John Bright - "England Is The Mother of Parliaments"

"England Is The Mother of Parliaments"

Bright coined this famous phrase on 18 January 1865 in a speech at Birmingham supporting an expansion of the franchise. It has often been misquoted as a reference to the UK Parliament.

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