage sufficient to put food on the table.
I trust we will have your support.
Yours faithfully
Keith Flett
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