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A series of Punch cartoons in 1878 featured John Bright alongside Disraeli and Gladstone as one of the three greatest politicians of the age. Unlike Disraeli and Gladstone, Bright’s role has largely been forgotten. Bill Cash, a prominent backbench Conservative MP and descendant of Bright, sets out to put that right. Bright played a central role in most of the important political movements of the Victorian age. He was a founder of the Anti-Corn Law League and played a big part in achieving the abolition of the Corn Laws in 1846. Cash makes links between Bright and the modern Conservative Party and argues that his striving for a vibrant democracy makes him a man for our times.