United Kingdom
Propaganda from the United Kingdom.
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No wonder she’s laughing (Scottish poster, ca. 1975)
Text: No wonder she’s laughing. She’s got Scotland’s oil. Publisher: Scottish National Party (SNP). Artist: NA. Additional information: Poster shows Margaret Thatcher as a vampire with oil dripping from her fangs. Produced as part of the SNP’s ‘It’s Scotland’s oil’ campaign that used the discovery of oil off the Scottish coast to make an economic…
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Expert opinion (British cartoon, 1905)
Text: Expert opinion Year: 1905. Publisher: Punch magazine. Artist: Bernard Partridge. Additional information: Cartoon shows the Belgian Leopold II speaking with the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II. Leopold complains about the “silly fuss they’re making about these so-called atrocities in my Congo property”, while Abdul Hamid replies that he needn’t worry: “Only talk, my dear…
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Hold on, Russia! (British poster, 1941)
Text: Hold on, Russia! Arms from London are coming! West & N.W. London’s war factories urgently need 8,000 more women. Year: 1941. Publisher: Ministry of Labour and National Service. Artist: Not specified. Additional information: Printed in London newspapers, the ad came with the accompanying text: “London women would – will if necessary – man London’s…
