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HOW CAN WE BRING BOTH SIDES OF THE LEAD ARGUMENT TOGETHER?

Try to find common ground

By Ben Samuelson

In 1831, Thomas Macaulay talked about “reform that you may preserve”. He was proposing the idea of giving the middle classes the vote so revolution wouldn’t sweep across the kingdom. It seems to me the best way of uniting both sides of the debate over lead shot is to clarify we’re doing something similar here – that reform is being proposed so we may preserve

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