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Harold Wilson, with a mischievous look and pipe in mouth, is doing a bit of billboard pasting - there is a ladder and a pot of glue nearby; he is ripping down a poster that says "Labour's got soul!!", and at the bottom "Issued by the Labour Party"; in the bag slung across his back he has fresh posters to put up, of which we can just see "They failed..."; another poster with Ted Heath's face and the text "Who" lies discarded on the floor.

Stem of a rose with 3 figures impailed on the plant's thorns. Article discusses the likelihood that the TUC will cut it's links to the Labour party, following reelection.
Illustration to accompany Tuesday Comment- Kevin Maguire

Geoffrey Rippon stands with an innefectual can of pesticide spray while being menaced by a motorway monster - a long, undulating strip of road, with pillars for legs like a caterpillar, topped by a malevolent-looking car.

News: 19 Feb: Mr Rippon, Secretary of State for the Environment, made a statement on his motorway plans for London.

Cartoon showing Macmillan and newly appointed British Defense Secretary Duncan Sandys standing at the edge of a precipice with a hydrogen bomb tied around their necks. Relates to a belief within the British cabinet that Mr Sandys had 'put too much money and faith in the hydrogen bomb.'

Creator: Abraham; Abu (1924-2002); cartoonist

Depicts a group of race horses among them Singapore and U.K. trying to get in line for the start of the Commonwealth Derby.

Cartoon showing President Lyndon Johnson chastise Mr Stewart in his office whilst two white doves symbolising peace lie dead on the ground.

Creator: Abraham; Abu (1924-2002); cartoonist

Full caption: "It was all very well to say 'Drink me,' but the wise little Alice was not going to do that in a hurry". Vic Feather is depicted as Alice in Wonderland, crossing his arms and looking away from a bottle marked "Heath's remedy" with a tag saying "Drink me"; a tiny mouse-sized door in the skirting says "EEC".

Gibbard after John Tenniel.

News: 5 Oct: TUC leaders drew up a counter proposal to Mr Heath's voluntary prices and incomes package. The key economic decision was to press the Government for an increase in the proposed flat rate pay increase to be given to all workers from £2 to £3.50.

3 images. 1st shows soldier looking at lit bomb. 2nd shows soldier looking more horrified as fuse on bomb continues to burn. 3rd shows bomb ready to explode and soldier's boot as he runs away. Article discusses possible outcomes of the war with Iraq.
Illustration to accompany Tuesday Comment - George Monbiot