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Betjeman posted:Thomas doesn't satirise, his cartoons are blunt instruments. He thinks Clegg is a loser for having aspirations for his party and he's suggesting that the LibDems are the arsewipes of politics. It's straight up insult, nothing clever. It's a straight up insult that's based in reality and delivered well, rather than an incompetent bit of waffle about either the Queen or immigrants.
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See I'd argue it's not delivered well at all - needing to say "He's a loser" because without that it could appear as quite an endearment towards him, and no Express reader would have any truck with that. You could argue that Thomas is constrained by the opinion that the Express editor has of its readers, but I tend to veer towards the concept that Thomas doesn't have a creative or funny bone in his body. If anything it comes off as a massive bully-boy Tory ego, which I wouldn't expect to find sitting at the front row of a Lib Dem conference. E: Let's not forget that the Express' party of choice, UKIP, have aspirations to get approximately one MP in parliament at the next election, if they do exceptionally well. UKIP would give their right nut to be where the Lib Dems are at the moment. Betjeman fucked around with this message at 14:36 on Sep 19, 2013 |
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on George Osborne and the housing market - The chancellor told the Institute of Directors that he was 'alert to the risks but let's not pretend there's a housing boom'" Betjeman posted:UKIP would give their right nut to be where the Lib Dems are at the moment.  Express:  Face veils in hospital under review
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He really does have a fear of leaving empty space in the lower corners of the cartoon, doesn't he? (Also not a terrible cartoon - the guy on the left has a stupid reaction and that's a hell of an incision, but it's fair to point out that hospitals already have people who in their professional role have all but their eyes covered. The story is still stupid in general and I'm probably going to be called out for this again  )
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Sep 20, 2013 06:46
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Typical NHS hospitals that can't be bothered to *shoo* out any birds from the operating room
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on Syria - Syria's deputy prime minister says the war has reached a stalemate" Telegraph:  Memoirs are starting to be published revealing Labour in-fighting. Have some emails. Independent:  After John Collier. Stephen Collins:  I hope you comprehend.
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Cloud Potato posted:Guardian: Could someone identify the man between Gove and dead Blair? And if they know who the shoulders belong to, that would be impressive.
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Mr. Squishy posted:Could someone identify the man between Gove and dead Blair? And if they know who the shoulders belong to, that would be impressive. 'Briar', on Comment is Free posted:Brilliant. What is missing is the Western media - "liberal" outlets like this one, still gunning for Assad, or commentators like the NYT's Kristof whose compassion for the victims is so great he urgently wants to start bombing them to free them (from life itself, presumably). The propaganda attached to this war stinks to high heaven. 'CartoonistRowson' posted:They're there, represented by David Aaronovitch, sitting among the armchair warriors between Gove & Blair's skeleton...
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Sep 21, 2013 12:41
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Mr. Squishy posted:Could someone identify the man between Gove and dead Blair? And if they know who the shoulders belong to, that would be impressive. Shoulders? You mean Obama's arm?
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Observer: "Labour-on-Sea - Chris Riddell on the difficulties facing Ed Miliband at the Labour party conference in Brighton" Sunday Telegraph:  (apologies for the low quality) Independent on Sunday: 
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on the Labour conference 2013" Telegraph:  Independent:  Kenya 'united' as stand-off goes on Express: 
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Sep 23, 2013 00:16
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Cloud Potato posted:Guardian: The contrast of Actual Commentary vs the phoned in poo poo at the bottom always tickles me.
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Cloud Potato posted:Guardian: quote:Express: BastardySkull posted:The contrast of Actual Commentary vs the phoned in poo poo at the bottom always tickles me.  In related news, Downton Abbey actually poo poo.
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Sep 23, 2013 08:07
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on Ed Balls at the Labour party conference – The shadow chancellor makes his speech to the party faithful in Brighton" Telegraph:  Independent:  Express: 
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Cloud Potato posted:Guardian: drat condoms on the beach!!
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Sep 24, 2013 07:57
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Cloud Potato posted:
I spotted the quail easily enough, but no fox? Edit: that's the only reason I actually look at the Express cartoons.
