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Entry: Benjamin Disraeli - Early Political Career - A23648376
Author: Kyra - Get this lobster off my head! - U1572880

hi

Hi

Prime Minister of Britain - that's "Great Britain"

Hmmm... how come Disraeli needs a whole Entry just for his early career? Are you planning more Entries about him?

A little background info here please! Who is Peel? And why would he resign just because Disraeli wanted "acknowledgement"? Who was O'Connel? Why was he significant? What office did he stand for - I get the impression this is not PM, but you haven't mentioned any other. I'm having much difficulty following all this back and forth squabbling without a degree in British politics.

I'll read this when I have some time.

Ooh, yes a bookmark smiley. Now, that would be useful!

Hmm, sort of... not quite what I was thinking of though. I've used to flag a conversation for later reading before but even that doesn't seem quite right. Reserved seat smiley perhaps?

I meant to use the book smiley, but I arsed it up.

Right, had a read:

This entry certainly convinces me that there is enough to tell in the early part of Disreali's career to merit it's own entry, but it does need some work. Headers and footnotes would be great if you're feeling confident with guide ml (Disraeli's early childhood Robert Peel, inventor of the potatoe peeler... for example) but other wise:

1) A little early background? When and where was Disreali born- was he rich? Did he come from a political family?

2) Detail regarding extras- people need to know who the likes of Peel are and how they fit in.

3) Context. What are the corn laws, why does it matter whether they are repealed or not, line of succession might be useful. Remember: this is aimed at the educated layman, so you need to aim at people who are reasonably bright but have no idea what you are talking about.

Don't panic, this is a good start, it will shape up nicely into a fine entry.

Did he really? All hail Robert Peel!

No not really. He invented the slightl less impressive cheese peeler.

Is this better? I tried to put in more info about things like the Corn Laws and Daniel O'Connell.

His quest for parliamentary acknowledgement

- wazzat?



Act of Union

- wazzat?




>>which led O'Connell to call Disraeli a reptile and a Jew 'of the lowest and most disgusting grade of moral turpitude', amongst other things.

- yes, but was he successful?



>>israeli was elected as a Tory for Maidstone in 1837, after trying for several years, a

- so he wasn't successful?




>>backbenchers

- wazzat? Is this a coalition democracy term?



>>Disraeli convinced the majority of the Tories to vote with the Whigs against the Coercion Bill, which would have given the government greater power to deal with violence in Ireland. They therefore did not vote along party lines, or with their consciences, but strategically in order to remove their own leader.

- how did that vote force a removal - or is this another "I don't quite understand the govt" thing?



Much better.


question: why does his early career end here particularly?

*bump*

In case you had forgotten it, Kyra

Kyra...?

I'm sorry, it's been a really rough few months. I'll get back to work on it as soon as I can.

Oh, no prob. Just wondering if you were still aware of it.

A gentle nudge.



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Hello Kyra, are you still working on this Entry?