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Half Sheet British political campaign poster originally produced for the 1929 United Kingdom general election.
The Original vs. This Version
• The Original: The authentic 1929 poster was published by the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations. The dynamic, Soviet-constructivist style illustration featured a worker protecting himself with a "Safeguarding" tariff shield against economic threats. At the bottom, the original text explicitly read: "WORKERS! VOTE CONSERVATIVE!".
• This Version: The text at the bottom has been digitally edited or altered to read "WORKERS! VOTE UNIONIST!".
Context of "Safeguarding"
The poster centers on the concept of "Safeguarding"—a key policy platform of Stanley Baldwin's Conservative government in the 1920s. It refers to a system of protectionist tariffs designed to shelter strategic British manufacturing industries and their laborers from post-WWI foreign economic pressures, specifically:
• Lower Wages (underrepresented foreign labor markets driving down prices)
• Sweated Labour (exploitative, harsh working conditions abroad)
• Foreign Competition (cheap imports flooding the British domestic market) |
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