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“... and volume of research are such that general surveys of the field have lagged far behind. E.H. Hunt’s British Labour History 1815-1914 is much the best attempt so far to cover the 19th century. All works in this field, however scholarly, are political. Hunt’s position is, by the standards of labour history, cautious ...”

“... Knight of Manchester were supported by men of higher social status, such as Henry ‘Orator’ Hunt, a gentleman farmer originally from Wiltshire. Hunt was politically ambitious and a populist in the old sense of the word. He came to national attention when he delivered rousing speeches at the mass demonstrations on Spa ...”

“... of the birch and stocks; Chris Huhne, later energy secretary in David Cameron’s cabinet; Jeremy Hunt, the current health secretary. Johnson liked teaching and had a taste for the rough and tumble. His great day was not as a young man who worried about apartheid, or a feisty libertarian outnumbered by big French Stalinists in bleus de travail, but as a ...”