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forkboy84 posted:Wait until they create Smart Cartoonists, Thomas is in real loving trouble then.
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Ewan posted:I know what a smart motorway is - we've had them for years - just no loving clue what he's trying to say with that cartoon We have? Entirely new one to me.
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Feb 26, 2021 16:20
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they've been digging up bits of the M6 and M1 to do it for a decade at least at this point I think
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Feb 26, 2021 16:28
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isn't smart motorways just what they call "doing away with the hard shoulder"? like is there anything more to it than that? :/
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Feb 26, 2021 16:47
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It's smart! With internets of things and an app on the signs.
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Feb 26, 2021 16:48
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They're meant to be watched so that they can have lanes closed for breakdowns and reopened as soon as it's cleared etc. But they're not, so they're just deathtraps.
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Feb 26, 2021 16:51
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They monitor traffic flow and dynamically reduce the speed limit on affected sections to help clear congestion, with regularly spaced digital displays. They can also close lanes if there's an accident, and I'm guessing the rationale is that there's significantly fewer breakdowns in modern cars, so reclaiming an entire unused lane is the easiest way of relieving congestion. Right now I think people treat the signage as optional when they feel like it, since it's all done by computer and they don't run into traffic jams that would justify the regular drops to 60 or 50 or occasionally 40mph (those speed reductions being WHY there aren't as many jams), so it wouldn't surprise me if someone just decided to keep driving in a now closed lane and ended up flattening someone.
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Feb 26, 2021 17:11
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that's fuckin stupid, just keep the hard shoulder in case something goes tits up 
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Feb 26, 2021 20:20
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on the feud between Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon – The row about Sturgeon’s role in the sexual misconduct charges against Salmond last year have become a flashpoint in Scottish politics. Salmond is due to give evidence to Holyrood on Friday" Telegraph:  Teachers to get sweeping powers to decide exam results in England Matt:   Independent:  Times:  Evening Standard:  Mail: PAUL THOMAS on... teachers deciding exam grades 
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Feb 26, 2021 21:22
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Oh no I laughed at one
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Feb 27, 2021 17:33
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on the Queen urging Britons to take the Covid vaccine – The Queen has encouraged people to ‘think about other people rather than themselves’ and get the Covid-19 jab in a video call with health officials leading the deployment of the vaccine across the UK" After Tenniel. Telegraph:  Budget 2021: Sunak faces revolt over planned capital gains tax raid Independent:  Salmond accuses Sturgeon of using Covid briefing to 'effectively question jury result' – as it happened After Raeburn. The i paper:  Labour to state 'non-negotiable' support for UK's nuclear weapons Times:  Mr Potato Head loses 'mister' as Hasbro opts for gender-neutral brand name Mail: PAUL THOMAS on... Prince Harry's son Archie getting a waffle maker   Royal Waffle Machine Stephen Collins: 
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Feb 27, 2021 17:47
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Cloud Potato posted:Guardian: 
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Feb 28, 2021 02:51
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Doctor_Fruitbat posted:Right now I think people treat the signage as optional when they feel like it, since it's all done by computer and they don't run into traffic jams that would justify the regular drops to 60 or 50 or occasionally 40mph (those speed reductions being WHY there aren't as many jams), so it wouldn't surprise me if someone just decided to keep driving in a now closed lane and ended up flattening someone.  Are radar traps not a thing in the UK? I've seen some remote signage like that over here (Germany), and occasionally radar traps are set up to catch people ignoring them. Or hell, to catch anyone going faster than allowed.If we'd put up new "smart" signs, anyone disregarding them would soon have to walk, even without plowing into someone
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Feb 28, 2021 14:57
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Observer: "The chancellor prepares his budget – Rishi Sunak feels the dead hand of Covid debt and the cold breath of austerity" Sunday Telegraph:  Matt:  Sunday Times: 
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Guardian: "Ben Jennings on Rishi Sunak's Covid relief budget – Rishi Sunak has indicated that emergency support measures such as the furlough scheme will be extended beyond the end of April in the budget on Wednesday" Telegraph:  Independent:  Times:  Carrie Symonds and Dilyn the dog are running No 10, snipes Dominic Cummings's ally - as PM's new press secretary Allegra Stratton rubbishes wild claims of tensions with Boris Johnson's fiancee, insisting: 'We are all a nest of singing birds' Evening Standard:  Alarm over delays in border measures as Brazil Covid variant hits UK
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Mar 1, 2021 21:55
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Yes Blower that's how economies work.
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on Boris Johnson's border measures and the Brazil Covid variant – The prime minister has denied hotel quarantine was brought in too slowly, as a nationwide search to track down a person infected with a coronavirus “variant of concern” that originated in Brazil gets under way" Telegraph:  Budget 2021: Rishi Sunak to pledge more government firepower to save jobs and businesses Matt:   Boris Johnson 'outright condemns' Guardian columnist Roy Greenslade as he RESIGNS from City University post amid outrage after he revealed his long-held support for the IRA Independent:  Times:  People smugglers could get life sentences under new rules, says Home Office Evening Standard:  Rishi Sunak set to announce £400m for arts sector in his Budget; Mail: PAUL THOMAS on... our dwindling police stations  David Squires:  Bonus! Prospect magazine: 
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Mar 2, 2021 21:20
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Blower just straight up stealing from former Telegraph physical cartoonist Brant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50HKLZHOQfA Shameless.
