LevelPiece
Ref NoLDG/1/1/34
Title"I was just hanging up my 'unacceptable face of captialism' suit..."
Date[1971]
Extent1 cartoon
Creator NameGibbard; Leslie David (1945-2010); cartoonist
DescriptionCartoon shows Edward Heath lying on the ground, clutching a suit in his hand, in his underwear, lying underneath a skeleton which has spilled out of an open warddrobe. Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer) looks on angrily from the doorway [Home secretary Reginald Maulting] looks at Heath with concern from the side of the frame.

Background information: in 1971 Edward Heath misread a speech that he was giving to parliament regarding a scandal involving the Lonrho company. Instead of saying that this was an "unacceptable and unappealing facet of capitalism" Heath said that this scandal was the "unacceptable face of capitalism".
Access StatusOpen
FormatDrawing

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