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The 'Saudi Arabia Mantra"
Do I need to say why King Abdullah is over here and receiving a reception not offered to leaders of other and more savoury Middle Eastern regimes
OK everybody! Fingers in ears and repeat after me: "LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA"
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Labels: caricature, David Cameron, editorial cartoon, Gordon Brown, Human Rights, King Abdullah, Oil, Rue Britannia, Saudi Arabia, Sharia Law, War on Terror
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Tuesday, 30 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 00:06
Iran and the 'War on Terror' Pipeline.
I started started on this cartoon after reading the BBC story, "US imposes new sanctions on Iran". Iran is obviously in the sights of the US. How long before it escalates? It went on for years with Iraq, but Saddam Hussain was a different kettle of fish.
I've gotta eat my own words following my last post. I said: Unless it's a tour de force from a recognised and respected editorial cartoonist, people won't dwell on a cartoon trying to discover its meaning. The cartoon's got to be digestible in a heart beat.
Well I broke that rule and have produced this over complicated cartoon about sourcing energy for the west. My apologies. I shall strive to keep it simple in future. I nearly drove myself insane with this one.
I've tried to differentiate between what Bush and his minions are trying to achieve now and the 'Appeasement Pipeline' of the past. It IS a convenience for the sake of making a point. I don't feel I've been hugely successful but I want to get this out to see what reception it gets. Maybe someone will suggest a better model to illustrate what is going on.
It was getting too involved and had developed a life of it's own. It just seemed to grow and grow... now it's gone out, perhaps I can walk away from it for the time being.
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Labels: alternative energy source., British Armed forces, Condoleezza Rice, corruption, Defence, energy. George Bush, fundamentalism, Iraq, War on Terror
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Monday, 29 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 02:06
Can y'tell waddidis yet?
This is a detail of the larger cartoon I am currently working on. When you get into the area that I hope to tackle on this one (you'll have to wait to find out), there's a fine line to tread between too much and not enough information.
In addition, getting background on a subject can take almost as long as the drawing itself... bear with me
Unless it's a tour de force from a recognised and respected editorial cartoonist, people won't dwell on a cartoon trying to discover its meaning. The cartoon's got to be digestible in a heart beat. In this respect Khalil Bendib the Arab - American cartoonist is a genius. Whether you agree with his view or not, he has a way of seeing a situation in what seems like a screamingly obvious way, but only once he's pointed it out. This one is an excellent example
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Labels: caricature, cartoon, editorial cartoon, Khalil Bendib, Politics, sketch
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Friday, 26 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 01:49
77 million in 2051? - Rights and Wrongs
What faces our kids is the question that occurs to me on seeing this report.
The thinking behind this cartoon is up for grabs. I have both the angel AND the devil saying the same thing on purpose.
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Labels: cartoon, consensus politics, editorial cartoon, population, Rue Britannia, RueB
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Thursday, 25 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 03:34
Population 77 million in 2051
This is what I'm working on, but pressure of work (the paid variety), plus indecision over exactly what to put as text prevent me from posting a finished work today. They can take quite a few hours, and I've put no effort into finding a publisher yet, so it's a labour of love still.
I take emailed comments regarding the impact of colour and the absence of RueB seriously and I tend to agree. Time has been the governing factor. I'll ensure that when the finished work appears, it will be in full colour.
I was of two minds as to whether I should let you see this as it is, but I know some people like to see the working drawings. Often the workings have something about them that's lost in the finished piece... Let's see if that's true with this.
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Labels: cartoon, editorial cartoon, population, Rue Britannia, sketch
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Wednesday, 24 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 05:14
Ken Livingstone's Little Daydream
I wonder if Ken or Boris heard this story and what might have gone through their minds.
God forgive me, but the attack of sacred monkeys on the deputy mayor of Delhi caught my attention in all the worst ways and I just had to shoehorn it into something.
I wanted to label the monkeys but time ran out.... any ideas?
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Labels: Boris Johnson, caricature, cartoon, deputy mayor of Delhi, Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London
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Tuesday, 23 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 04:02
Stop and search more young black people?
The outgoing leader of the National Black Police Association (NBPA) Keith Jarret has rightly been criticised for suggesting police stop and search more young black people to tackle rising gun crime. With more and more of our civil liberties being eroded, the last thing we need is an influential member of a significant minority group almost welcoming the return of the sus laws.
Have we not enough problems with an increasingly alienated young Muslim population, without bringing this into the mix inadvertently?
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Labels: Black, cartoon, civil liberties, editorial cartoon, Keith Jarret, Muslim, National Black Police Association, sus laws
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Monday, 22 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 05:38
Will Gordon Brown serve us up to the EU?
Having handed so many of the UK's sovereign powers to the EU already, you'd think that they might have had enough, but their appetite seems insatiable.
