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Red Oktober posted:Weirdly introspective Blower there. Very odd. I can't fundamentally argue with nuking Woking.
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Of all things "tech" that Guardian Australian Sport cartoon could pick as an example its the Slashdot logo but reversed ? 
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on Boris Johnson’s continuing troubles over parties – Illicit get-togethers are a headache for the prime minister as the festive season gets under way" Based on Mairi's Wedding. Telegraph:  Brace for more restrictions, warns cinema chief Matt:  Omicron leads many UK schools to close early for Christmas Independent:  UK reports 88,376 new Covid cases amid warning over Omicron hospitalisations Times:  Evening Standard:  North Shropshire byelection earthquake delivers unhappy Christmas for Boris Johnson
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on Boris Johnson’s post-byelection party — Boris Johnson has said he accepts responsibility for his party’s crushing defeat in the North Shropshire byelection but also defiantly blamed the media for focusing on ‘politics and politicians’"  Telegraph:  Boris Johnson warned he has ‘one last chance’ as Tories threaten vote of no confidence Matt:  Independent:  After Millais. Times:  After Fragonard. Stephen Collins: 
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Observer: "After the North Shropshire byelection – A disconsolate Boris Johnson tries to recapture the party spirit…" Sunday Telegraph:  Tories give Boris Johnson months to improve … or go Matt:  Sunday Times:  Mail on Sunday: 
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evilmiera posted:Ah yes, now that Johnson has delivered everything the Tories asked of him it is time to remove him. Yes, but not everything has gone perfectly, with their opponents begging for forgiveness as they see how wrong they were about everything This means that they must have been deliberately betrayed, and not that their ideas were bad
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Guardian: "Nicola Jennings on the mounting pressure on Boris Johnson – No sooner has the prime minister put one crisis behind him than another rears up" Telegraph:  Sage seeks 'immediate' curtailment of indoor mixing, putting Christmas gatherings at risk Independent:  Brexit minister’s shock resignation leaves Boris Johnson reeling; How Lord Frost exit got Nadine Dorries deleted from Tory WhatsApp group Times:  Australia thrash England by 275 runs in second Ashes Test to take 2-0 series lead Evening Standard:  Boris Johnson and staff pictured with wine in Downing Street garden in May 2020
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on the two faces of Boris Johnson — Downing Street has defended a photograph showing Boris Johnson, his wife and up to 17 staff seemingly having drinks in the Downing Street garden during the first lockdown" Telegraph:  Matt:  England are getting worse — Joe Root and Chris Silverwood may not survive this Ashes humiliation Independent:  Times:  Evening Standard:  David Squires: 
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Dec 21, 2021 21:06
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Guardian: "Ben Jennings on Boris Johnson’s Christmas rules — Boris Johnson has warned further measures remain on the table, with data on the threat of Omicron monitored ‘hour by hour’" Telegraph:  Pubs and restaurants face worst January on record without further support Matt:  £1bn taxpayer bill to cover festive washout for pubs and restaurants Independent:  Chatting over cheese and wine: anatomy of Downing Street lockdown gathering Times:  Time to trust the people, but not the scientists, urges Jacob Rees-Mogg
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson: the seven days of Covid Christmas – After a lengthy and divided cabinet meeting, the PM decided against fresh curbs despite the spread of Omicron" Telegraph:  New Year’s Eve plans in England may have to be cancelled, says minister Matt:  Independent:  Times: 
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on a lack of help to ease Covid pressures on the NHS – With experts warning there is still a risk the health service could be overwhelmed by the Omicron variant, the government has as yet no plans to take new measures in England" Telegraph:  Matt:  ‘This isn’t right’: Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson voices player welfare fears Times:  Bonus! Morland's animated cartoon of 2021. Merry Christmas everyone! I'll see you in a few days!
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Guavanaut posted:That famous story about a man who wanted to do all the right things until some ghosts showed up to mislead him. The Telegraph has probably printed one of those "In Defense of Scrooge" columns at one point
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Happy New Year cartoon lovers, cartoonist haters and strange art history types who enjoy the bastardisation of masterpieces otherwise not discovered - and especially to Cloud Potato for running the thread for 99.9% of the year  
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Happy new year to all my fellow eejits who can't help looking at this shite every day 
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Pilchenstein posted:Happy new year to all my fellow eejits who can't help looking at this shite every day Happy new year. Every. Day.
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Guardian: "Seamus Jennings on Boris Johnson going into the new year – As the calendar moves from 2021 to 2022, confirmed Covid cases in the UK hit a new daily record of nearly 190,000, the cost of the No 11 flat renovation is still in the news – and the PM is still clinging to his job" Telegraph:  Independent:  Times:  Stephen Collins: 
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ty for your service Cloud Potato it's v much appreciated
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Observer: "Keeping a wary eye out for Boris Johnson in 2022 – Out with the old warnings, in with the new" Sunday Telegraph:  UK Covid test shortage amid new year parties ‘very worrying’, says scientist Yesterday's i paper:  Sunday Times:  Mail on Sunday: 
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I think it's lovely that they have an open marriage.
