Labour Still Isn't Working.
Poster
1979 (published)
1979 (published)
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The controversial and memorable 'Labour Isn't Working' image was created for a Conservative Party poster and cinema campaign in 1978, in anticipation of a general election. Reissued in 1979 - election year - as 'Labour Still Isn't Working', it preyed on one of modern life's widespread anxieties, that of the fear of unemployment. It is often claimed that this poster was a factor in the fall of Prime Minister James Callaghan's Labour Party government and its replacement by a Conservative government led by Margaret Thatcher.
Object details
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| Title | Labour Still Isn't Working. (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | Poster entitled "Labour Still Isn't Working", issued by the Conservative Party. UK, 1979. |
| Physical description | Landscape format poster printed in colours. Photo montage. A snake of people across the sheet, passing beneath a sign on the left reading Unemployment Office. Above them the caption reading Labour Still Isn't Working in bold black type. at the bottom right, the legend 'Britain's Better Off With The Conservatives.' |
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| Production type | Proof |
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| Credit line | Given by the Conservative Central Office. Reproduced courtesy of Bob Cramp |
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| Summary | The controversial and memorable 'Labour Isn't Working' image was created for a Conservative Party poster and cinema campaign in 1978, in anticipation of a general election. Reissued in 1979 - election year - as 'Labour Still Isn't Working', it preyed on one of modern life's widespread anxieties, that of the fear of unemployment. It is often claimed that this poster was a factor in the fall of Prime Minister James Callaghan's Labour Party government and its replacement by a Conservative government led by Margaret Thatcher. |
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| Accession number | E.141-1986 |
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| Record created | March 7, 2003 |
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