How Stalin and other tyrants airbrushed their enemies from history

When it emerged yesterday that had been , there were immediate cries of foul play.

Whilst the Business Secretary insisted that he had no knowledge of which of his staff had been responsible for the image, it was immediately noticed online how the move to 'delete' the former PM had rather sinister connotations.

Many pointed out the link with Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, who often retouched images to remove former allies who had fallen foul of his reign of terror.

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