Anti-Thatcher badge
Object
Badge
Production date
c. 1985
Object number
1990.553
Physical Description
A campaign badge which reads "Stop rate-cappin'...service slashin'...job axin'...money-grabbin'...Thatcher. Hackney, Britain's poorest borough". This type of badge would have been worn by a supporter of the anti- Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher campaign.
Cheap and quick to produce and easy to distribute, badges were a popular vehicle for campaign protest from the 1970s onwards.
Cheap and quick to produce and easy to distribute, badges were a popular vehicle for campaign protest from the 1970s onwards.
Associated Person
Margaret Thatcher
Material
Steel
Dimension
diameter (Whole): 55mm
height (whole): 4mm
height (whole): 4mm
On display?
No
Inscription
"STOP rate-cappin'...service slashin'...job axin'...money-grabbin'...THATCHER. Hackney, Britain's poorest borough"