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IMO this is just another stigma to add to the list re the 'other side' of Great Britain's governance - the 'dark side'. There are many similar stories to add to this one incl the injustices practised by the British establishment against women's rights, the LGBT community, known communists (and god help you if serving in the armed forces) to name but a few 'black marks' on Great Britain and the Empire! One story that always appealed to me was the WW1 rebellion by British soldiers in France that was eventually quashed and most of the offenders executed - IMO these guys were heroes fighting against a system that deemed that upper crust toffs could send thousands n thousands of British soldiers to certain slaughter or life changing injuries if they were lucky. There are some great books written on the subject and this 'protest' that cost the lives of some very young soldiers who were caught up in the politics and hardship of the first world war.