1831-32, Thomas Attwood formed the Birmingham Political Union which united the working and middle classes.
There was poor economic performance 1829-30 which created the dissatisfaction necessary to give the form movement back the impetus it lost when the economy improved in 1822.
The general election followed the death of George IV, suggesting the tide in the country was for reform.
The vigour of the radical press returned, with Hetherington's Poor Man's Guardian' and Doherty's Voice of the People' gaining working class readership.
The July revolution of 1830 for the second time overthrew the Bourbon monarchy in France this could have provided pressure on politicians to reform.
Swing Riots began in 1830 and continued during the reform crisis. Workers attached the threshing machines they felt were causing their unemployment. The Swing Riots were uncoordinated, sporadic and easily controlled, however, they alarmed the ruling class and alerted them to a mood of......
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