The principal writer was Peter Heylin but Birkenhead brought satire, slanders and incisive polemics which the parliamentary party found difficult to rebuff.
該書的主要作者是 彼得海林 （Peter Heylin），但Birkenhead帶諷刺，誹謗和尖銳的辯論使得議會政黨發現難以拒絕。