'A leap in the dark' (Punch cartoon)
This political cartoon refers to Lord Derby's comment that Disraeli was taking a 'leap in the dark' when he sponsored the second Reform Act - which he considered an astute political move. By using popular support for reform to introduce a Bill extending the vote to urban working-class electors, he believed the Tories would stand to gain in subsequent elections.
Catalogue reference: LIBRARY Punch, p. 47 (3 August 1867)

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