Charity Begins At Home

This 1983 Guardian cartoon was based on a statement made by a governorship candidate in one of the states in the South-West during his campaign to seek a second term. Though the statement was instructive enough to incite his followers to violence – and indeed they caused untold mayhem- but it failed to generate enough votes to return him and his family to the governor’s lodge!

Politicians seeking elective positions in the 2015 elections, having tucked away members of their family, are doling out money and food to their followers and making provocative statements capable of inciting violence, which they hope will buy them votes. Meanwhile, their financial supporters are keeping a respectable distance until after the battle is “lost and won”!