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy's corruption conviction - French former president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in jail, two of them suspended, for corruption" Telegraph:  Rishi Sunak flags tax rises in budget as total Covid spending tops £400bn Matt:  Independent:  Irish racehorse trainer pictured sitting on dead horse banned from racing in Britain pending an investigation Times:  Johnson trying to set up charity that could fund Downing Street flat revamp Evening Standard:  Mail: PAUL THOMAS on... the No10 makeover 
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Mar 3, 2021 20:55
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Would do an audio tour of the bedroom at number 10. Pulling all the books off the bookcase and pressing every wall panel to try and find Ted heaths secret cupboard full of child skeletons
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on Rishi Sunak's budget and Boris Johnson's renovations - Chancellor Rishi Sunak today delivered his budget and Covid recovery plans. This week it was also reported Downing Street is trying to set up a charity that could cover the costs of the refurbishment of Boris Johnson’s flat" Telegraph:  Matt:  Buckingham Palace to investigate bullying allegations against Meghan Independent:  Times:  Rishi Sunak admits ‘I’m a total coke addict’ to two boys – then corrects himself Bonus! Morland's animated cartoon. Evening Standard:  Rishi Sunak’s ‘weird’ staircase photo became an instant meme Mail: PAUL THOMAS on... Rishi Sunak's Covid budget 
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Cloud Potato posted:Telegraph: Sucker's understanding of national economics.
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Mar 5, 2021 00:11
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does that Independent cartoonist have to draw everyone with a cock for a nose? i mean it's just a fixation rather than a funny gimmick at this point :/
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Mar 5, 2021 16:01
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Bob and his antivax tweets about evil killer nurses got a mention in private eye this week. Luckily the eye thinks that vaccines are good now
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on Oprah interviewing Harry and Meghan — The Duchess of Sussex has said she cannot be expected to remain silent about her experiences of palace life if the royal family is ‘perpetuating falsehoods’ about her and Prince Harry" Telegraph:  UK economic growth next year will be fastest since 1948, says OBR Matt:  Independent:  Times:  NHS, social care and most vulnerable 'betrayed' by Sunak's budget Evening Standard:  Nurses' union prepares for strike action over 1% pay offer for NHS staff Mail: PAUL THOMAS on... a right Royal row 
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Mar 5, 2021 19:30
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the sex ghost posted:Bob and his antivax tweets about evil killer nurses got a mention in private eye this week. Luckily the eye thinks that vaccines are good now Hislop is very touchy and defensive about the Eye's place in anti-vaxer promotion history. Wonder if he's the same with HIGNFY and Boris.
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on Rishi Sunak's budget backlash - Rishi Sunak is under increasing pressure to provide more money for the NHS and struggling households amid criticism from tax and spending experts that his budget doesn’t add up" Telegraph:  Independent:  After J Butterworth. The i paper:  Times:  Priti Patel reaches £340,000 settlement with ex-Home Office chief Philip Rutnam Mail: PAUL THOMAS on... Carrie's No10 redecoration  Stephen Collins: 
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Mar 6, 2021 17:59
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Jesus making GBS threads gently caress, how many passes on Carrie Symond's face did Paul do before he just hit send and burst into tears?
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Observer: "Covid winners and losers – As the private sector hoovers up contracts, nurses receive a 1% pay rise" Sunday Telegraph:  Matt:  Sunday Times:  Mail on Sunday: 
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Guardian: "Nicola Jennings on the government's NHS pay offer – A proposed 1% increase for frontline staff has been criticised by unions, NHS leaders and some Tory MPs" Also Walker 'stunned' to see ship hovering high above sea off Cornwall Telegraph:  Jubilation and fear as English schools reopen amid continuing confusion Matt:  Independent:  Times:  Evening Standard:  'I didn't want to be alive any more': Harry and Meghan describe racism and royal animosity in Oprah interview
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on Harry and Meghan's Oprah interview - The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have said racism was ‘large part’ of their decision to leave Britain" Telegraph:  Matt:  Independent:  Times:  Evening Standard:  Mail: PAUL THOMAS on... the Royals in crisis  David Squires: 
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Mar 9, 2021 19:44
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the queen can't possibly be able to see that tv and Andrew would be straining his neck. Thomas knocks it out of the park again
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Mar 10, 2021 04:51
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Also the title card on the TV. Just stellar work once again.
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Mar 10, 2021 16:39
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Andy seems to be doing an awful lot of sweating there
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Mar 10, 2021 16:45
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It also looks liek the motto of the Pizza Palace is "Putting the woke into woking" which, like, what does that even mean
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Reveilled posted:It also looks liek the motto of the Pizza Palace is "Putting the woke into woking" which, like, what does that even mean I assume it's supposed to be capital w Woking, as in where Andrew claims to have visited Pizza Express as his alibi. As to its supposed wokeness, I don't know. Maybe it's 'work'?
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Mar 10, 2021 17:02
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Could be "putting the wok into Woking". Because food is cooked in a wok sometimes. Which makes sense for pizza. This is more  than Thomas put in I'm sure.
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on Harry saying Charles stopped taking his calls — Prince Charles has appeared in public for the first time since the Oprah interview aired, but made no comment" After Gillray. Telegraph:  Whitty: revising plan to ease England lockdown would risk fresh Covid surge Matt:  Piers Morgan leaves Good Morning Britain after Meghan row Independent:  Times:  Evening Standard:  No evidence £22bn test-and-trace scheme cut Covid rates in England, say MPs Mail: PAUL THOMAS on... the Royal 'racism' mystery 
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Mar 10, 2021 21:17
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i don't recall poirot being a bald gangster
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Philip is hiding in the fireplace.
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