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Ian Paisley to quit as first minister
Ian Paisley, until recently the long standing face of intransigence and bigotry in Britain, now stands down as Northern Ireland's first minister and leader of the DUP, thinking his work done. What does he leave in his wake? Certainly NOT a more united Britain. He congratulates himself on the quieting the demands for a united Ireland, but this is the result of the passage of time and the ascendancy of the European Union but no victory of his.
For many, his was the face of British Unionism. Is it any wonder that Britain disintegrates into smaller and smaller assemblies, when to call oneself a British Unionist, one feared association with this angry, blinkered and bellicose man?
I am grateful to have watched a softening of this man's tone as he approached old age, but I shall not be looking back on his times with any fondness or nostalgia.
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Labels: British Unionism, caricature, cartoon blog, devolution, editorial cartoon, Ian Paisley, Ireland, political cartoon, Ulster
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Wednesday, 5 March 2008 posted by Paul Toner at 01:16
God gives Gordon Brown a breather
I guess Gordon needed a bit of a breather. That’s exactly what God has granted him while the press and the chatterati get their knickers in a bunch over the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams’ seemingly feebleminded whitterings on Islamic Sharia law and its impact on the future of the British legal system.
I find it hard to believe that the good Doctor didn’t know exactly what would ensue following his pronouncements. I’d like to know what his real agenda is. I doubt it’s simply that he wants to bring the issue of religion’s relevance to today’s legal system into the arena of public debate... that’s too obvious... isn’t it?
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Labels: Archbishop of Canterbury, British legal system, caricature, Dr Rowan Williams, editorial cartoon, Gordon Brown, Sharia Law
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Thursday, 7 February 2008 posted by Paul Toner at 23:24
Gordon works to preserve Liberty
Gordon Brown has backed the limited use of intercept evidence in court, after an independent review. In parliament he spoke of the dilemma we face as a free society: "that of preserving our liberties and the rule of law, while at the same time keeping our nation safe and secure".
Will the patient survive the treatment when it threatens so many liberties?.
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Labels: caricature, cartoon, civil liberties, editorial cartoon, Gordon Brown
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Stiffing the taxpayer the Con Way
Tory MP Derek Conway tells us he's no crook and gets the Tory whip withdrawn and a damn good ticking off for himself. (exactly WHERE does David Cameron withdraw the whip from?)
That'll certainly stop any similar Parliamentary hanky panky in future.... not!
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Labels: caricature, Conservative MP, Derek Conway, DWP, editorial cartoon, Sleaze, Tory
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Monday, 4 February 2008 posted by Paul Toner at 01:36
Rock on 2008!
It's going to take a bit more than propping up Northern Rock at the tax payers expense... We've got a bumpy ride ahead of us this year.
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Monday, 28 January 2008 posted by Paul Toner at 23:13
US most important UK ally - Brown
Just a quick pencil one today brought on by Gordon Brown's speech at the Lord Mayor of London's banquet where he said Britain's "most important" relationship is with the US. Of course it is. We sold the family jewels to survive the Twentieth century and if we want to play a part on the world stage we have to deal with New Rome accordingly. In the meantime the EU federalisation keeps tapping at the back door.
Would he be saying the same thing if we had been allowed the EU Referendum we were promised?
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Labels: cartoon, editorial cartoon, Gordon Brown, John Bull, Uncle Sam
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Tuesday, 13 November 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 00:24
Too much on at the moment
Hi good people, and thanks for looking in. As you might have picked up, Rue Britannia is a labour of love until I work out what to do with her. At the moment I have a body of work that needs my every waking hour, so unfortunately RueB will have to go by the wayside for a bit.
I'll try to post something, perhaps some scans from the working drawings I do, but the world will have to try to keep turning without my commentary .
Your loyalty is HUGELY appreciated, so please continue to come back and see what I post. Don't forget to recommend RueB to your friends.
I've also turned on the 'comments' function in the hope that you'll add your thoughts on the work that I've already done and the issues I've covered. Many of them are still hot. President Musharraf seems to have changed his tune a bit and is reluctantly sidling up to meet the expectations of the democratic world. It's a hard job he faces and he seems to be rising to the occasion. Let's hope he delivers.
PS: The saint who helped me out with the late night consultation on Excel... THANKS LOADS... you know who you are :)
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Labels: cartoon, editorial cartoon, President Pervez Musharraf, Rue Britannia, RueB
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Monday, 12 November 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 01:21
British armed forces world stage presence on a shoestring
BBC News: ID card scheme 'to cost £5.6bn'
BBC News: Ex-chiefs demand more forces cash.
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Labels: British Armed forces, budget, cartoon, Defence, Defence Spending, editorial cartoon, ID Card
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Friday, 9 November 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 02:41
British Children's TV
We can hardly complain of the dilution of British culture when we feed our children a diet of foreign produced TV.
"Give me the child until he is seven and I will show you the man"
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Labels: British Culture, Children, Rue Britannia, TV
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Thursday, 8 November 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 00:13
Prince Harry and the hawks
Looks like Harry is off the hook... they can't find the bodies.
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Labels: caricature, cartoon, Fancy Dress, humour, Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Royal Family
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Wednesday, 7 November 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 00:18
al-Qaeda recruiting from youth organisations
Perhaps Jonathan Evans, the head of MI5 since April was pitching for a larger slice of the defence budget pie by inferring that he's spending so much money chasing Russian and Chinese spies that he can't fully monitoring at least 2000 extremists posing a threat to UK national security.
He expressed concern that extremists were methodically and intentionally targeting vulnerable young people and children.
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Labels: al-Qaeda, cartoon, extremists, Jonathan Evans, MI5, police, political blog, Security, spies, War on Terror
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Tuesday, 6 November 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 00:41
Musharraf's imposition of emergency rule in Pakistan
To an old soldier facing the job at hand, all this talk of the judiciary and democracy must seem like so much intellectual posturing, but he's not the first old man that thought he knew better.
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Labels: Benazir Bhutto, caricature, cartoon, emergency rule, extremists, judiciary, martial law, militants, Pakistan, political blog, President Pervez Musharraf, terrorists, War on Terror, world news
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Monday, 5 November 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 02:06
The other victim in the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes
The list of failings of officers at so many levels in the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes beggars belief. However it is overshadowed by the shameful attempts to cast blame on Menezes himself.
We need a police force that is free and enabled to do it's job. They can only do that when they have the faith and trust of the British people. Those people that decided to effect a cover-up and then proceed to defend their actions rather than accept responsibility for mistakes, cause more damage to that cause than any other agency could. THEY are the real villains here.
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Labels: cartoon, editorial cartoon, Menezes, police, Politics, scandal
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Friday, 2 November 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 02:35
Police speak to Prince Harry about the shooting of two protected birds of prey
Bearing in mind the likely presence of royal security at Sandringham, I couldn't help wondering if Prince Harry enjoys the same degree of protection from protected birds of prey as the British public does from Brazilian electricians.
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Labels: cartoon, editorial cartoon, Menezes, Prince Harry, Royal Family, Sandringham, Security
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Thursday, 1 November 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 00:46
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