I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
In 1925, when Britain went back to the gold standard, that was supported by the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Bank of England, the civil service, the CBI, the TUC, the Times, the Economist; that consensus was very strong.

