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- David Cameron seeks new windmill
- Gordon Brown seeks date?
- Rue Britannia gets her own domain
- More Tories to defect to Labour?
- How stupid does David Miliband think we are?
- Gordon gets on with the job
- Don't watch that... WATCH THIS!
- Tremble before the Mighty Ming
- The Northern Rock Crisis won't flush away
- Things ain't going Emperor Ming's way
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Saturday, 29 September 2007
David Cameron seeks new windmill
Davis Cameron, the Tory leader is reportedly 'ready to fight back'.
Good luck with that.
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Labels: Blackpool, Boris Johnson, caricature, cartoon, Conservative Party Conference, Davis Cameron, Don Quameron, Don Quixote, Election Campaign, Mayor of London, Sancho Panza, satire
posted by Paul Toner at 23:28
Gordon Brown seeks date?
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Labels: cartoon, Election Campaign, election date, Gordon Brown, man date, mandate
posted by Paul Toner at 03:37
Friday, 28 September 2007
Rue Britannia gets her own domain
RueB of Rue Britannia has at last been given her own domain. You can now visit her at www.ruebritannia.co.uk.
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posted by Paul Toner at 02:19
Thursday, 27 September 2007
More Tories to defect to Labour?
As rumours abound that more Tories are being lined up to defect to Labour - perhaps at the start of next week's Conservative party conference, one can't help but wonder at exactly what set of convictions our 'conviction politician' Gordon Brown has at hand to sell to people that were once so diametrically opposed to so much of what the Labour Party once stood for.
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Labels: conviction politician, defect, Gordon Brown, Labour, pimp, Tories
posted by Paul Toner at 02:43
Wednesday, 26 September 2007
How stupid does David Miliband think we are?
Yesterday at Labour's annual conference in Bournemouth, the foreign secretary David Miliband talked about winning the peace in Iraq. Did I miss something, because I don’t recall seeing an end to the war.
Just because the people killing our troops and innocent Iraqi civilians no longer wear uniforms doesn’t stop it being a war.
We sent our boys into Iraq masked by a smoke screen of half truths, erroneous assumptions and spin... why would we expect the way we withdraw them be any different?
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When we withdraw, will we be leaving things better than when we found them in Iraq? I wonder how many returning troops would like to tell Gordon Brown to stick his 25% council tax discount somewhere dark and warm and instead be told the real reason they had to watch friends and comrades die.
Labels: 25% council tax discount, Bournemouth, cartoon, David Miliband, foreign secretary, Gordon Brown, Iraq, Labour Party conference, troop withdrawal, winning the peace
posted by Paul Toner at 01:02
Tuesday, 25 September 2007
Gordon gets on with the job
At his first Labour Party conference speech as leader,Mr Brown made no mention of any election in his speech, has so far refused to rule out an autumn poll.
Earlier in a BBC interview ahead of his speech he had said he was "getting on with the job".
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Labels: cartoon, education, getting on with the job, Gordon Brown, Labour Party conference, pensions, representation for British workers
posted by Paul Toner at 01:50
Saturday, 22 September 2007
Don't watch that... WATCH THIS!
Gordon attempts to divert some of the attention that the whole Northern Rock affair is attracting by vilifying easy target Robert Mugabe; a national leader who makes anyone look like a paragon of financial acumen by comparison.
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Labels: boycott, cartoon, EU Africa Summit, Gordon Brown, Northern Rock, Robert Mugabe
posted by Paul Toner at 04:32
Thursday, 20 September 2007
Tremble before the Mighty Ming
Not exactly 'Go back to your constituencies and prepare for government', but Sir Ming Cambell's call to smash the "cosy consensus" between Labour under Gordon Brown and the Conservatives under David Cameron did ring a little over ambitious, don't you think?
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posted by Paul Toner at 19:40
Wednesday, 19 September 2007
The Northern Rock Crisis won't flush away
Gordon Brown tries to flush the Northern Rock crisis but every time we're told its gone, it just keeps coming back. What's more, there's other stuff that's floating to the surface that doesn't smell too good either.
