The Gladstone Pill PCF Frank Lampard

Frank Lampard

Taking part in the Silverstone International Trophy Race

The Comte had published a pamphlet called Un Debat sur l'Inde au Parlement Anglais in which he compared in unflattering terms French parliamentary procedures for debate with the superior ones of the British parliament

World Cup Final at Wembley Stadium

The Gladstone Pill PCF Frank Lampard'The Gladstone Pill', 1860. Dr Gl dst ne says: There, Mr Bull Swallow it at once, and it will Relieve your Chest Directly. Mr Gladstone's 1860 Budget had increased direct taxation once again. Here, Gladstone is shown presenting his Income Tax pill to an ailing John Bull. There is a hidden joke here at Gladstone's expense: his Budget speech had had to be delayed from the 6th February to the 10th. He had had a chest infection and, having lost his voice,