Level | Piece |
Ref No | LDG/1/1/19 |
Title | Trade figures |
Date | 3 December 1969 |
Extent | 1 cartoon |
Creator Name | Gibbard; Leslie David (1945-2010); cartoonist |
Description | Cartoon shows Barbara Castle and Harold Wilson attacking a sprouting weed with the face of Vic Feathers. The weed is labelled "inflationus featherus" and the sun in the sky is labelled "trade figures".
Background info: Vic Feather (General Secretary of the Trade Unions Congress) had just held discussions with Barbara Castle (serving as Wilson's Frist Secretary of State and the Secretary of State for Employment and Income) on incomes policy (Source: The University of Kent, British Cartoon Archive). |
Access Status | Open |
Format | Drawing |
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