This isn't entertainment! how accurate historically it is Im not clear. However, the presentation makes it clear that the "prince regent" and "prime minister" of the day both consider the working class people of the scum of society. the prince regent is portrayed as a selfish moron with no intellect. the prime minister portrayed as a pompous fool. Those who died at Peterloo died for the COMMON Man, they were there to simply "peacefully" protest...no weapons, no form of defence and yet truly "great" soldiers (as described by the P M of the day) cut innocent working people to pieces.....the ODD thing about this film is that not one part of it takes place in "Manchester or Lancashire"....those of us who were born after this moment in our history do not seem to realise how privileged we are that others died to get what we have today....this film, Mr Leigh pulls no punches as to what society back then might well have been like
Review of Peterloo
