{"id":5923,"date":"2017-05-03T20:45:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T19:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/?p=5923"},"modified":"2017-05-25T21:51:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T20:51:43","slug":"mandate-to-rule-a-series-of-election-specials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/2017\/05\/mandate-to-rule-a-series-of-election-specials\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandate to Rule; a series of &#8220;election specials&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mandate-to-rule-logo-for-website.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5921\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mandate-to-rule-logo-for-website.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"107\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Theresa May has called a snap election in search of a mandate for\u2026 well, whatever it is she wants a mandate for (she may yet let us know among the Lynton Crosby-inspired parroted soundbites), so we at Footprints of London towers thought we would call our own \u201csnap theme week\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">with a series of walks with a political bent <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">in<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> the week leading up to the big day<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Our lords and masters seeking our opinion on which of them and precisely how they should rule is, of course, a relative newcomer <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">in historical terms<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">; it is, after all, less than 100 years since the first election with a genuinely representative franchise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">So while we will cover some significant names and events from this more recent period, we will also look back to the years prior to that to explore how political power has been grabbed, stolen, fought over, violently attacked, entrenched and generally abused in the years before \u201cfair\u201d elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">To join us on any of the walks click any of the links below, or look out for the <em>Mandate to Rule<\/em> logo on our <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/select-a-date\/?month_cal=6&amp;year_cal=2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June walks list<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">A little taster of what you can expect:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Churchill-British-Bulldog-MTR-4x3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5926\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Churchill-British-Bulldog-MTR-4x3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Churchill-British-Bulldog-MTR-4x3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Churchill-British-Bulldog-MTR-4x3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Churchill-British-Bulldog-MTR-4x3.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/walks\/?guide=Amber+the+American+Tour+Guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amber<\/a> kicks us off with two walks on Friday June 2nd.\u00a0 First up in the morning is <em><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=34251620519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Winston Churchill \u2013 The British Bulldog<\/a><\/em>, a personal portrait of arguably our greatest ever Prime Minister which explores his successes, struggles, family life and, of course, his enduring legacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Gunpowder-Treason-Plot-MTR-4x3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5928\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Gunpowder-Treason-Plot-MTR-4x3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Gunpowder-Treason-Plot-MTR-4x3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Gunpowder-Treason-Plot-MTR-4x3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Gunpowder-Treason-Plot-MTR-4x3.jpg 944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>Amber returns later the same day with <em><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=34250580408\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gunpowder Treason and Plot<\/a><\/em> which not only recounts the detail of the infamous attempt to blow up Parliament, but is also a fun and informative walk through other memorable political events of the 17th and 18th centuries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Strong-and-Stable-leadership-MTR-4x3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5935\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Strong-and-Stable-leadership-MTR-4x3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Strong-and-Stable-leadership-MTR-4x3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Strong-and-Stable-leadership-MTR-4x3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Strong-and-Stable-leadership-MTR-4x3.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/walks\/?guide=Jack+Yeomanson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack<\/a> picks up the baton on the morning of Saturday 3rd June with <em><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=34161463858\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strong and Stable Leadership? Westminster and the Civil War<\/a><\/em> which explores the 1642 estrangement of King and Parliament that led inexorably to war, a republic, a restoration and a different style of monarchy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tracing-the-Tudors-MTR-4x3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5936\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tracing-the-Tudors-MTR-4x3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tracing-the-Tudors-MTR-4x3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tracing-the-Tudors-MTR-4x3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Tracing-the-Tudors-MTR-4x3.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/walks\/?guide=Mark+Rowland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark<\/a> is next up on the afternoon of Saturday 3rd June with <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=34156202120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Tracing the Tudors: The King\u2019s Brexit<\/em><\/a> which tracks down the London locations that tell the stories of Henry VIII\u2019s own version of Brexit and the consequences for the characters who found themselves on the wrong side of his whims as we split from the Roman church.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Churchill-vs-Cabinet-MTR-4x3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5927\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Churchill-vs-Cabinet-MTR-4x3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Churchill-vs-Cabinet-MTR-4x3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Churchill-vs-Cabinet-MTR-4x3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Churchill-vs-Cabinet-MTR-4x3.