Benjamin Bombastes P.R.S.A. This cartoon relates to the

This cartoon relates to the proposal of the Great Western Railway to establish their factory and working base in Oxford

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Benjamin Bombastes P.R.S.A. This cartoon relates to the'Benjamin Bombastes', 1877. Benjamin Disraeli, now Earl of Beaconsfield, the Conservative Prime Minister, is depicted standing next to a signpost marked Egypt and Constantinople. His boots, handing from a peg, bear the words 'British Interests'. Egypt was where the British had a key interest in the Suez Canal and Constantinople represents the main focus of the war between Russia and Turkey. Britain had asked for assurances that the Suez would not be