' The Great Reform Bill of 1831 and the Franchise today'
MARY STOCKS
The object of this broadcast is to show the reasons for the great Reform Bill of 1832, and to describe how it was passed and how it led to other reforms in the franchise. Three passages of narration will link a number of dramatic historical flash-backs. The first four of these deal with the Duke of Wellington's attitude towards the Lords, the Commons, and franchise ; with the great run on the Bank staged by Francis Place ; with the distribution by carriers of election posters to all the big towns in Great Britain; and with Macaylay's speech on the passing of the Reform Bill. Other brief ' snapshots ' will deal with votes for women, and a later speech by Mr. Baldwin, now Lord Baldwin.