PC_Comic0116 (1)

PC_Comic0116 (1)

Unfranked PC - "Herriot series” - Artist: R O Longmire (Illustrator)

Apparently a reference to Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) as leader of the Liberal Unionist opposition From the 1895 general election the Liberal Unionists were in coalition with the Conservative Party, under Chamberlain's former opponent Lord Salisbury. In that government Chamberlain served as Secretary of State for the Colonies, promoting a variety of schemes to build up the Empire in Asia, Africa, and the West Indies, including preferential tariff treatment  He also esposed the cause of tariff reform to protect the UK from imports from the USA, Russia and Europe at the time of the 1906 General Election.