Modern Britain was born in the late 1600s and early 1700s.
The Bank of England was created, England and Scotland became a united kingdom, political parties as we know them were formed for the first time, and power was increasingly concentrated in the hands of the monarch’s chief minister.
Yet the politicians responsible – Sidney Godolphin, Robert Harley, and the Junto lords – are almost completely forgotten.
On the show today, Aaron talks to George Owers – author of The Rage of Party: How Whig Versus Tory Made Modern Britain – about these early masters of our politics.
They also touch on culture wars, polarisation, and Sydney Sweeney...
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