 However , his discontent with the British liberal movement grew following the election of the Liberal Party 's William Ewart Gladstone to the Premiership in 1880 . Morris was particularly angered that Gladstone 's government did not reverse the Disraeli regime 's occupation of the Transvaal , introduced the Coercion Bill , and oversaw the Bombardment of Alexandria . Morris later related that while he had once believed that " one might further real <unk> progress by doing what one could on the lines of ordinary middle @-@ class Radicalism " , following Gladstone 's election he came to realise " that Radicalism is on the wrong line , so to say , and will never <unk> [ sic ] into anything more than Radicalism : in fact that it is made for and by the middle classes and will always be under the control of rich capitalists . 
