Cartoon, A New King of the Castle (Disraeli and Gladstone)

Cartoon, A New King of the Castle -- a satirical comment on the political rivalry between Gladstone (Liberal) and Disraeli (Conservative), portrayed as schoolboys about to have a fight. At this time Disraeli was in power, and introducing his Reform Bill to bring about a dramatic increase in the electoral franchise, something which Gladstone had been unable to achieve while he was in power

Analogy Comment Disraeli Electoral Franchise Gladstone Increase Introducing Lowe Reform Rivalry Schoolboy Schoolboys Tory Treasury

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