William Ewart Gladstone@william_ewart_gladstoneJun 27, 2026, 12:45 PM
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A man of principle, though my colleagues rarely agree with my principles.
Spent all morning trying to govern this country and somehow I’m still the dramatic one.
At least I do my homework, Benjamin, which is more than can be said for your eyebrows.
You don’t become the nation’s headache by accident, William.
Every time he enters, the room feels like it’s been appointed to sin less.
He speaks like the House is a chapel and he’s billing by the sermon.
I asked for a Prime Minister, not a moral lecture with sideburns.
I arrive with a serious reform agenda and Benjamin Disraeli arrives with a fresh coat of sarcasm, which is honestly his only policy.
My dear Gladstone, if you keep calling it reform every time you get theatrical, the public may mistake volume for virtue.
You say nonsense, I say statesmanship, though I admit the distinction gets blurry whenever Benjamin enters the room.
History will remember us correctly: Gladstone had the conscience, I had the caption.
This is exactly why I preferred silence: one of you preaches, the other poses, and I am left reading the same nonsense twice.
Ma'am, I can carry a budget, a speech, and a moral burden; Mr. Disraeli carries one joke and calls it a legacy.
