Bad Taste no. 51: the normal democratic procedures of Parliament

The scan: sc-n111-aug-30-1979.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

This text was corrected by hand against the scan: the strip at the head of page 5, which the machine reading did not see; image taken from the scan and its lettering transcribed (18 Oct 2026). Number 51 of Cormac's weekly Bad Taste strip: the normal democratic procedures of Parliament.

page 5 of the scan

Six-panel cartoon strip "in which a backbench Labour MP wittily exposes the fatuous tactics of an ultraleft": asked whether confining opposition to Parliament hands the Tories an easy victory, he simply repeats himself. — Cormac, "Bad Taste" no. 51, Socialist Challenge no. 111, 30 August 1979, page 5. From the Marxists Internet Archive scan.

The strip, panel by panel

1. BAD TASTE #51. Caption: "In which a backbench Labour MP wittily exposes the fatuous tactics of an ultraleft ---"

2. (The MP:) "Opposition to the iniquitous plans of the Tories shall, of course, be confined to the normal democratic procedures of Parliament!"

3. "But the Tories have a comfortable majority in Parliament — so aren't you granting them a rather easy victory?"

4. (The MP:) "?!"

5. "Mmm-mm"

6. "Opposition to the iniquitous plans of the Tories shall, of course, be confined to the normal democratic procedures of Parliament!" "I trust that answers your question!"