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BBC gives unqualified praise to a Liberal politician
2 comments on BBC gives unqualified praise to a Liberal politician…just a shame the politician in question has been dead since 1898. Yes, this is BBC Two’s fabulous ‘The Great British Bake Off‘ whose mini in-programme historical documentary — which gives viewers a little break from the egg, flour, caramel, tears, competitiveness, and vanilla essence — this week highlighted the role of sweet-toothed W. E. Gladstone in lifting the Sugar Tax in 1874 and making good cheap sugar affordable to the working classes. This was an application of…
