Margaret Thatcher must be spinning in her grave, how low the Tory party polls and disaster PMs such as Boris Johnson, Liz Truss & Rishi Sunak

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
2NFGAHCFile size:
57.1 MB (2.3 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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5472 x 3648 px | 46.3 x 30.9 cm | 18.2 x 12.2 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
17 February 2023Location:
United KingdomMore information:
. Recorded at United Kingdom in 2023, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The photograph centres on Margaret Thatcher must be spinning in her grave, how low the Tory party polls and disaster PMs such as Boris Johnson, Liz Truss & Rishi Sunak. The wider scene also brings together street-level business, retail property, bricks-and-mortar retail, high-street commerce, commercial frontage, changing streetscape, social history, public realm, archival record, local character, documentary photography, place identity, shopfront economy, and local history. The wider contemporary story combines online shopping, independent business and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. For later comparison, the photograph preserves building condition and alterations at United Kingdom, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. The photograph additionally reflects contemporary social history, regional identity, historical comparison, small business, customer footfall, local enterprise, visual archive, and before-and-after reference. References to Boris, Johnson, polls, Sunak, and grave give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around United Kingdom, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another strand within the photograph is online shopping and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the real-world context of United Kingdom. The setting also helps illustrate town-centre regeneration and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the specific setting of United Kingdom. The image fixes evidence of changing use within the wider story of United Kingdom.