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The right hand of the worker is the tool which destroys international capitalism.  Except for left handed workers.
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Paladinus posted:The drug of militant leftism shouldn't go in the right hand, imo. I read it in terms of Telegraph triumphalism that Corbyn's campaign, fueled by "the militant left," is going to bolster support for the right [because he's "unelectable" etc etc]. But that might be too charitable a reading, and it's probably just a much simpler "Corbyn is on the militant left and the militant left are bad like drugs"
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Aug 3, 2015 14:45
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He's the former Labour members arm wrestling champion.
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Aug 3, 2015 14:54
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Aug 3, 2015 15:00
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Cloud Potato posted:Don't cry for me. I'm already dead. Oh hey, Riddell is doing different comics than his usual standard, good for Riddell.
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If... July 20-23    The Labour beans are back! Have some 94 vintage Blair by Bell as well as some turn of the century Labour beans:  
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Aug 3, 2015 21:48
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Ahaha the one-eyed beans Is it just me or is Blair looking a bit Purple Tentacle
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Aug 3, 2015 21:55
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I knew he looked familiar!
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Aug 3, 2015 21:59
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Is there some deeper meaning to the Labour party being beans, then?
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I posted a bit about this in the other toons thread but as near as I can tell it started out because Heinz Beans and the Labour party were celebrating their centenaries at around the same time. It looks like Bell adopted it as shorthand for Blairites, presumably because they're bland, characterless and it's almost impossible to tell one from the next. Also fart jokes.
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Niric posted:I read it in terms of Telegraph triumphalism that Corbyn's campaign, fueled by "the militant left," is going to bolster support for the right [because he's "unelectable" etc etc]. But that might be too charitable a reading, and it's probably just a much simpler "Corbyn is on the militant left and the militant left are bad like drugs" Talking about entryism in terms of performance enhancing drugs is quite a clever metaphor, at least for a daily polititoon, and you have to be a real pedant to berate a cartoonist for preferring to use the arm on the reader's left, rather than Corbyn.
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Party Boat posted:I posted a bit about this in the other toons thread but as near as I can tell it started out because Heinz Beans and the Labour party were celebrating their centenaries at around the same time. It looks like Bell adopted it as shorthand for Blairites, presumably because they're bland, characterless and it's almost impossible to tell one from the next. Just from the book (which has the centennial story-line), that seems as right as anything. Blair being one-eyed seems to be an evolution of the caricature, as bell Usually shows him with one eye closed and one wide open(His first drawing of him in the book is a black outline with one eye but it's properly offset, not like a cyclops).
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Aug 3, 2015 22:26
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Class snuggle!  These Labour beans are kind of adorable.
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I just ran across an article by Bell where he talks about struggling with early Blair caricatures and when it all fell into place: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/may/11/tonyblair.labour2 e: and here's the pivotal Blair toon he describes 
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Aug 3, 2015 22:32
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Excellent work, Party Boat. Guardian:  Telegraph:  Independent: 
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Aug 4, 2015 00:37
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that indy one is loving top. spot on
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Aug 4, 2015 09:50
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Not to step on Cloud Potato's toes but today's Mac is quite extraordinary.
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Aug 4, 2015 19:31
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Holy gently caress. That's got to be one for the GAA.
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Aug 4, 2015 19:46
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No, other people posting toons is excellent! And  at that Mac.
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Aug 4, 2015 19:49
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It's clever satire that reveals the classist underpinnings of anti-immigration thought.
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Aug 4, 2015 19:50
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tdrules posted:Not to step on Cloud Potato's toes but today's Mac is quite extraordinary.  Soz for poor taste, but Mac started it. edit: ah sorry. Thought this was the
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Cilla wouldn't queue, she'd just barge in the front.
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tooterfish posted:edit: ah sorry. Thought this was the 
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Aug 4, 2015 20:42
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tdrules posted:Not to step on Cloud Potato's toes but today's Mac is quite extraordinary. Jesus loving Christ.
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Aug 4, 2015 20:54
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J_RBG posted:Jesus loving Christ.
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Aug 4, 2015 21:08
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Guardian: RBS sell-off. Telegraph:  Not a clue, sorry. Times:  
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Aug 5, 2015 00:31
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Aug 5, 2015 00:36
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The telegraph one is about the unfolding accusations of pedo goings on of former (Tory) PM Ted Heath, who was a keen yaughtsman. Apparently keen on underage rentboys, too. But haha, who isn't? Kidding, Plod
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Aug 5, 2015 00:44
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I will never tire of Corbyn Irritates The Other Three cartoons. Good thing too because there's still more than a month left of the drat thing. The red nipple flags are a nice touch, I hope they're constantly spinning around.
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tdrules posted:Not to step on Cloud Potato's toes but today's Mac is quite extraordinary. I like this one because the only loving way Mac is getting into heaven is as an illegal immigrant.
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Cloud Potato posted:Guardian: This one is great from the density of caricatures alone. Just noticed the Hodges-Rentoul hunting rifle as well. So have Rowson and Bell both broken with the Graun's editorial line on Corbyn?
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Party Boat posted:This one is great from the density of caricatures alone. Just noticed the Hodges-Rentoul hunting rifle as well. I like the Ted Heath-alump
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catching up on my cross-posting 1 2Oddly, this set has a few translations, and we get a glimpse of bell's Blair in the first strip.  3The tag on the pouch in the very middle says "insert porage here"  4 5 6Actually, this is totally a thing Elvis would do, as that whole "get a DEA badge" stunt with Nixon was just to carry as many guns and drugs as he could carry and not get in trouble. the man in the first strip is Jack Straw, Home secretary, and we'll be seeing more of him (mostly hounding immigrants). And now, the death of a princess  7Git = idiot  8Keening = a wailing for the dead/mourning
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Thanks for posting these - git is probably better translated as rear end in a top hat or poo poo though, if you care!
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Guardian: George Osborne selling off RBS. Telegraph:  London Underground strike. Independent:   Times:  Start of 4th Ashes cricket match. Mail:  Spicy food
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I really like the second Independent one, a very good subversion of the original phrase that works as a picture too.
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Aug 7, 2015 01:18
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Oh no, the Ed Balls cloning union has been delayed
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Bell time The first we clearly see Blair in this book. Fellow walking behind him is Mandelson, who will be in and out of government office a lot.  Yeah, that last line is a real quote, oddly enough.  The meltiest Rambo, and song lyrics!  Down in the left corner we see Mandelson, , John Prescott as a dog ,and good ol' Gordon brown. Also Harriet Harman. Thanks to the Regular pol-toons thread for dog/lady identification.
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