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Dormouse @dormousediaries.bsky.social · Sep 11

An outline of a young female form copied from Trump's alleged birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein with text that says 'Of course child abuse and sex trafficking are terrible things but we really don't want Trump tariffs', signed 'the UK'.

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Dormouse @dormousediaries.bsky.social · Jul 23

#PensionReview

Ink cartoon of two travellers stopping in the desert with their camels, watching an oasis of palm trees in the distance, above which hovers the word 'Pension'. Caption says 'That's a mirage. We#ll die before we get there".

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Dormouse @dormousediaries.bsky.social · Jun 18

Dignity
Spare Change - cartoon series for @northwestbylines.co.uk
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#TakingThePIP

Prime Minister Keir Starmer in shirt sleeves, picking between two suits on hangers, one with a red tie, one with a light blue tie, kicking a man in a wheelchair out of the window with his foot. Quote text above him says 'Handouts don't nurture the same sense of dignity as work'. Cartoon by Dormouse.

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Dormouse @dormousediaries.bsky.social · May 19

Déjà vu from January 2021.
"They are now British fish and they are better and happier fish for it" Jacob Rees-Mogg

A food serving counter, with an inspription over the archway 'Ye Olde Happy British Fish', a blackboard with text 'Unread DEAL OF THE DAY' and a collection of dishes including something very fishy, Eels a'la Mogg, Flounder de Pfeffel, Codswallop, Fresh Pollocks served with a reduction of workplace rights, Boatsman's pickle, Fisherman's Foes, Gentleman's relish, and stuffed urchins, with a sign 'No free school meal vouchers accepted'. At the back is an image of Nige Farage in a flat cap dangling a bloater with union flags for fins from a fishing rod inscribed with text 'Finest British Sovereign Tea'.

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Dormouse @dormousediaries.bsky.social · Apr 15

Happy Birthday from @northwestbylines.co.uk 🐝. Here's to the next five!

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · Apr 15

🙌 HAPPY

🙌 5th

🙌 BIRTHDAY

🙌 YORKSHIRE

🙌 BYLINES!

Please share - and make sure you’re following 💥 @yorkshirebylines.co.uk💥

Five years of truth-telling: Yorkshire Bylines celebrates its lockdown legacy

Born in lockdown, Yorkshire Bylines turns five – still speaking truth to power with citizen journalism rooted in Yorkshire’s voice

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Dormouse @dormousediaries.bsky.social · Apr 15

Happy 5th Birthday to Yorkshire Bylines, @yorkshirebylines.co.uk, the oldest of the 10 @bylinesnetwork.co.uk publications!
#HappyBirthdayYorkshireBylines from NWB 🐝
To celebrate, you can help support independent regional #journalism here bylinesnetwork.co.uk/donate/

A worker bee buzzing around a cluster of white roses

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Dormouse @dormousediaries.bsky.social · Mar 27

The Cuts
#SpringStatement #Labour #WelfareNotWarfare

The Chancellor. a brown haired woman in purple shows off a red party T-shirt to two colleagues, one on the right of her in blue, and one on the left of her in red. The t-shirt is printed with text that says 'Proud to be the party of CUTS'. Dialogue text underneath says 'It's very good, but it's missing something'

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Dormouse @dormousediaries.bsky.social · Mar 26

Spare Change - Cartoon Series for @northwestbylines.co.uk

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#DisabilityBenefits #SpringStatement

The Chancellor standing in a hospital ward raising her arms to stop a hospital worker pulling in a bed through the door. Speech text says 'No, we don't need beds on this ward' On the back wall are two direction arrows, one to the left marked Job Centre the other to the right marked Assisted Dying. Two woman, one in a wheelchain, another in a hospital gown walking with a drip are heading in the direction it points to, off to the right.

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Dormouse @dormousediaries.bsky.social · Mar 19

The "moral imperative" bit did sound familiar
(another government, 2024) #DisabilityBenefits

Dormouse @dormousediaries.bsky.social · May 4

Moral Imperative
#DWP #PIP #SickNoteSunak #CrueltyCrusade

Drawing of an empty suit standing at a lectern, the wall behind him covered in logos 'CSJ The Centre for Social Injustice'. Speech text reads 'It is a moral imperative to take away your sick leave and personal independence payment so we can have public money for our private jets, contracts for mates and bungs to Rwanda'

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Dormouse @dormousediaries.bsky.social · Mar 19

Hung out to Dry
For @northwestbylines.co.uk
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Spare Change - cartoon series
#DisabilityBenefits @bylinesnetwork.co.uk

The UK Chancellor and the Work and Pension's Secretary talking in front of a washing line on which disabled people are hung out to dry, held up by their shoulders with red clothespegs. Speech text says 'They look like they have the broadest shoulders'

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Dormouse @dormousediaries.bsky.social · Mar 18

The Clue is in the Name
Spare change - cartoon series for @northwestbylines.co.uk
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#Labour #DisabilityBenefits

An older woman standing and a younger woman in a wheelchair open a door to a young male Labour candidate wearing a blue suit and a red rosette, flanked by two canvassers, one male, one female. His speech text says 'We are the party of workhouses... I mean, workfare... I mean, hard Labour! Look, the clue is in the name.' Nearby, behind the door, a tabby cat is tearing a bird apart, feathers flying.

