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Cloud Potato posted:Express: It's just going to be animals soon.
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Oct 17, 2013 08:55
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The 'Polish Plumber' stereotype is recognised across the EU. It actually started in France, and probably succeeded because it is alliterative in both French and English. -Poster by the Polish tourist board, targeting the French use of the stereotype. 'I am staying in Poland, do come over en masse!'
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Oct 17, 2013 09:00
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It's generally an endearing stereotype though, as Poles are known for their workmanship and not taking constant breaks like those horrible working class English types.
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Oct 17, 2013 09:17
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Cloud Potato posted:
A Jobcentre, as imagined by someone who hasn't had to go into one for at least 20 years. I mean when was the last time you went into a Jobcentre and they had the ads posted up on a board?
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Oct 17, 2013 11:25
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I'm not sure staying contemporary is on Thomas' radar – I'm not sure he's seen what a computer looks like for at least ten years. His cartoons take place in a Middle England Fantasy world where it's simultaneously the fifties and the mid-nineties.
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Oct 17, 2013 11:58
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Fluo posted:Love that Rowson one!   
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Oct 17, 2013 12:00
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Gonzo McFee posted:A Jobcentre, as imagined by someone who hasn't had to go into one for at least 20 years. I will say this though, he's captured the characterless soul sucking architecture of public buildings to a tee. Just look at that red brick pillar, anonymous pot plant and beige carpet!
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Oct 17, 2013 12:03
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Betjeman posted:It's generally an endearing stereotype though, as Poles are known for their workmanship and not taking constant breaks like those horrible working class English types. Everyone up here (Norway) has a sort of middle-class skepticism of the Poles, because they tend to underbid Norwegian companies by a lot. Combine that with the whole sentiment that boycotting Polish labour would be kind of xenophobic (which, let's face it, it would) and you get tons of disgruntled carpenters voting FrP (our UKIP equivalent) because they hope that they'll stem the flow of cheap workers from Eastern Europe (they won't).
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Oct 17, 2013 14:00
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Oh god the badger on fire is making me laugh so loving hard.
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Oct 17, 2013 17:42
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on Michael Gove – Education secretary suffers blow to his flagship free schools policy after the Al-Madinah school in Derby was labelled by Ofsted as chaotic" Telegraph:  British Gas to raise prices by 9.2% Independent:  Labour plans payday lenders levy to fund low-cost credit Mail: "Doctors have been told ( by NICE) that they must be respectful to fat patients."  quote:“Well now, Mr Hoggit. I think I can see the problem….How can I put this politely….?” Express:   Woman goes out for a night.
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Oct 18, 2013 00:52
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"Woman we harassed reacts disrespectfully!" says the Porn Barons mouthpiece.
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Oct 18, 2013 00:58
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Well I guess this disproves the 'he makes all the proles identical clones' idea. Even the women are the same big-nosed guy, just with hair.
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Oct 18, 2013 01:10
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on Jeremy Hunt's NHS - In a speech in China, health secretary Jeremy Hunt said society has collectively ignored what he calls the "national shame" of the "forgotten million" isolated older people" Telegraph:  Independent:  Stephen Collins: 
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Oct 19, 2013 13:04
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Cloud Potato posted:Stephen Collins:  It's actually just long hair, he gets very upset if you call it a perm. Badgers to cull Britain's Tories.
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Oct 19, 2013 20:33
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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. We have the same stereotype about Poles in France, pretty sure it's old though.
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Oct 19, 2013 21:25
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Observer: "Fat cats help themselves again - David Simonds on recent steep rises to energy bills" Sunday Telegraph:  "Britain’s anger at EC opposition to restriction on migrant benefits - The European Commission and the BBC are facing new questions over a controversial report into the effect of European Union migration to the UK." Independent on Sunday:  Osborne agrees to China investing in UK nuclear plants
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Oct 20, 2013 00:50
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on coalition infighting - In a rebuff to Tory education policy, Liberal Democrats have said that they believe all state teachers should be qualified" Telegraph:  Independent:  Express:  Archbishop of Canterbury urges energy firm 'generosity'
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Oct 21, 2013 00:38
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That man is wearing a slice of bread for a hat. Also someone with better eyes or a physical copy tell me what're the titles on Gove's sheets in that Rowson tia.
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Oct 21, 2013 00:44
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I think: Slavery is Freedom Toby Young: My Struggle vs Facts Down with Empiricism [???] Hoorah for [???] [Nothing] QTS = Qualified(?) Treason(?) [???]
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Oct 21, 2013 00:51
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goatface posted:I think: Fraser Nelson: Hoorah for Phlogiston Spectator p. 12 QTS = Qualified Treason Stalinist!
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Oct 21, 2013 12:36
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Cloud Potato posted:Stephen Collins: I love this being "operation death on two legs"
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Oct 21, 2013 13:29
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Telegraph: Npower to raise energy prices by 10.4% Independent:  Nuclear power plant 'good deal' for UK Mail: "It has been revealed that two thirds of Supermarket foods are thrown away into the bin."  quote:“Dinner won’t be long, dear. I had to pop down the road to get some vegetables.” Express: 
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Oct 22, 2013 00:56
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This is so obvious a cartel with the energy companies. ____________________ Guardian:  A new nuclear power station for Britain. Fluo fucked around with this message at 09:21 on Oct 22, 2013 |
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Oct 22, 2013 09:13
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BE AFRAID!! BE AFRAID!! FEAR THE NUCLEAR POWER, FEAR IT!!! FEAR IT!!!