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Labels: cartoon, flush, Gordon Brown, IPR, Northern Rock, Think Tank
posted by Paul Toner at 23:04
Things ain't going Emperor Ming's way
In Brighton town at the Lib Dem Conference, poor ole Emperor Ming doesn't seem to be able to excite the imagination of the British population with promises of an Migrant Amnesty or EU Referendum.
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posted by Paul Toner at 01:12
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
"It's deja vu, all over again!"
Isn't it a bit spooky how queues on the high street follow so swiftly on the heels of Saatchi and Saatchi's winning of the Labour Party Advertising account?
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Labels: Advertising, Northern Rock, queues, Saatchi and Saatchi
posted by Paul Toner at 01:46
Monday, 17 September 2007
Gordon Brown as Flash Gorgon
Having flagged 'Gorgon Brown' a couple of days ago, I had to do something with the idea, so here he is. Gordon Brown as Flash Gorgon with the opposition standing impotent and atrophied in his glare. Can he keep this up?
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Remember that you saw him here first.
BTW: The 'Emperor Ming' is too much of gift! Unfortunately he's too peripheral a figure to feature much... ho hum.
posted by Paul Toner at 01:20
Friday, 14 September 2007
Gordon Brown... on the shoulders of giants?
No 10 has denied that Gordon Brown "exploited" Lady Thatcher for political ends by inviting her to Downing Street.
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The Reading East MP Rob Wilson, asked, "Was this another carefully-choreographed Brown 'dog-whistle' to Conservative-minded electors that it's 'safe' to vote for him?"
As if.
posted by Paul Toner at 20:22
Saatchi and Saatchi to handle Labour's advertising
Labour has appointed Margaret Thatcher's favourite ad agency Saatchi and Saatchi to handle its advertising at the next general election.
The slogan which won the agency the account was "not flash, just Gordon".
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The appointment comes amid speculation Prime Minister Gordon Brown is planning to call a snap election.
Thanks to everyone who read my email today and/or followed the links today and popped in for a look. Please come back again or better still, click on the "Subscribe to Posts [Atom]" link at the base of the left hand column and see what's recent.
Only 2 Comments so far. Robert and Palmer: Cheers and thanks for taking the time. S'funny, but I did think of whether Ruby (Rue B) needed to be present in this one, but so early on, I think she needs a high profile as she is the brand. I may give her a day off every now and then later, but for now she's got to earn her keep.
Today was my first crack at caricaturing Gordon Brown... with that fringe snaking its way down his forehead, I was thinking what I could do with 'Gorgon Brown'... maybe later.
BTW... Can anyone spot who's missing?
posted by Paul Toner at 00:26
Thursday, 13 September 2007
Police Fear Criticism
In an interim report, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, the home secretary's senior professional adviser on policing said forces would "over-record and under-deliver" for fear of missing something or being criticised.
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"A more risk-averse society has led to a more risk-averse police service, which will at times over-record and under-deliver for fear of missing something or being vulnerable to criticism," he says.
posted by Paul Toner at 04:51
Wednesday, 12 September 2007
Introducing 'Rue Britannia'
In this age of consensus politics, enlightenment, post feminism and confusion over our national and cultural identity, I thought I’d start throwing pebbles down the well and see if anyone’s interested.Click here to see larger
It’s something I’ve always intended to do but never got around to, but now I’m actually doing something about it. I was a fan of Varoomshka by John Kent in the Guardian back in the 70s and this is something of a tribute to him too. I’m at the stage where I’ve
- Developed the character (I’ve made her mixed race to reflect the UK’s diversity)
- Put her in her first situation
- Bought the domain and hosting (com and .co.uk)
- Scribbled layouts for the website (2nd on the ‘to do’ after next piece)
It’s my intention to do others, so any feedback or suggestions as to what I should do with her are appreciated.
Labels: blame, blame game, cartoon, Rhys Jones, Rue Britannia
posted by Paul Toner at 13:10
THE WORLD THROUGH TWO EYES
The ‘end of play’ recollections, ramblings and reflections of a 21st century renaissance creative