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In the top left hand corner Reginald Mauling stands in his boxer shorts with candles in both hands, one labelled 'IRA' and the other labelled 'Prods'. Below him, Margaret Thatcher stands about to set off a firework labelled 'Education' although it has an anchor round the bottom. George Brown is in the bottom left hand corner of the image running away from a firework spelling out the letters 'FO' [Foreign Office]. Anthony Barber is lighting a candle inside a glass bottle. Ted Heath stands looking over a candle that resembles Enoch Powell. Sir Alec Douglas-Home is launched a firework labelled 'SA Arms' towards a car of people labelled 'Commonwealth'. Robert Carr is depicted pouring petrol on to a firework labelled 'TUC' and Vic Feather is seen blowing his nose and running towards the TUC fire with a pail of water. John Davies is in the centre of the image letting off a firework. To the right of him is Sithu U Thant staring at some candles with the word 'Yes' erupting from them. There is a tired looking man peering over the fence.

News: 2 November: An MP called for a curb on the sale of fireworks as the danger of rubbish fires increased because of the council workers' strike.

This cartoon depicts Geoffrey Rippon, Robert Carr, John Davies and Edward Heath. Edward Heath argues with John Davies and Rippon and Carr look on.

[News 15 May 1971: The British motor industry was in a state of consternation after a remark by John Davies that he was considering ending the tariffon imported cards.] (Source: British Cartoon Archive, University of Kent)

The cartoon depicts black taxis labelled 'TUC' at a standstill on 'prices and incomes passage'. In the middle of the taxis is a lorry labelled 'Inflation Containers Limited, Whitehall London'. Political figures featured in the cartoon include: Edward Heath, John Davies, Anthony Barber, Jack Jones, Vic Feather, Hugh Scanlon.

[News 2 Nov: Triparitie talks on pay and prices between the Government, the TUC and the CBI resumed at Downing Street with the unions' neogitatiors under strict orders from their general council not to give way on statutory control of their wages.] (Source: British Cartoon Archive, Universityof Kent)

The cartoon depicts a body of water captioned 'liquidation', in which two ducks, labelled 'Mersey' and 'RR' [Rolls Royce] are floating. There is an industrial area in the background. In the foreground, there is a mechanical duck on wheels, which appears to be unstable. Workers below it look on in horror and appear to be running away from it. Edward Heath and John Davies are depicted running looking on, pleased, as they send a bottle bomb, captioned 'no', into the belly of the mechanical duck.

[News: 15 June: 1971 Upper Clyde Shipbuilders faced liquidation. The announcement was made in the Commons by Mr Davies, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. The Government decided not to inject any more funds into the group.] (Source: British Cartoon Archive, University of Kent).

Edward Heath and John Davies, dressed in hunting attire and holding guns, walk along with a dog with 'tribunal' written across it. There is a bird in the sky, labelled 'press', flying close to a large bush labelled 'Whitehall'.

[News: 28 April 1971: resolutions to establish a tribunal under the procedures of the Tribunals of Enquiry Evidence Act, 1921, to investigate fully the wider issues involved in the cessation of trading by the Vehicle and General Insurance company were carried in both Houses.] (Source: British Cartoon Archive, University of Kent).

Typed and handwritten notes written by Hugo Young to record political research conversations held with individuals during 1976. Participants were specifically interviewed about the events surrounding General Election, February 1974.

The conversations are with the following people:

Peter Walker, 20 January 1976
Nigel Lawson, 20 January 1976
James Prior, 21 January 1976
Michael Wolff, 21 January 1976 - CLOSED
Chris Patten, 21 January 1976 - CLOSED
Willie Whitelaw, 22 January 1976
[Peter] Carrington, 23 January 1976
Joe Haines, 27 January 1976
Ian Gilmour, 28 January 1976
[Mark] Schreiber, 29 January 1976
Willie Whitelaw, 29 January 1976
Draft of writing by Tom Boardman about the events prior to General Election, February 1974, dated January 1976

Lord Jellicoe, 4 February 1976
James Prior, 4 February 1976
Brendon Sewill, 4 February 1976 - CLOSED
William Armstrong, 5 February 1976
Ronnie Mackintosh, 6 February 1976
Len Murray, 6 February 1976
William Waldegrave, 10 February 1976 - CLOSED

Chris Patten, 21 April 1976

Adam Ridley, 9 September 1976

Maurice Macmillan, undated
Robert Carr, undated - CLOSED*
Kenneth Baker, undated
Derek Robinson, undated
Bob Huston, undated
Lord Campbell of Croy, undated
Jeremy Thorpe, undated
S Vincent, undated
George Hutchinson, undated
John Davies, undated
Geoffrey Howe, undated
Derick Ezra, undated
David Madel, undated
Bert Ramelson, undated
Joe Godber, undated
Frank Figgures, undated
'CH' undated*
David Basnett, undated
Sid Greene, undated
Joe Gormley, undated
'A civil servant' undated
John Mackintosh, undated
Tom Boardman, undated
Notes on Ted Heath

Related papers include:

An edited digest of interviews conducted
A detailed timeline compiled from research of the political events of 8 November 1973 - 7 February 1974
Handwritten research notes
Creator: DS/UK/122

'Davies' Lame Duck Layoffade' is displayed on a large sign in front of lots of bottles. In the middle of the bottles is the word 'unmployment'. [Harold Wilson] stands to the right holding a placrad which says 'save our industrial landscape'. Other political figures in the cartoon include Edward Heath, John Davies and Vic Feather.

[News 19 November: A rise of over 40,000 in the past month brought the total number of registered unemployed in Britain to 970,022. Redundancies showed a rise of 59% on the corresponding month last year] (Source: British Cartoon Archive, University of Kent) .