Based on the latest scholarship in the field, University of Winnipeg professor Jim Silver tells the story of early modern poverty with due attention to questions of child poverty, the condition of women, slavery and colonialism with illuminating examples of upper-class cruelty visited on those without means who were considered responsible for their own fate.
the conservatives here, it is for now. 20,000 tory majority overturned. and a buoyant keir starmer arrived here in the past hour, where he congratulated his newest mp, the youngest mp who will sit in the house of commons, 25 year old keir mather. the labour leader will be hoping that a win here proves that labour can perhaps take back any of those seats labour loss to the conservatives in the 2019 general election across the north of england, the so called red wall seats. as for the issues here, there wasn t one particular issue that won it for labour. they were talking about the things everyone is talking about the things everyone is talking about the things everyone is talking about across the country the cost of living, rising prices and nhs waiting lists, all the things that rishi sunak is himself prioritising. but if this was an end of term report for the government, i think the voters in selby would say, must do better. this
have got a bit of a pattern emerging now because in the past 18 months, the conservatives have now lost six constituencies, which in 2019, they won pretty comfortably. that is what we have seen overnight in selby, with the labour again and that is what we have seen overnight in somerton with the lib dem gain. all of that will worry conservative mps this lunchtime. there are still outstanding questions. what is the enthusiasm for the labour party actually like? is this about conservative voters not turning out? and faced with a general election is a choice of who should be in downing street, would voters make a different decision? but this lunchtime, there will be many tory mps in many parts of england who are very worried about these results. thank you, nick eardley reporting there. last august, nine year old olivia pratt korbel was shot dead in her own home when a row between rival drug dealers spilled onto the streets of liverpool. thomas cashman was jailed