The Real Merchant
William Cobbett makes a distinction between everyday business and the murky world of Westminster lobbyists and financial speculation.
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William Cobbett
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A firebrand MP of the early nineteenth century, who championed ordinary working people and traditional family values.
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Sandhill School
William Cobbett wondered why he was so different from other MPs, and decided it must be their inferior education.
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