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Podcast: Long History
Episode: Random UK Prime Minister of the Week. 1868-1874; 1880-1885; 1886 & 1882-1894: William Gladstone
Description: William Gladstone, the archetypal Victorian prime minister, was, nevertheless, disliked by Queen Victoria. He had a very long political career, during which he became one of the great reformers. Who was the man who dominated politics during the whole of the second half of the 19th century?