Catalogue Number
NMLH.2022.371.33
Object Name
Badge
Title
Save Jobs Sack the Tories
People
Margaret Thatcher
Description
Circular red pin badge reading "Save Jobs Sack the Tories" in white and black text. Under the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher unemployment rose, peaking at over 3 million in the early 1980s. A long-running campaign to resolve unemployment, seen to be a consequence of the way the Conservatives ran the country, by voting out the Conservatives was established.
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