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Oct 22, 2013 13:03
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Calico Heart posted:BE AFRAID!! BE AFRAID!! FEAR THE NUCLEAR POWER, FEAR IT!!! FEAR IT!!! It's not so much Nuclear power, it's who's in charge.
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Oct 22, 2013 15:05
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Manic_Misanthrope posted:It's not so much Nuclear power, it's who's in charge. Bollock off, there's absolutely no reason to depict a nuke plant with cracks/escaping gas other than to sow hysteria about nuclear. The stupid loving thing is that cracks in the outer wall of a nuke plant would do exactly nothing.
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Oct 22, 2013 16:05
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mfcrocker posted:Bollock off, there's absolutely no reason to depict a nuke plant with cracks/escaping gas other than to sow hysteria about nuclear. Nuclear plants also don't have pipes pumping subsidies directly into them. It's depicting Gideon giving everything away to outside interests and leaving us with a pile of poo poo. It's a cartoon, not an photographic portrayal of recent events (the cracks indicate that it's leaking subsidy directly to the French and Chinese governments, FWIW).
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Oct 22, 2013 16:40
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Rowson's also playing the Yellow Peril trick of "it's made by CHINAMEN so it'll SCORCH the EARTH and KILL your CHILDREN" going by the smoke. It's a poo poo cartoon.
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Oct 22, 2013 16:43
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Betjeman posted:Nuclear plants also don't have pipes pumping subsidies directly into them. It's depicting Gideon giving everything away to outside interests and leaving us with a pile of poo poo. It's a cartoon, not an photographic portrayal of recent events (the cracks indicate that it's leaking subsidy directly to the French and Chinese governments, FWIW).  Forums Terrorist posted:Rowson's also playing the Yellow Peril trick of "it's made by CHINAMEN so it'll SCORCH the EARTH and KILL your CHILDREN" going by the smoke. 
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Oct 22, 2013 16:52
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Forums Terrorist posted:Rowson's also playing the Yellow Peril trick of "it's made by CHINAMEN so it'll SCORCH the EARTH and KILL your CHILDREN" going by the smoke. Not really accurate since he's also bashing the French. I don't know much about Chinese nuclear industry but France has its fair share of nuclear safety scandals (what with it being the main source of energy for the country). Kurtofan fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Oct 22, 2013 |
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Oct 22, 2013 16:52
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Ah, welp, didn't see the tricolour. It's still bad for making GBS threads on nuclear.
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Oct 22, 2013 17:11
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Kurtofan posted:I don't know much about Chinese nuclear industry but France has its fair share of nuclear safety scandals (what with it being the main source of energy for the country). 2010s nuclear is nothing like 1950s nuclear in terms of safety, and even 1950/60s nuclear was safer than coal and oil in terms of deaths/TWh. You'd really have to gently caress up badly to get worse than those two.
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Oct 22, 2013 17:19
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I don't know, I'm a supporter of Nuclear too but the cartoon doesn't seem to be criticising Nuclear power itself, just the way it has been procured with subsidies/foreign investment etc. If it was a big Chinese mushroom cloud or whatever that would be fear mongering about "THE ATOM".
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Oct 22, 2013 18:36
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Clapham Omnibus posted:I don't know, I'm a supporter of Nuclear too but the cartoon doesn't seem to be criticising Nuclear power itself, just the way it has been procured with subsidies/foreign investment etc. I guess, though to get that you have to be familiar with the film it's referencing (White Heat, which ends with James Cagney's character shooting the giant gas tank he's standing on and shouting "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!", before it explodes). Plus, the whole thing relies on the perception that nuclear plants are inherently unstable and liable to explode if you give them a tap.
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Oct 22, 2013 18:58
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No comment on the pile of rotting food in Tesco bags labelled "Food Bank"?
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Oct 22, 2013 19:50
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Fluo posted:This is so obvious a cartel with the energy companies. The big industry secret is that it's not a cartel, but rather a group of billion-pound companies playing chicken with each other. They all have virtually the same costs, since you're basically paying for a poo poo callcentre and a different-coloured letterhead, but the first couple of companies to push prices get absolutely hammered (see: now).
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Oct 22, 2013 20:21
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on the coalition's topsy-turvy attitude to visitors" Telegraph:  US National Security Agency 'spied on French diplomats' Independent:  NHS 'can save £500m' on foreign care Mail: "It is the final of BBC 2s The great British Bake Off"  quote:“Viewers often ask “What do we do with all those cakes made during the series?” Express:  
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Oct 23, 2013 00:47
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DOCTOR That is a terrible racist caricature, it's even worse than one of Mac's. I keep noticing more horrible little details he's lovingly added to it, like the big hoop earrings and the window squeegee. (Is that a stereotype? Do Express readers think all Romanians are window-cleaners or something?)
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Oct 23, 2013 00:56
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The man is his general 'Eastern European' swarthy stereotype too On the plus side, do I see an incoming Fat Panda in Rowson's? And what's with the cat disappearing under May's skirt?
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Oct 23, 2013 01:20
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So Eastern Europeans men look otherwise exactly identical to everyone else but they don't shave and wear caps? Ok.
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