Cartoon, A Surprising Success (Electoral Reform)

Cartoon, A Surprising Success -- John Bull congratulates Lord Derby, Conservative Prime Minister, on his success in winning the Reform Stakes, using horseracing as a metaphor for electoral reform. Bull didn't think it would be possible. Derby's political colleague, Benjamin Disraeli, can be seen in the background, as a jockey riding a horse from Derby's Stables'. The Liberal Party had tried to bring in reform when they were in government, without success, leaving the field open to the incoming Conservative government

Analogy Colleague Comment Congratulates Conservatives Details Disraeli Electoral Extend Extension Franchise Horseracing Increase Metaphor Reform Surprising Tory Voting

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