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Cartoon commenting on the 1909 Budget published by the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations.
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru/The National Library of Wales
2002: PZ6177/9)
You need to study the source carefully before you decide whether it supports or contradicts any of the reasons in the Big Question.
Explain where Lloyd George is supposed to be leading the bull (Britain)?
How do you think Lloyd George would have responded to this kind of criticism?
The caption calls the bull silly. Is the cartoonist suggesting British people are stupid or that they have been misled?
How might Lloyd George have attacked the views in this cartoon?