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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
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