More 19th century democracy
"The final and most contentious wave of land enclosures in England occurred between about 1750 and 1850. Whereas the purpose of most previous enclosures had been to turn productive arable land into less productive (though more privately lucrative) sheep pasture, the colonization of Scotland for wool, and India and the Southern US states for cotton now prompted the advocates of enclosure to play a different set of cards: their aim was to turn open fields, pastures and wastelands — everything in fact — into more productive arable and mixed farm land. Their byword was "improvement". Their express aim was to increase efficiency and production and so both create and feed an increasingly large proletariat who would work either as wage labourers in the improved fields, or as machine minders in the factories."
You really are going to try and walk away from this nonsense, arent you?
The Liverpool myth appears to have been exploded fully - no comment on the grounds it might incriminate you.
"Please provide the quotes Jom "
I watched the programme, as did many her, no doubt
How do you provide a quote on a programme that's been and gone?
A promise of a job and security has always been a ploy for the army - top well known to be disputed, even by you - turn your tel on.
When we used to visit the borders in the 80s and 90s we drank in pubs with beer mats saying "out of a job - join the Army; they didn't mention Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, The Falklands, Iraq... and all those other exotic places where you were expected to go and fly the flag and slaughter the residents.
From an article on Irish recruitment to the army.
"To the question of why Irishmen joined the British Army, Peter Karsten in his research paper, "Irish Soldiers in the British Army, 1792-1922," presents many readily understandable reasons. Foremost was economic opportunity since most volunteers were of minimal means. Regular pay, daily sustenance, medical services, pension benefits, and post-service government jobs were strong inducements."
Had enough yet - plenty mote?
Jim Carroll