Disraeli as prime minister in 1874
swing of the pendulum A two-party system where governments tend to alternate between the parties, first characterised by the governments of Gladstone and Disraeli.
Adullamites A group of around 40 Liberal MPs who opposed the extension of the franchise. The name is a Biblical reference to the cave of Adullam, the collecting point for ‘every one that was in distress and every one that was discontented’.
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