The 1824 Act repealing the Combination Laws had, as politicians and trade unionists were very well aware, been " smuggled through " the House by Place and the Radical MP Joseph Hume by dint of persistent lobbying and political manipulation.
The 1824 Act repealing the Combination Laws had, as politicians and trade unionists were very well aware, been " smuggled through " the House by Place and the Radical MP Joseph Hume by the force of persistent lobbying and political manipulation.