A sample of my collection of interesting, intriguing, puzzling or funny political leaflets.
Here is how the Liberals of the time attacked Labour’s Land Policy ahead of a general election that resulted in a hung Parliament (Labour 287, Conservative 206, Liberal 59). … Read the full post »
On my way to windmill spotting in Lincoln a few years back, I happened across this example of an 19th century election leaflet for the City of Lincoln’s local elections. … Read the full post »
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 »
Continuing my occasional series on how election leaflets used to look, this one is a Labour freepost election address from the 1955 general election in Clapham constituency. … Read the full post »
From an early recruitment leaflet for the SDP issued in 1981 comes this unusual comparison… … Read the full post »
… some of them made campaign videos on good old VHS tapes and sent them to voters, as this example from then Lib Dem MP Brian Cotter shows. … Read the full post »
A gem from the Labour Party for the Colchester constituency in 1951 with this football themed leaflet. … Read the full post »
North Norfolk , 1918: an election address berats the incumbent Liberal incumbent, for having donated to charity to help orphaned children. … Read the full post »
Winning the seat was the Conservative, Henry Brooke, who went on in the 1960s to a remarkably unsuccessful period as Home Secretary. … Read the full post »
Time for a visit to the US for today’s trip down political literature’s memory lane. This time it is Eugene McCarthy’s unsuccessful bid to be the Democrat Presidential candidate in 1968. … Read the full post »