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Sunday Times going in hard
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Guardian: "Nicola Jennings on Boris Johnson v Tory backbenchers – Prime minister begins 2022 behind Labour in the polls following a string of damaging crises" Telegraph:  Backlash against face masks in secondary schools as Covid cases ease Independent:  6m UK homes may be unable to pay energy bills after price hike, charity warns Times: 
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on driverless cars and the Tories – Boris Johnson has rejected the idea that relatively limited Covid restrictions in England amounted to a gamble as Omicron cases continue to rise" Telegraph:  Independent:  Schools in England told to wear masks in class as fears mount of Omicron surge Times:  Veteran tells Prince Andrew to step down from Grenadier Guards Evening Standard:  David Squires: 
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Guardian: "Ben Jennings on the pressures facing the NHS as Omicron spreads – Two NHS trusts in Lancashire have declared critical incidents in their hospitals owing to Covid staff absences, joining at least six others across England" Telegraph:  We should be proud of the Queen, says Sir Keir Starmer as he sets out patriotic vision Matt:  Reduced timetables to come in on all of Great Britain’s rail network Independent:  Times:  Judge deals blow to Prince Andrew’s hopes of dismissing Virginia Giuffre sex claim Evening Standard: 
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on the various epiphanies beginning the year – The Christian festival of the Epiphany celebrates the three wise men’s visit to the baby Jesus" Telegraph:  Tankers diverted from Asia to Europe as gas prices keep rising Matt:  Independent:  Parts of NHS may be overwhelmed by Covid wave, admits Boris Johnson Times:  Evening Standard:  Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open hopes dashed after visa cancelled at airport; BLM protesters cleared over toppling of Edward Colston statue
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Yes, pull down anti-vaccination statues too if there's any.
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Guavanaut posted:Yes, pull down anti-vaccination statues too if there's any. Here's one a block from the capitol.
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on the legacy of the Iraq war for Julian Assange and Tony Blair – The former prime minister has been made a knight; the WikiLeaks founder spends his 1,001st day in prison on Thursday" Telegraph:  PMQs: Labour's Angela Rayner steps up call for 5% energy bill VAT cut; Jacob Rees-Mogg tells Rishi Sunak to abandon National Insurance rise amid cost of living crunch Matt:  Novak Djokovic not being held ‘captive’ and free to leave whenever he chooses, Australia says Independent:  Minister vows to close ‘loophole’ after court clears Colston statue topplers Times:  Evening Standard:  Show us a way out of Covid Plan B, plead London bosses
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on the prime minister’s interior decoration – Boris Johnson has been accused of corruption after it emerged that he sought funds for his flat refurbishment from a Tory donor while promising to consider plans for a mystery ‘great exhibition’" Telegraph:  'Stealth tax' to hit one in six Britons as inflation surges - Chancellor has frozen the higher rate threshold, despite rising prices Matt:  Independent:  After William Morris. The i paper:  Times:  Stephen Collins:  Also, if you've got a good idea for a new thread title, please post it!
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Observer: "Nightmare on Downing Street – From rising energy prices to the redecoration of his flat, Boris Johnson has plenty to keep him awake at night" Sunday Telegraph:  Russia cutting underwater cables could be act of war, says head of UK armed forces Matt:  Sunday Times:  ‘Nothing untoward’ in Johnson’s ‘great exhibition’ texts, says minister Mail on Sunday:  'Leave us alone to do what we do best': Fury at plan to hand millions to farmers to turn 741,000 acres of land into nature reserves as 'rewilding cult' loved by Carrie's pals the Goldsmith brothers forms centre of shake-up
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Cloud Potato posted:Telegraph: That is a really quite strange caricature of Angela Rayner
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Guardian: "Ben Jennings on the Tories’ statue sorrow – Conservatives have reacted angrily after four activists were acquitted of criminal damage despite admitting toppling a statue of slaver Edward Colston" Telegraph:  Britain faces worst cost of living crisis for a generation Independent:  End of free lateral flow tests as country told to live with Covid Times:  Liz Truss ‘willing’ to trigger article 16 of Brexit protocol if talks falter Evening Standard: 
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Guardian: "Lorna Miller on Novak Djokovic’s escape from detention – The world no 1 is a free man after a judge quashed the decision to deny his entry to Australia" Telegraph:  Ease ineffective Covid restrictions, Nicola Sturgeon told, as Scotland’s case rate overtakes England’s Matt:  Independent:  Times:  Cladding rules: Flat-owners won’t pay to fix fire safety issues, pledges Gove Evening Standard:  Calls for PM to be questioned by inquiry into alleged No 10 lockdown gatherings David Squires: 
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I enjoyed the deliberate wordplay between freedom as "the condition of not being controlled by another nation or political power" and freedom as "the ability to do what you want without control or interference by another or by circumstance" to illustrate that the cartoonist is a giant babby.
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