The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/AthenOwl on 2025-01-22 14:26:04.

Original Title: TIL of the swing riots in 1830 England. Farmers unemployed by new machinery rioted across much of England, which prompted calls for reform. The PM, the Duke of Wellington, suggested the existing constitution was perfect and couldn’t imagine reform causing a mob to attack his house and his fall as PM