Dizzystone

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Dizzystone

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Benjamin Disraeli / William Gladstone
Names Dizzystone, The Lion and the Unicorn,
Description Decades of angry politics and hatesex.

If Gladstone fell in the Thames, that would be a misfortune. But if someone fished him out again, that would be a calamity.~ Benjamin Disraeli

History[edit | edit source]

The pair first met at a dinner party hosted by Lord Lyndhurst on 17 January 1835. The point of the dinner was to ensure that Lyndhurst's protege, Benjamin Disraeli, forged important political connections that would help him get into parliament, in particular to pair him with another young, rising star - William Gladstone.

Unfortunately, they didn't hit it off.

When Gladstone was introduced to Disraeli he discovered one of the few men who could make him dry up.~ Aldous, R., 2006, The Lion and the Unicorn: Gladstone vs Disraeli. London: Pimlico

Both thought each other "dull" and Disraeli's letter to his sister after the dinner spent more time talking about the quality of the swan dinner than the other man. Gladstone, though alarmed by Disraeli's outfit at the dinner, failed to include him in a list of important people at the dinner that he kept in his diary.[1]

Support[edit | edit source]

Richard Aldous's book which has been referenced throughout is basically a longform shipping manifesto with other funny anecdotes and some actual history.

Fanon[edit | edit source]

In Culture[edit | edit source]

Their rivalry is taught to all small children in the UK as one of the most important parts of history.

Lewis Carol included them and their decades of fighting in his book Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.

The Meme[edit | edit source]

Very few fics featuring the two, let alone in a shippy context, but the few that their are are pretty damn awesome.

AUs[edit | edit source]

Possibly magical, probably ghosts by now.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Aldous, R., 2006, The Lion and the Unicorn: Gladstone vs Disraeli. London: Pimlico, p11