London's Victoria and Albert Museum has been slammed after naming Margaret Thatcher as a "contemporary villain" alongside Adolf Hitler and Osama Bin Laden in an exhibition on British humour.

The exhibit, which displays a range of satirical Punch and Judy puppets, charts the traditional seaside show's history in the "Laughing Matters: The State of a Nation" display - but Thatcher's inclusion next to historical villains was met with scorn.