What candidates used to say in leaflets: the tiger, the earthquake and four snakes
The potted candidate biographies which appear in election leaflets these days are so dull compared to this gem from 1945. … Read the full post »
1945 General Election
Read about the 1945 general election, won by Clement Attlee in a surprise landslide victory over Winston Churchill. A surprise that shouldn’t have been a surprise given what the polls were saying.
How political leaflets used to look: Lewisham East 1931
With the Lewisham East Parliamentary by-election polling this week, now is an appropriate time to feature this leaflet from the constituency in 1931. … Read the full post »
The day Winston Churchill got left off the electoral register
There had been no Parliamentary register of electors compiled by the normal method since 1929… … Read the full post »