Bad Taste no. 82: a plea for unity

by Cormac · Socialist Challenge No. 167, 9 October 1980 · p. 15 of the scan · 151 words

The scan: sc-n167-oct-09-1980.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 15, which the machine reading did not see; image taken from the scan and its lettering transcribed (18 Oct 2026). Number 82 of Cormac's weekly Bad Taste strip: a plea for unity. Note: the number at the foot of the title panel is faint but reads "82"; the next week's strip is no. 83.

page 15 of the scan

The strip, panel by panel

1. BAD TASTE by Cormac #82.

2. "Dear, oh dear! Don't you find the hysterical outbursts of Labour's 'moderates' just a little ... embarrassing?!"

3. "One receives the distinct impression of a spoiled child throwing a tantrum ....."

4. "'If you don't do what I tell you', he whines 'I will run off in a corner and play by myself!'" "It's called a plea for unity!"

5. "Perhaps it's time to throw away the Doctor Spock books!"