http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2012/aug/21/archive-1856-scientists-industrial-age
If we could see England as she was fifty years ago, and compare her then state with that which we see around us now, we should probably find that many of the greatest changes that struck our eye would not be those which have been the work of statesmen, or of parliaments, but those the first conception of which have silently risen in the mind of some thoughtful individual, have then been matured by some practical man of science or of business, and have at length been realised and worked into actual existence by the exertions of private individuals, or of some self-constituted association.
The above quote was taken from the above link, from an archive and it basically states that the great industrial changes that we see today are due to hard working practical people and not the parliamentary type. An interesting read!
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