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generated by the Conservative Party, especially the
Primrose Longue elements and the Church of England with
its zaiaaiona. Voters with Conscrvativo leanings
agreed with a policy of expansion, but Liberals on
the other hand Were opposed to the war* A good deal
depended on the individual's position in the political,
opoctruo. To a Conservative it was evident that
the Govornaont'a policy was huxiliating and degradingl
but fror a Liberal point of view it was obvious as
the Daily Uewi put it "that the war in the Soudan in
not popular. "
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(1) 3rd April 1885,