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Enough is Enough

Poster
1996-7 (designed and printed)
Artist/Maker
Labour Party (publisher)
BMP DDB (advertising agency)
Tim Cordell (Copywriter)
Alex Bamford (art director)
Place of origin
United Kingdom (designed and printed)

This election poster for the Labour Party shows the Tory Prime Minister John Major, and by its combination of text and image it implies that the Government had broken its promise not to impose Value Added Tax (VAT) on bills for domestic heating.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleEnough is Enough
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Brief description
Poster, 'Enough is Enough', Labour Party poster for the 1997 General Election. Advertising agency, BMP DDB; art director, Alex Bamford; copywriter, Tim Cordell. Britain, 1997.
Physical description
Labour Party election poster. The imagery is photographic and depicts two faces of Prime Minister John Major looking in opposite directions. To the left bold black text reads '1992 No VAT on Heating'. To the right bold black text reads '1993 VAT on Heating'. The Labour Party logo of a red rose appears at the top left corner.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.5cm
  • Width: 41cm
Credit line
Given by the Labour Party
Production
One of a series of 3 on the theme of taxation.
Subject depicted
Major, John
Summary
This election poster for the Labour Party shows the Tory Prime Minister John Major, and by its combination of text and image it implies that the Government had broken its promise not to impose Value Added Tax (VAT) on bills for domestic heating.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.15-1998

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Record createdFebruary 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O192879/enough-is-enough-poster-tim-cordell/
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