Mr Laws, who shows every sign of relishing the challenging position of being a Liberal who is seen as wielding the Tory axe, was not shy of bringing Gladstone into it either.
But whoa there.
Gladstone’s own political ‘journey’ was not exactly straightforward, the arc of his political narrative hardly monotonic. Comparisons could be dangerous as well as odious
Remember Gladstone started as a Conservative MP.
For now, let us just savour the moment in December 1852, while a thunderstorm shook the windows of the new House of Commons, & Gladstone delivered the speech denouncing Disraeli’s budget which was followed by the defeat of the government.
Thereafter Gladstone was known as ‘the man who slew the Tories.’
Related post
