... 1 is a Historian's view of the relationship between Gladstone and Disraeli. This source tells us how Gladstone believed Disraeli to be corrupt and extravagant. It is easy to see that if this is how Gladstone viewed Disraeli then there were bound to be problems, Gladstone was totally against corruption and if we are to believe the evidence in the source, this was one of the main reasons for his dislike of Disraeli. According to the source Disraeli had "corrupted his party until it was o longer capable of speaking with the voice of true conservatism". Gladstone also disliked his opponents view on foreign policy; he was weary of the expansion of the British Empire, to which Gladstone was very much for, on the grounds of morality. Gladstone also did not like the way on which Disraeli spent public money, he could think of much better ways for the money ...

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