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The guy on the far left's tie is a fox tail.
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Sep 24, 2013 17:38
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Cloud Potato posted:Express:
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Cloud Potato posted:Guardian: This is after an absolute classic of a railway poster, which appeared in various flavours from the 1920s through to the 1950s. 
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Guardian: Miliband's speech at the Labour party conference. After Charles Atlas. Telegraph:  End of VW camper van production. Independent:  Labour to announce plans for 200,000 homes a year by 2020 Express:  Just a heads-up: I'm away for the next week. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.
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UnCO3 posted:The guy on the far left's tie is a fox tail. Christ, good eye.
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Guardian: Fat cats and Firefighters.  Peter Mandelson's criticism of Ed Miliband's energy pledge Fluo posted:This weeks so far:   And this week's IF...      Steve Bell on Ed Miliband 'sick and tired of being a weed' at Labour party conference video Independent:  Mandelson raises doubts over Labour energy bill freeze  Ed Milliband will price freeze Energy. Telegraph:  Asda and Tesco withdraw Halloween patient outfits. And A landmark report says scientists are 95% certain that humans are the "dominant cause" of global warming since the 1950s.  Ed Milliband will price freeze Energy.
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Can someone tell me why Cable is a yellow elephant?
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Sep 28, 2013 12:46
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In the 2010 campaign, Cable said that the economy was "the elephant in the room" which both Labour and Conservatives had tried to banish, which he guessed made him "the elephant man." The yellow is because he's a Lib-Dem. To be honest the only nickname I've heard for him is Saint Vince (with a lot more irony lately) but I guess that's not as funny.
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Guardian: Conservative conference 2013  IPCC report   Stephen Collins  Telegraph:  Pint of ale and a smoke seems to be "UKIP" image.  Independent:   Seems they're trying out some new artists.  Based off of one of Ingles' Bather series  Daily Express:  No comment. 
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Fluo posted:Pint of ale and a smoke seems to be "UKIP" image.
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Sep 30, 2013 19:56
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That's a pretty passable Forsyth by Thomas. And Stephen Collins was wonderful, as usual. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZzBd41NuZw
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on George Osborne's conference speech - George Osborne used his speech at the 2013 Conservative party conference to announce that a Tory government would seek to run an overall budget surplus by 2020" Independent:  "In his keynote speech in Manchester, Mr Osborne also said he intended to freeze fuel duty for the rest of the Parliament, up to May 2015, if the money could be found." Express:  Reggie Perrin reference?
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So I've drawn the cigarettes, the alcohol and the widescreen TV. What else do benefit scroungers like... cacti? I am pretty sure they like cacti.
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Irony Be My Shield posted:So I've drawn the cigarettes, the alcohol and the widescreen TV. What else do benefit scroungers like... cacti? I am pretty sure they like cacti.
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Cloud Potato posted:Guardian: Reference is to Delaroche's "Napoleon abdicating at Fontainebleu": 
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on Boris Johnson's hair - Boris Johnson signalled a more constructive relationship with David Cameron when he launched a strong defence of the prime minister in his speech to the Tory conference" Telegraph:  Independent:  Barack Obama: Republicans want 'ransom' to end shutdown Yesterday's Mail: "Job seekers are encouraged to do jobs to earn their benefits like cooking for the elderly."  quote:“Apart from fish fingers and bacon butties, has one got any other delicacies in ones repertoire?” Mail: "Job seekers are required now to report every day to Job centres to look for work."  quote:“Today I will tell a few jokes then Mrs Potts will demonstrate how to make a useful pencil case out of a plastic bottle and some sticky tape.” Express: 
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Cloud Potato posted:
In this new one, he shows the jobcentre now having no jobs surely implying that they can't be lazy if there is no employment opportunities?
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Geokinesis posted:I thought he thought jobseekers are scroungers? Populism is not rational. Just wait until gangs start forming in the people who are there all day every day.
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Cloud Potato posted:Telegraph: Why would Cameron want to put Boris into an oven? Boris isn't poor.
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Jedit posted:Why would Cameron want to put Boris into an oven? Boris isn't poor. Cameron has a bun in the oven and it's Boris?
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