The Cost Of Living EP is an EP released by The Clash on election day 1979, as Margaret Thatcher's government took power in the UK. Originally it was planned for the front cover artwork to feature Margaret Thatcher's face superimposed over a swastika, but this was vetoed by Mick Jones ("I don't want no politicians on the front of my records"), and the final soap powder box inspired artwork was created instead by Paul and Joe Gilbert, Pat Passion Is A Fashion (2004), P227.