Cliff Racer posted:

In the sense that its government exists to serve its own people and not the whole world yes it is just like Iran's and Venezuela's governments even if it goes about its job in a vastly different way.

Cloud Potato posted:

Telegraph:

Royal Mail shares 'will be priced at top of range'

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Royal Mail privatisation: Labour calls for two inquiries into sell-off which may have lost taxpayers £750MILLION.
The National Audit Office and the Public Accounts Committee have been asked to investigate the "woefully undervalued" flotation.

Labour last night called for two inquiries into the Royal Mail sell-off which may have lost taxpayers £750million.

The move comes after frenzied trading of more than 100 million shares pushed the 378-year-old company up from the Government’s valuation of £3.3billion to £4.4billion on Friday.

One investor told the Sunday Mirror: “Everyone knew the sale was woefully undervalued. But the Government could not risk failure.

“So they went ahead and we filled our boots.”

Now Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna has demanded a National Audit Office probe into the sale after it emerged City traders blocked moves to set the launch price higher than £3.30 a share.

And he has also called on the powerful Public Accounts Committee to investigate the flotation.

Embattled Business Secretary Vince Cable denied he was behind a fire sale of a British institution and said the share price would fall back.

But Mr Umunna responded: “The vast majority of shares sold went to large City investors instead of members of the public.

“Taxpayers need to have confidence that this national institution hasn’t been sold off on the cheap to big money investors looking to make a fast buck. So it is crucial that this matter is fully investigated.”

The Government’s sale of up to 60% of the Royal Mail will raise between £1.7billion and £2billion.

But it could have netted an extra £750million if it had sold the company at Friday’s closing share price of £4.55.

Of the 690,000 people who joined the ell-off, many offloaded their allocations of 750 shares instantly to rake in a quick £250.

Meanwhile trouble is looming for the new stock market company as unions continue to oppose the privatisation ahead of an expected announcement on Wednesday of a postal workers’ strike.

Fluo posted:

Love that Rowson one!

By the way just had to post this, I know its only the first one of the week but this weeks IF.. is going to be pretty fun!

Payndz posted:

Who's the little guy in the middle?

Mr. Squishy posted:

I'd be surprised as why draw just one of the Barclays? Their twinship is their biggest feature. They're also not that hunched, though I guess Murdoch really has eyes so that might not matter. I wish I knew who it could be though.

Puntification posted:

I'm not particularly convinced by my own suggestion but I can't think of another balding editor or owner.

quote:

Glen Moreno (born 1943) is an American businessman. Moreno has worked for several large companies in the United States and the United Kingdom and most recently worked as acting-chairman of UK Financial Investments Limited which manages the British government's bank shareholdings.

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UK Financial Investments (UKFI) is a limited company set up in November 2008 and mandated by the UK Government to manage HM Treasury's shareholdings in banks subscribing to its recapitalisation fund. These currently include substantial holdings in Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland Group; and previously also Northern Rock until that company was taken over by Virgin Money on 1 January 2012

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Pearson PLC is a British multinational publishing and education company headquartered in London. It is the largest education company and the largest book publisher in the world

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The Financial Times (FT) is a British English-language international daily newspaper with a special emphasis on business and economic news in the United Kingdom and internationally. The paper, published by Pearson PLC in London, was founded in 1888 by James Sheridan and Horatio Bottomley, and merged with its closest rival, the Financial News (which had been founded in 1884) in 1945.

UnCO3 posted:

I think it's one of the random Daily Mail underlings in the bunker comics. They've got the same shirt and tie (same as Dacre's tie too) and the same bowed, bald head.

Fluo posted:

Fluo posted:

Lloyd Embley, Daily Mirror Editor.

Fluo posted:

Cloud Potato posted:

Where's Britian?

hazza posted:

Someone get those flags translated, stat!

CartoonistRowson on CiF posted:

Mea culpa, everyone. They should read:

Death to the People!
Forward the heroic hedge-fund managers!
Fill your boots, posh boys!

but I used an on-line translation droid who, inevitably, screwed it up. Trouble was finding a native Chinese speaker in a hurry on a rainy Sunday afternoon in October in Lewisham, in my studio. Also, this was just a value added gag which, as it happens, does quite work. That said, you remember the one I did when Gaddafi died? The arabic graffiti in that seemed fine, I'm told, though doubtless same trans engine would translate the phrase I commenced this with - "Mea culpa" - as "apology jam" or something.

Back for re-education to the paddy fields.

peace and love

Martin Rowson

quote:

“At last we’ve got our visas for the UK. Nice of the chubby blonde person to provide transport.”

Cliff Racer posted:

You foreigners complaining that we should settle our political battles just to benefit your lot sound a lot like my stupider compatriots arguing that, say, Iran or Venezuela should only ever elect moderates because their current governments are bad for our businesses.

Mr. Pumroy posted:

The US government has proven incapable of performing one of the most basic functions of governing without threatening to send the rest of the world hurtling into an economic meatgrinder. We deserve what scorn we get for that.

Cliff Racer posted:

If you think I was saying that Iran and Venezuela have comparable influence then you need to reread my posts. And as to this- "It'd be cool if there was a rule in this thread that if you want to argue about stuff that isn't a cartoon then you have to draw a cartoon yourself depicting your argument," I was directly responding to one of the cartoons in this thread, among other things.

Trickjaw posted:

White Cliffs? Check. Bluebirds? Check. Union Jack? Check. Another good days work, Thomas, now relax with a nice ovaltine.

ookiimarukochan posted:

He seems to have missed out the badger AND the fox though.

baka kaba posted:

At that scale they could be loving anywhere I think I see a badger in the sea on the right though, the fine pen has been dug out from under the crayons

quote:

‘It’s a fair cop, ma’am. And I’d like 37 other bedrooms taken into consideration’

Cloud Potato posted:

Telegraph:

Clangers to make TV return

Cliff Racer posted:

Two birds and two badgers but only one fox, am I missing something?

edit: You know looking at the clock I see two rubber duckies too.

GorfZaplen posted:

I sincerely hope that the elk becomes a permanent part of Thompson's menagerie.

quote:

“Be honest. When the plumber arrived did you still have a silly smirk on your face?”

Cloud Potato posted:

Express:

Cloud Potato posted:

Guardian:

"Steve Bell on David Cameron – PM says leaks have damaged national security and suggests MPs could 'examine issue and make further recommendations'"

Cloud Potato posted:

Mail:
"England have qualified for the world football championship by beating Poland 2-0."

cafel posted:

Uhm, is there some kind of stereotype in Britain about the Polish all being plumbers or something? Because as an American, I don't get this one at all.