The arguments raised on both sides of this issue remain as legitimate and difficult as they were two centuries ago.
Her arguments remain at some variance with the past accounts of other Administration officials and Government investigators.
Even the argument that key settlements offer economies of scale has not remained unscathed.
There still remains the argument that the only good tax is a dead tax.
They abandoned the principle for the council tax, so no argument in principle remains.
But one potential (though much vitiated) argument for general progress remains.
Strong drink and political argument would remain among his chief pleasures for the rest of his life.
The court rejected the argument and the fundraising prohibition remained.
But for him, the best argument remains, "Obituaries are history."
When all is said and done, there remain two key arguments which I recognise.