Spitting mad
Daily Star|March 20, 2024
KERFUFFLE AS V&A DISPLAYS THATCHER TV PUPPET BESIDE HITLER & BIN LADEN
CHARLOTTE MCLAUGHLIN
Spitting mad

A MUSEUM has been criticised for lumping Margaret Thatcher in with "contemporary villains" Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden.

The Spitting Image puppet of the ex-PM is on show at London's Victoria and Albert Museum.

It is part of an exhibition about British humour with the controversial text under some Punch and Judy dolls.

According to reports, the description reads: "Punch and Judy is seen as traditionally British, but it evolved from the 16th-century Italian street performance commedia dell'arte.

This story is from the March 20, 2024 edition of Daily Star.

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