Comments on Profile Post by SoulPunisher

  1. SoulPunisher
    SoulPunisher
    In the immediate after-effect, the British Government passed six laws that made all gatherings to discuss parliamentary reform illegal. They arrested an MP that spoke in support of the protestors, alongside all the journalists reporting on the event. They forced a newspaper to close and The Guardian was founded in its place by several pro-reformist businessmen.
    Aug 16, 2019
  2. SoulPunisher
    SoulPunisher
    After several more uprisings and army-suppressed strikes, eventually the Great Reform Act of 1832 was passed, changing the way constituencies worked to turn the UK's electoral map from a provincial mess to the more representative mess it is today.
    Aug 16, 2019
  3. SoulPunisher
    SoulPunisher
    It would take until 1928 before everyone would get the right to vote thanks to the work of the feminist suffragette movement, but the Peterloo Massacre was an important turning point and we must remember it those innocent people who were murdered in the name of preventing democracy.
    Aug 16, 2019
  4. jaari
    jaari
    Now lets prorogue parliament and lets get Brexit done!
    Aug 17, 2019
  5. SoulPunisher
    SoulPunisher
    And once it's done let's put the plans that allow us to shoot tear gas into crowds of hungry rioters and kill some Northern Irish people angry over their country being split back into two!
    Aug 17, 2019