Bad Taste no. 58: unity against the Tories

The scan: sc-n121-nov-08-1979.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 14, which the machine reading did not see; image taken from the scan and its lettering transcribed (18 Oct 2026). Number 58 of Cormac's weekly Bad Taste strip: unity against the Tories.

page 14 of the scan

Six-panel cartoon strip: a Labour man tells a young activist the main enemy is the Thatcher government and Labour needs unity; asked what Jim Callaghan would have them do in the struggle — "as little as possible!" — the activist paints a "Callaghan must go!" placard. — Cormac, "Bad Taste" no. 58, Socialist Challenge no. 121, 8 November 1979, page 14. From the Marxists Internet Archive scan.

The strip, panel by panel

1. BAD TASTE by Cormac #58.

2. "Our main enemy is the Thatcher government ..." "Yeah! Let's get the TORIES!"

3. ".... and the internal bickering within the Labour Party is letting the Tories off the hook! We need UNITY!!" "Okay!! Let's go! I'm all for unity!"

4. "Right! Unity against the Tories! And what would the avuncular Jim Callaghan have us do in this struggle?"

5. (The Labour man walks off:) "As little as possible!" (The activist paints a placard: "Callaghan must go!")