LevelPiece
Ref NoLDG/1/8/47
Title"On The Road"
Date[1983]
Extent1 cartoon
Creator NameGibbard; Leslie David (1945-2010); cartoonist
DescriptionDepicts three cars are racing along a main road. The first car has the number plate 'Lab 1' and is driven by 'Michael Foot with 'Denis Healey as a passenger, the second car, 'All 1', is driven by Roy Jenkins with David Steel as a passenger, and the third car, 'Con 1', is driven by Margaret Thatcher, with [William Whitelaw] as a passenger. Foot, Healey, Jenkins and Steel are all looking at Thatcher nervously as they drive. Thatcher is depicted looking forward with her mouth open, looking slightly forlorn.

Context: all figures in the picture are party leaders or key members of parliament in the 1983 general election, which was to be a decisive victory for Thatcher's government.
Access StatusOpen
FormatDrawing

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