Things may be OK and all lovely and friendly now, but I believe a day will come when the European accord fails and more British blood will have to be spilled to claw them back and we'll rue the day we didn't fill the streets DEMANDING our EU Referendum. Read a history book for chissakes!
So as the talks start in Lisbon to reach agreement on the EU Reform Treaty, will Gordon Brown serve us up to the EU as he seems to have promised, or will he, (as a smarter guy than I suggested*) find a semi credible reason, get the arse with the other members over some perceived failing at the talks and take us off the menu? He's got those red lines to fall back on.
Or with the fuss that's still going on in the kitchen following the past turbulent weeks, will Broon tough it out and hope the electorate forgets about it all by the time he calls the next election? Let's hope not.
*They're more difficult to find than you'd imagine
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Labels: caricature, cartoon, cartoon blog, democracy, editorial, EU Referendum, EU Reform Treaty, Gordon Brown, Human Rights, humour, Immigration, import tariffs, Labour Laws, satire, UK Health and Safety
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Friday, 19 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 02:18
Turkey in Iraq?
It's nothing short of laughable to see Bush's apparent concern for Iraq's stability. As the BBC put it, "US and Iraq fear any incursion could destabilise the only relatively calm region of Iraq"
Turkey wants to take military action against Kurdish separatist rebels (PKK) who they believe to be hiding in what Bush considers to be the only stable region in Iraq.
He wants the Turks to butt-out because he thinks he knows more about maintaining stability in the region... I don't think so. He has proved otherwise in shed loads. He, his allies (we in the UK being the most steadfast so far) and western business interests have brought chaos to Iraq, plundered its wealth and destroyed it's infrastructure. I think he's the last person to advise the Turks or anyone on what is good for the region.
Meanwhile, we the British, exit the whole bloody mess now and pretend that everything is OK. It is not, and we had no business there for the reasons we were given.
If things hot up, we may not get to leave quite as quickly as Brown and most of us here in the UK had hoped.
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Labels: British Armed forces, caricature, Defence, editorial cartoon, George Bush, Gordon Brown, humour, Iraq, PKK, political blog, satire, Turkey
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Thursday, 18 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 02:00
CWU - Royal Mail? Who's the bigger fool?
All parties in this little affair, Communication Workers' Union (CWU) and The Royal Mail alike, seem to be so focused on their individual grievances that they appear to be missing the big picture.
Am I seeing things too simple?
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Labels: bosses, cartoon, cartoon blog, Communication Workers' Union, CWU, humour, Postal Strike, satire, strike unions, The Royal Mail
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Wednesday, 17 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 00:39
Sir Menzies Campbell
I intended to only blog once a day here, but the resignation of Sir Menzies Campbell couldn't be allowed to go unmentioned, so here's a quickie.
At least once he could see the knives were out, he had the presence of mind to spare himself the ignominy that Kennedy and Thorpe were subjected to.
Lib Dem seems to be acquiring a bit of a history of discarded leaders. This business of choosing leaders that they subsequently find unsuitable seems to becoming a bit of a habit.
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Labels: caricature, cartoon, humour, Lib Dem, Party Leader, political blog, Politics, Resignation, Sir Menzies Campbell
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Tuesday, 16 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 02:12
Gordon Brown's 'Great Storm'
It's 20yrs since 'The Great Storm" so famously dismissed by poor ole Michael Fish the evening before. Yesterday Gordon Brown brushed off the 'ups and downs' that he has encountered recently.
Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.
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Labels: caricature, cartoon, cartoon blog, Crime, Gordon Brown, humour, Michael Fish, political blog, Rue Britannia, RueB, The Great Storm, Tories
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Ministers rally round for Brown
This business of rallying around a major politician that has recently floundered is always good for a look. Let's see what sort of maneuvering behind the scenes ensues.
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Labels: caricature, cartoon, desert, Election Fever, Gorgon Brown, vultures
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Monday, 15 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 03:42
More talk shops at the NHS
When it comes to value for money, the NHS...
Oh what the hell. Do I really need to say it?.
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Labels: cartoon, Clostridium Difficile, Healthcare Commission, humour, NHS, NHS Trust, satire, Tunbridge Wells
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Friday, 12 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 01:47
Gordon Brown... Hang your head in shame.
As you could tell from my previous posting on 03/10/07 - Troop withdrawal from Iraq, I'm not a great supporter of the Iraq Invasion. Mostly on account of having been given bogus information as to why we were going there and the fact that we'd (the West) collectively maintained Saddam Hussain in power in the first place.
Gordon Brown had the ear of Tony Blair at the time, so for him to now present himself as an agent of deliverance in Iraq sticks in my craw when he's as guilty as Blair himself.
I believed our going in was utterly wrong from the get go, but once we'd taken that step and opened the Pandora's Box that is Iraq, it was our duty to defend it and its population from
- The insurgents/factions that were guaranteed to come about
- Western business interests that were also guaranteed to descend and feed on the carcass of that beleaguered nation
In my humble opinion we have failed in fulfilling both those responsibilities.
