''Varoomshka'' was a British satirical and erotic comic strip by New Zealand cartoonist John Kent that ran in ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

'' from 1969 to 1979. The title character, a buxom and generally scantily-clad young woman, was an everywoman used by Kent to poke fun at the prominent British politicians of the day such as prime ministers

Harold Wilson James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He ...

and

Edward Heath Sir Edward Richard George Heath (9 July 191617 July 2005), often known as Ted Heath, was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conserv ...

, and Education Secretary Margaret Thatcher.

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* https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/apr/19/pressandpublishing.guardianobituaries
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British comic strips 1969 comics debuts Comics about politics Satirical comics Gag-a-day comics Erotic comics British comics characters Comics characters introduced in 1969 1979 comics endings Comics about women Female characters in comics Comics set in the 1960s Comics set in the 1970s {{UK-comics-stub