Whilst politics may not have been directly the cause for the Merthyr Tydfil and Newport Risings, the political decisions of a Government in its bills and statutes can adversely affect a defined population, such as the coal and ironworkers of South Wales, and set into motion a movement that politically changes the country. The risings that occurred in both Merthyr and Newport could have heralded a dramatic change in the government of the day, however …showed first 75 words of 2115 total…

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