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Examines evidence that has been used to claim that British foreign secretary Lord William Grenville supported a French royalist plot to assassinate the Directory in the 18th century. Collapse of the British secret service's counter-revolutionary plans in France; Communications difficulties associated with undercover secret service activities in the era.

Discusses the debate over the value of petitions for the recovery of public opinion in mid-17th century England. Arguments for a greater attentiveness to the politics and processes in their production; Construction of contrasting royalist and parliamentarian confessional politics; Reading of the content of petitions offering evidence of the popular response to Laudian ceremonialism.

Focuses on the use of the English legal system as a method of the recovering estates during the Civil War in Great Britain. Efforts of royalists and Catholic delinquents to confiscate lands; Respect given to due process by the radical MP staffing of the Indemnity Committee.

Discusses the state formation and parish government in England from 1640 to 1740. State formation manifested at the base of the governmental system; Extent of, and reasons for the support of national policies at the parish level; Source of state power; Initiatives by parish vestries.

Focuses on the religious politics of England's Member of Parliament George Howard, better known as Lord Morpeth. Inference of his theological views from his comments on sermons and devotional texts; Attempt to reconcile a theory of individual personality with ideas of community and brotherhood.

Investigates the circle of writers working for pro-government newspapers during the age of Whig supremacy under Sir Robert Walpole from the 1720s to the 1740s. Misinterpretations of Walpolean political thought; Three philosophical questions addressed in defense; Objectives of pro-government response to Walpole's corruption of political system and betrayal of Whig values.

Examines the membership and organization of the opposition that emerged in the house of lords between 1720 and 1723 in Great Britain. Leadership of William, 1st Earl Cowper; Political reaction to the extensive corruption exposed by the bursting of the South Sea Bubble; Extensive campaign of protests against the opposition's defeat in votes; Legacy of the new opposition.

Asserts that, instead of promoting pro-Labour sentiment, it seems that the Second World War left many members of the British public disengaged from the political process and cynical about the motives of all politicians. Consequences of this disengagement; The implementation of the Beveridge report; The level of disenchantment with Conservative-dominated interwar and wartime governments; Introduction of extensive reforms by post-war government; More.

Discusses the impact that the Fourth Reform Act had for the Liberal and Labour parties in Great Britain in 1918. The changes made by the act enabled the Labour Party to become a `national' party; Assisted Labour's strategy of eliminating the Liberal party as a parliamentary force; Significance of the act's timing.

Examines religious and political conflict in the Kent boroughs of Dover, Canterbury and Sandwich in the early 1680s. The personal, political and religious divisions in Dover; The dissenting group which controlled the corporation of Canterbury; he activities of the dissenting mayor of Sandwich; The government took action in response to the demands of local loyalists.