Leader of the House of Commons @CommonsLeader
Nevertheless, Sept 1793 IS important as a moment when the Mountain comes under pressure from the sans-culottes. The "beautiful egalitarian constitution" agreed in 1791 is shelved and instead "exceptional measures" are introduced by the ominous-sounding Committee of Public Safety. https://t.co/Mj58SRIeL3 — PolitiTweet.org