s ▁political ▁opportun ism ▁already ▁had ▁dam aged ▁Young ▁England ' s ▁cred ibility . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 5 , ▁Dis ra eli ▁opposed ▁the ▁May no oth ▁Grant ▁Bill , ▁a ▁legisl ative ▁act ▁that ▁perman ently ▁increased ▁the ▁fund ing ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁sem inary ▁at ▁May no oth ▁in ▁Ireland . ▁ ▁Further , ▁Dis ra eli ' s ▁opposition ▁to ▁the ▁repe al ▁of ▁the ▁Corn ▁La ws ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 6 ▁tied ▁him ▁more ▁closely ▁to ▁the ▁land ed ▁arist ocr atic ▁interests . ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁Un like ▁Social ▁T ory ism , ▁which ▁it ▁res emble d ▁philosoph ically , ▁Young ▁England ▁did ▁not ▁surv ive ▁to ▁confront ▁and ▁opp ose ▁the ▁social ist ▁rev ival ▁of ▁the ▁eight ies . ▁ ▁At ▁its ▁best , ▁Young ▁England ▁influenced ▁mid - V ict or ian ▁reform ▁legisl ation ▁but ▁never ▁came ▁close ▁to ▁gain ing ▁the ▁popular ▁support ▁required ▁to ▁real ise ▁even ▁partially ▁its ▁deeply ▁conserv ative ▁social ▁vision . ▁ ▁The ▁u top ian , ▁ne o - fe ud al ▁dream s ▁of ▁Mann ers , ▁S my the , ▁and ▁Dis ra eli ▁reflect ▁the ▁same ▁crisis ▁of ▁Victor ian ▁conscience ▁that ▁inspired ▁the ▁similarly ▁u top ian ▁O wen ite ▁social ism ▁of ▁the ▁political ▁left . ▁ ▁Like ▁O wen ism , ▁Young ▁England ▁soon ▁failed , ▁but ▁too ▁am bit iously ▁conserv ative ▁in ▁a ▁new ▁dem ocr atic ▁era , ▁it ▁quietly