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Radio 4,1 min

How the guillotine kick-started British “small c” conservatism

British Conservatism: The Grand Tour

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Anne McElvoy tells of how the French Revolution shocked progressive MP Edmund Burke into defending British traditions and privileges - sowing the seeds of British conservatism.

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