Suella Braverman’s speech at the Tory Conference on Tuesday was made on the site of the Peterloo Massacre on Monday August 16th 1819.
Yeomanry on horseback cut down, killed and injured protesters for the vote. The Magistrate who sent the Yeomanry in William Hulton went on after the 1832 Reform Act to found the West Lancashire Conservative Association, one of the forerunners to the Tory Party.
Shelley, whose words Braverman quoted at the end of her speech was a leading opponent of the Tory Government that had backed the Peterloo Massacre.
Shelley is our history, the Yeomanry is Braverman’s history
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