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/walks\/?guide=Jack+Yeomanson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack<\/a> is back on the afternoon of Sun 4th June with <em><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=34161488933\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Battle That Won the War: Churchill versus the Cabinet<\/a><\/em>, another look at the great man\u2019s enduring legacy but this time from the very specific perspective of the crucial internal battle he fought with his own cabinet to stamp his much-needed authority on our war strategy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Stalking-the-Stuarts-MTR-4X3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5934\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Stalking-the-Stuarts-MTR-4X3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Stalking-the-Stuarts-MTR-4X3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Stalking-the-Stuarts-MTR-4X3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Stalking-the-Stuarts-MTR-4X3.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>On Monday 5th June, <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/walks\/?guide=Jen+Pedler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jen<\/a> enters the fray with <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=34135707821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Stuarts: from Divine Right to Constitutional Monarchy<\/em><\/a> which recounts the story of the Stuarts\u2019 turbulent journey through conspiracy, civil war, execution, abdication and revolution and the struggles between King and Parliament over who should have the mandate to rule.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Seat-of-Power-MTR-4x3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5933\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Seat-of-Power-MTR-4x3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Seat-of-Power-MTR-4x3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Seat-of-Power-MTR-4x3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Seat-of-Power-MTR-4x3.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/walks\/?guide=David+Charnick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dave<\/a> is next up on the afternoon of Tuesday June 6th with <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=34180052457\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Seat of Power<\/em><\/a>, the story of how Westminster, the cradle of one of the world\u2019s great democracies, was the creation of generations of monarchs and evolved out of kings and regicides, democracy and terrorism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Parliament-or-King-MTR-4x3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5930\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Parliament-or-King-MTR-4x3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Parliament-or-King-MTR-4x3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Parliament-or-King-MTR-4x3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Parliament-or-King-MTR-4x3.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>On the evening of Tues June 6th <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/walks\/?guide=Robin+Rowles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robin<\/a> heads for The City with <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=34112287771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>\u201cFor parliament or the king?\u201d: Civil War Connections around St Paul&#8217;s and Cheapside\u201d<\/em><\/a> to explore how The City of London was involved in this key period of political history and the impact of the Civil Wars on the parliamentarian, royalist and ordinary citizens of London.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">And we arrive at polling day itself!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Price-of-Conscience-MTR-4x3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5932 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Price-of-Conscience-MTR-4x3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Price-of-Conscience-MTR-4x3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Price-of-Conscience-MTR-4x3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Price-of-Conscience-MTR-4x3.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>On the morning of Thurs June 8th <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/walks\/?guide=David+Charnick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dave<\/a> presents <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=34180089568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Price of Conscience<\/em><\/a>, an exploration of the connections in The City of London connected with Henry VIII\u2019s establishment as Supreme Head of the English church and the price paid by those who chose not to have their conscience suppressed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Pomp-Power-MTR-4x3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5931 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Pomp-Power-MTR-4x3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Pomp-Power-MTR-4x3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Pomp-Power-MTR-4x3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Pomp-Power-MTR-4x3.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/walks\/?guide=Mark+Rowland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark<\/a> brings our mini-series to a close on June 8th with <a href=\"http:\/\/footprintsoflondon.com\/live\/wp-content\/themes\/footprints\/walk.php?id=34155538134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Pomp and Power: Election night special!<\/em><\/a>, a light-hearted early evening jaunt around Whitehall to catch the buzz on election night sprinkled with fun stories such as the dodgy double-dealer after whom the world\u2019s most famous political street is named and the man who won three by-elections from prison, only to have the result overturned each time by the irate King who had put him there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Hopefully a bit of something for everyone!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">So you never know, no matter how tired you are of the current political classes, once you hear of some of the privations our predecessors had to endure, you may yet conclude that you have in fact \u201cnever had it so good\u201d!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">We look forward to seeing you on the walks.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theresa May has called a snap election in search of a mandate for\u2026 well, whatever it is she wants a mandate for (she may yet let us know among the Lynton Crosby-inspired parroted soundbites), so we at Footprints of 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