A Difficult Part Sir Henry Segrave the Graces

the Graces

Bermondsey from north of the River Thames

Foots Cray is now in the London borough of Bexley

20th May 1982

A Bedford van delivers papers to a newspaper seller outside Farringdon underground station

A Difficult Part Sir Henry Segrave the GracesThe Liberal Prime Minister, William Gladstone, is shown standing beside a table loaded with all the matters he must deal with during his term in office. Many of them relate to his predecessor's time in office. This cartoon was prompted by the Boer War which started under Disraeli's government. An armistice had been agreed recently, but in the House, Gladstone explained that although he, and many other Liberals, had opposed the annexation of the