Cartoon, Eating the Leek

Cartoon, Eating the Leek -- if you can mock a leek, you can eat a leek (Shakespeare, Henry V). Showing John Bright as a soldier, Richard Cobden as Fluellen and Benjamin Disraeli as Pistol. A satirical comment on the Derby Ministry's declared adherence to the Free Trade policy of Cobden and Bright, which they had previously resisted

1852 Agincourt Cobden Comment Depiction Disraeli Fluellen Leek Mock Opposition Parliamentary Protectionism Ridicule Shakespearean Tents Tory Uncomfortable Unwilling Vegetable

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