 It also led indirectly to the foundation of the "Manchester Guardian".In a survey conducted by "The Guardian" in 2006, Peterloo came second to the Putney Debates as the event from radical British history that most deserved a proper monument or a memorial.For some time, Peterloo was commemorated only by a blue plaque criticised as being inadequate, referring only to the "dispersal by the military" of an assembly.