Extraordinary Mildness of The Political Season Honda NS 500 This relates to the one

This relates to the one of the final acts of France's war against Prussia

The River Thames and St Paul's Cathedral can be seen in the distance

the number plate GEN11 had significance in that if you read the number ones as the letter i

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Extraordinary Mildness of The Political Season Honda NS 500 This relates to the one'Extraordinary Mildness of The Political Season', 1869. The new Prime Minister, Gladstone, meets with the former Prime Minister, Disraeli. The new session of parliament had just started and, in this cartoon, the two men present each other with flowery compliments. However, each man hides behind his back the birch with which he hopes to belabour the opposition during the new session. From Punch, or the London Charivari, February 27, 1869.