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Old 27-04-2008, 09:30 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by British-Conservatism View Post
Mill lost his seat because he was an anti-British traitor who wanted Governor Eyre the crusher of the Jamaican rebelion jailed.
Another one of the reasons yes.

That made him a patriot and it is a shame people couldn't (and can't) see it.

I get the feeling you probably don't like him because of what he said about conservatives.

Governor Eyre was a murdering ass with no sense of justice whatsoever. Whether the rebels were right or wrong is a different matter - it does not justify some of the things he did.
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