Cartoon, Pudding Before Meat (Russell and Reform)

Cartoon, Pudding Before Meat -- Earl Grosvenor, Liberal MP for Chester, comments on Lord John Russell, Liberal Prime Minister, serving Pudding (franchise reform) before Meat (redistribution of seats, held by Gladstone in the background). The only Conservative MP in the room, Benjamin Disraeli, finds it amusing

1866 Amusing Analogy Aristocrat Beef Comment Dish Disraeli Electoral Franchise Gladstone Grosvenor Pudding Redistribution Reform Rival Rivals Seats Tory

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