The People's budget, Punch cartoon, 1909

• Contributor: Historical Images Archive / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: KD8NDM
• File size: 81.1 MB (5.1 MB Compressed download)
• Releases: Model - no | Property - no
• Dimensions: 4622 x 6136 px | 39.1 x 52 cm | 15.4 x 20.5 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 1909

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This image could have imperfections as it’s either historical or reportage.

Original Cartoon from Punch Magazine 24 February 1909 titled Preferential treatment. Depicting Prime Minister Asquith as a Policeman holding up the other demands of government to allow Lloyd George to wheel his budget in the guise of a baby to Parliament.

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