Post on 25-Feb-2016
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The Great Rivalry
The Parliamentary World
• Prestigious• Important• Fun
Shared Liberal Principles
• Political liberty• Economic liberty• National liberty
Shared Conservative Principles
• Liberals: reform should be slow• Conservatives: accept change that’s
occurred
Liberal Party Factions
• Whigs• Radicals• Peelites
Conservative Party Factions
• Anglican Church supporters• Traditional Tory squires• Former Liberal industrialists
Disraeli
• Born a Jew• Serious wit• Novelist
Dizzy as PM in 1874
• Pure Food and Drug Act• Slum Clearance Act• Consolidated Factory and Health Acts• “Tory Democracy”
Gladstone
• Scottish father• Began as Tory• Deeply religious• Extraordinary physical energy• Very long career
Gladstone’s Liberal Development
• Tariff reformer• Interest in national European liberty• Streamlines budget• Gradual belief in democracy
Midlothian Campaign