So as we leave, do we do so with even the slightest hint of shame? No, we insult both our own troops and the local Iraqis who supported us in our hubris and folly; provided of course they assisted us for a full year, because everybody knows, you don't get called a collaborator and shot dead in the street until you've served a full 365 days.
Find out more about the deal for the Iraqis who helped us in this Times article
And now they've got their eyes on Iran... What the hell is the end game? Hell itself?
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Labels: 25% council tax discount, British Armed forces, caricature, cartoon, Defence, George Bush, Gorgon Brown, humour, invasion, Iraq, local iraqi staff, Saddam Hussain, satire, Tony Blair, troop withdrawal
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Thursday, 11 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 05:41
Gordon and Darling's 'new vision'
Well they say all's fair in love and war, and in these days of consensus politics a good idea is a good idea irrespective of its provenance. The argument, "But I thought of it first!" may have held water in bygone days, but it has no place on the floor of the Commons.
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Labels: Alistair Darling, budget, caricature, cartoon, Davis Cameron, George Osborne, Gordon Brown, new vision, vision
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Wednesday, 10 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 00:36
Biohazard at the Houses of Parliament
After all the puffing and blowing of the last 3 weeks of party conferences, I think we have an interesting few weeks ahead of us as the various players jockey for position trying to gain as much advantage from their gains as they can before Gordon Brown regains an inch of lost ground.
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Labels: cartoon, Conservative Party Conference, Foot and Mouth, Gordon Brown, Houses of Parliament, humour, Labour Party conference, Liberal Party Conference, Mouth and Trousers, satire
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Tuesday, 9 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 00:22
WYSIWYG Verdict on Gordon Brown's climb down
There’s plenty of speculation about the reasons and the wisdom of Gordon Brown’s decision to stand down from the idea of an autumn election, but he seems to forget that whatever spin he and his lackeys come up with, we the public will generally base our view on what we see.
What we saw was Gordon Brown paralyzed in either fright or indecision. Not what we look for in a leader.
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Labels: caricature, cartoon, Election Fever, general election, Gorgon Brown, humour
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Monday, 8 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 01:55
Gordon Brown to end Election Speculation
Events dear boy, events.
I was saving this cartoon up for Monday, but listening to the news on BBC Radio4, I've just heard that Gordon Brown is very likely to end all snap election speculation. So I better get it out now!
Looks like David Cameron's and the Tories performance at a successful Conservative Party Conference has saved them from entering into an early election that they stood little or no chance of winning. Full marks to David and his people!
Gordon?.... LOSER!
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Labels: caricature, Conservative Party Conference, David Cameron, election date, Gorgon Brown, humour
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 16:01
Election Fever?... Election Coma!
The Nation is seized by a frenzy of indifference.
As we approach the end of the Conservative Party Conference, all this conjecture about whether or not Gordon Brown's gonna 'name the day' is failing to raising the interest of the electorate. I believe the main problem is everybody's crowded onto the centre ground, how can an opposition of any description do its job and how can they truly differentiate themselves to the electorate?
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Labels: cartoon, consensus politics, Conservative Party Conference, election date, Election Fever, general election, Gordon Brown, humour
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Thursday, 4 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 23:34
You asked for RueB... here she is
A lot of people have asked for a pin-up type pic of RueB... who am I to argue?
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Labels: cartoon, pin-up, poster, Rue Britannia, RueB
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Wednesday, 3 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 22:29
Troop withdrawal from Iraq
Yeah, it's great that some more of our boys are coming home, but what the hell are they leaving behind?. The reasons we were given for the invasion were bogus and suspect from the off, and even now when they're coming home we're yet to be given a credible explanation. Brown is the last person to expect that from.
I'm stuck, so help me out. We had no business there; certainly not for the reasons we were offered. We should leave Iraq to determine its own future, but having done what we have, are we abandoning Iraq or cutting loose before we make things worse? Or God forbid, buggering off because the yanks have already had all the 'good stuff'?
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Labels: bogus, British Armed forces, caricature, cartoon, Defence, Gordon Brown, invasion, Iraq, troop withrawal
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Tax Cuts put Tories back in the game?
With shadow chancellor George Osborne's proposed tax measures, the Tories under David Cameron size up to Labour under Gordon Brown doing what they do best - populist economic policies.
The gloves are off... lets hope the underpants stay on!!
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Labels: caricature, cartoon, Conservative Party Conference, David Cameron, George Osborne, Gordon Brown, populist, Rue Britannia, RueB, shadow chancellor, Tax Cuts
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Tuesday, 2 October 2007 posted by Paul Toner at 00:04
Rue Britannia
Rue Britannia political or editorial cartoons intermittently feature RueB, the new embodiment of today's Briton. See her perspective on events that are affecting the UK from home and abroad.
Copyright © 2007 Paul Toner;
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