Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Flamin' Margaret!















A great caricature of Maggie Thatcher in her pomp, by Noma Bar.





It was used to illustrate a Times essay "Did Maggie have to win?"






The red rose captures those pursed lips so perfectly. I have been racking my brains to remember: is that the Mandelson New Labour Red Rose, or did the Conservatives once use it as an emblem, before the blue flaming FORWARD torch so brilliantly used for the one-eyed look


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