It was nip and tuck [between the Tories and the Whigs] during this reign and the next one. No one could foresee with surety how an election would result, nor was there even any certainty as to the outcome of a vote in the closely balanced House of Commons. The absence of a few Whigs or Tories for a cockfight or a party might be enough to change the vote.
(from A History of England and the British Empire)
No comments:
Post a Comment