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I've listed this article for peer review because certain areas, especially The Attempted Arrest, have dialogue that I'm not sure is verifiable enough to include as I do not have the book it is citing. I am not sure whether this dialogue should be included. Furthermore, feedback on how to improve the article would be appreciated, as I wish to see the grade of the article improve.

Thanks, Aknell4 (talk • contribs) 19:57, 1 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is rather astonishing. You've added "allegedly" and you're questioning the accuracy of the quotation in serious scholarly secondary sources simply because you don't have copies? I do; I have them in front of me now. And there are multiple other scholarly studies that could be used equally well. That dialogue is one of the most famous of all parliamentary quotations of the period, is quoted by a wide range of scholars of the period, and is based on an original eye-witness account, as the cited sources themselves will tell you. This is no more "alleged" than is any other eye-witness historical fact. Anyway, best discussed not here but on the article talk page. MichaelMaggs (talk) 07:53, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Look, I couldn't verify the quotes myself and I didn't know the reliability of the sources so I thought it best to err on the side of caution. Thank you for verifying those though. --Aknell4 (talk • contribs) 14:13, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be interested in working to bring this article up to GA status, and relevant peer review comments would be very helpful. MichaelMaggs (talk) 08:49, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Same here. --Aknell4 (talk • contribs) 14:14, 2 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]