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · Feb 6

Elon Musk’s arm gestures are reminiscent of the Nazi salute, and ignite widespread controversy

@gemmagould.bsky.social

Elon Musk and the fascist salute controversy

Elon Musk’s arm gestures are reminiscent of the Nazi salute, and ignite widespread controversy

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North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · Feb 6

Why do UK Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) guidelines still not acknowledge airborne transmission of Covid-19? | Anne Marie McConway
@annemarie1.bsky.social
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‘Airborne’ seems to be the hardest word

Why do UK Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) guidelines still not acknowledge airborne transmission of Covid-19?

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Dormouse @dormousediaries.bsky.social · Feb 5

Welcome to #February

A jar filled almost to the top with coins, with a label that says 'F-word-free February Swear Jar

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · Jan 27

At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater need for citizen journalism. Support our crowdfunder here - or just read and share our articles!

Support powerful citizen journalism - we need it now, more than ever

At a time when billionaires and oligarchs own the majority of our press, when local journalism is in decline, and social media is rife with misinformation and abuse, there has never been a greater nee...

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Dormouse @dormousediaries.bsky.social · Jan 27

Reviving the Animal Spirits

for @northwestbylines.co.uk

''Britain must learn from President Trump's 'positivity' if it is to revive the 'animal spirits' and turn the economy around, Rachel Reeves has said." The Times, 25 January 2025

Reviving the Animal Spirits
for
@NWBylines

''Britain must learn from President Trump's 'positivity' if it is to revive the 'animal spirits' and turn the economy around, Rachel Reeves has said." The Times, 25 January 2025

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Dormouse @dormousediaries.bsky.social · Jan 27

All the things under the Sun
For @northwestbylines.co.uk
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Ink drawing of UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves sitting at a desk with flags behind her, as in her press photos, holding a mug in one hand and pointing with the other, as she talks to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. The mug bears an inscription 'Trump Kool Aid' Caption text reads 'And if we stopped paying those sickness benefits... imagine how many potholes we could fill... Make the trains run on time...'

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Dormouse @dormousediaries.bsky.social · Jan 27

Pen drawing of a hospital with people queueing for Accident and Emergency on the lift and for Job Centre Plus on the right. In the centre, a security guard holding a temperature scanner is stopping a man coming in with a Zimmer frame. Caption text says 'Sorry, sir, we first need to test you for Trump positivity'

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Dormouse @dormousediaries.bsky.social · Jan 27

That time again

A young woman in a yellow top and dark waistcoat with pockets rifling through a box of items on a table talking to a young woman wearing a pink top, leggings and a hearing aid, knitting on the sofa, various art and craft materials around it. Dialogue text says '- I just can't find my cigarette paper! -Have you looked between Tory and Labour benefits rhetoric?

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Dormouse @dormousediaries.bsky.social · Jan 20

An assortment of surreal characters, starting right to left, a shapeless pink thing with googly eyes, a navy lampshade, a perplexed-looking Dalek-like podium, topped with a squashed orange with a yellow wiggly on its head and a cross between a rook and a saucepan. Text says 'And the mome raths outgrabe'

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Dormouse @dormousediaries.bsky.social · Nov 18

Avocado on brown toast. It's banned from DM offices due to the risk of spontaneous combustion on exposure to.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Nov 15

Many people think that as you get older, you care less about politics. But it’s not true.

You start thinking a lot more about the kind of world you want to leave behind. You want it to be better than the one you were born into.

We all have a personal legacy in mind. Mine is to outlive Trumpism.

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Impress @impressorg.bsky.social · Nov 14

We are delighted to confirm we are creating an ethical journalism training course! 🤩

A failing economic model for news has led the industry to cut corners, prioritise clickbait and downplay the ethical challenges of publishing online.

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Annual Report 2023-24: Impress Showcases Plans For Ethical Journalism Training Course - Impress

Our 2023-24 annual report is now live! Learn more about what Impress has been up to and our plans for a new journalism training course.

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Dormouse @dormousediaries.bsky.social · Nov 15

I could draw stuff for you, though I can't think right now how that would help?

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