LevelPiece
Ref NoLDG/1/8/116
Title"The return of the cannon fodder"
Date13 November 1987
Extent1 cartoon
Creator NameGibbard; Leslie David (1945-2010); cartoonist
DescriptionA train has come into a station labelled 'Employment junction'. Hordes of injured men walk from it towards Margaret Thatcher who is celebrating among others with Nigel Lawson and the secretary of state for employment, Norman Fowler. Two signs by them read 'Welcome back lads!' and 'We're winning by jingo!'. A balloon reads 'bravo!'.

Context: with a dramatic fall in employment, the government celebrated (Source: GIddard's Double Decade Omnibus).
Access StatusOpen
FormatDrawing

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