Political engagement, Swain Road, Thornton Heath
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Image: © Christopher Hilton Taken: 9 Jun 2017
Posters in a window on the morning after the General Election of 8th June 2017. The Conservative Prime Minister of the day, Theresa May, had campaigned in a presidential style in which her supposed qualities as a leader were contrasted with those of Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party; part of this approach was the repetition of "strong and stable" whenever possible. The mantra was mocked as the campaign proceeded and the artist Jeremy Deller produced posters with the slogan seen on the left of this picture; his reformulation went viral and home-made versions like this one proliferated. Croydon North, an ethnically diverse constituency with pockets of deprivation (and a strong vote, the previous year, in favour of remaining in the European Union), was a safe Labour seat and was retained with some ease; the occupant of this house clearly spoke for many around him or her.
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