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'Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.'
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The abolition of the two-child benefit cap, which punishes children for their parents' circumstances, is the best part of the budget, potentially lifting almost half a million children out of poverty.
It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.
It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.
And the two child benefit limit is abolished. An enormous victory for those who have campaigned tirelessly for eight long years through successive governments. This will lift at least 450,000 children out of poverty. Fewer kids will be hungry. No more women forced to disclose their rape.
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The abolition of the two-child benefit cap, which punishes children for their parents' circumstances, is the best part of the budget, potentially lifting almost half a million children out of poverty.
It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.
It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.
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Now available from www.martinrowson.com/shop - along with loads more with 10% discounts if you SUBSCRIBE!!!
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Now available from www.martinrowson.com/shop - along with loads more with 10% discounts if you SUBSCRIBE!!!
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Seriously, what other president is even remotely in his league?
There was corruption in the Grant and Harding administrations, but the presidents were largely uninvolved. Nixon committed crimes in secret but didn't really line his own pockets.
Trump is like a Thomas Nast cartoon come to life.
There was corruption in the Grant and Harding administrations, but the presidents were largely uninvolved. Nixon committed crimes in secret but didn't really line his own pockets.
Trump is like a Thomas Nast cartoon come to life.
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Seriously, what other president is even remotely in his league?
There was corruption in the Grant and Harding administrations, but the presidents were largely uninvolved. Nixon committed crimes in secret but didn't really line his own pockets.
Trump is like a Thomas Nast cartoon come to life.
There was corruption in the Grant and Harding administrations, but the presidents were largely uninvolved. Nixon committed crimes in secret but didn't really line his own pockets.
Trump is like a Thomas Nast cartoon come to life.
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Newborn rhinos are extremely vulnerable. They need to be shielded from even the slightest chill, hence Chamboi's woollen, cherry red blanket. It was such a favourite when he first came into our care, that he flatly refused to wear anything else! Meet the rhinos currently in our care: t.co/CvOTGiQk8X
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Newborn rhinos are extremely vulnerable. They need to be shielded from even the slightest chill, hence Chamboi's woollen, cherry red blanket. It was such a favourite when he first came into our care, that he flatly refused to wear anything else! Meet the rhinos currently in our care: t.co/CvOTGiQk8X
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
I wonder if any Irish historians on here can help me identify any of the people in this picture? Early 1900s probably in Dublin, it's Tom Clarke in the middle and I think I know who it is on the left of the image. Any of the others though?
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Our Pledge Drive is officially underway. Join in and become a CARTOONIST DEFENDER. cartoonistsrights.org/donate
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Our Pledge Drive is officially underway. Join in and become a CARTOONIST DEFENDER. cartoonistsrights.org/donate
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Editorial cartooning updates:
anntelnaes.bsky.social received 2025 William Randolph Hearst Award
mrhode.bsky.social visits Politico cartoonist mwuerker.bsky.social at his office
claytoonz.bsky.social not back to 100%; but starting to create cartoons again
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
anntelnaes.bsky.social received 2025 William Randolph Hearst Award
mrhode.bsky.social visits Politico cartoonist mwuerker.bsky.social at his office
claytoonz.bsky.social not back to 100%; but starting to create cartoons again
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
Telnaes and Wuerker and Jones Oh My
An(n) Award As reported earlier this month Ann Telnaes was to receive the 2025 William Randolph Hearst Award. And so she did. Ward Sutton posted a picture with Ann holding the award, with Mark Fiore a...
www.dailycartoonist.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Editorial cartooning updates:
anntelnaes.bsky.social received 2025 William Randolph Hearst Award
mrhode.bsky.social visits Politico cartoonist mwuerker.bsky.social at his office
claytoonz.bsky.social not back to 100%; but starting to create cartoons again
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
anntelnaes.bsky.social received 2025 William Randolph Hearst Award
mrhode.bsky.social visits Politico cartoonist mwuerker.bsky.social at his office
claytoonz.bsky.social not back to 100%; but starting to create cartoons again
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...
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Agreed - Wonderful artwork, and you can read his life story in another post below the first Thank you @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
‘The Porter’ (1972)
This was the first piece of Ladybird artwork I ever bought. It drew me in.
Artist: John Berry
This was the first piece of Ladybird artwork I ever bought. It drew me in.
Artist: John Berry
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Agreed - Wonderful artwork, and you can read his life story in another post below the first Thank you @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
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Wonderful piece. Was thinking about David Graeber and just came across it. Perfect for our times. Read and share!
'Right now, the U.S. is in crisis — there’s a democratic breakdown. This is exactly the kind of moment when David Graeber’s lessons are most relevant.' By @mwayne2.bsky.social
'Right now, the U.S. is in crisis — there’s a democratic breakdown. This is exactly the kind of moment when David Graeber’s lessons are most relevant.' By @mwayne2.bsky.social
Democracy Beyond the Ballot Box: David Graeber’s True Vision of Democracy
Democracy is Never Top Down, Nor is Voting the Sole Expression of Democracy
mwayne.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Wonderful piece. Was thinking about David Graeber and just came across it. Perfect for our times. Read and share!
'Right now, the U.S. is in crisis — there’s a democratic breakdown. This is exactly the kind of moment when David Graeber’s lessons are most relevant.' By @mwayne2.bsky.social
'Right now, the U.S. is in crisis — there’s a democratic breakdown. This is exactly the kind of moment when David Graeber’s lessons are most relevant.' By @mwayne2.bsky.social
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After a headline-making year we thank the amazing @anntelnaes.bsky.social for lending her powerful cartoons to our 2025 fundraiser. More to come in the days and weeks ahead.
cartoonistsrights.org/donate
cartoonistsrights.org/donate
November 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
After a headline-making year we thank the amazing @anntelnaes.bsky.social for lending her powerful cartoons to our 2025 fundraiser. More to come in the days and weeks ahead.
cartoonistsrights.org/donate
cartoonistsrights.org/donate
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If you are still on X, leave now! You enable this by staying.
'This is X in 2025: potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are—a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.'
'This is X in 2025: potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are—a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.'
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If you are still on X, leave now! You enable this by staying.
'This is X in 2025: potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are—a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.'
'This is X in 2025: potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are—a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.'
Agreed - Wonderful artwork, and you can read his life story in another post below the first Thank you @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
‘The Porter’ (1972)
This was the first piece of Ladybird artwork I ever bought. It drew me in.
Artist: John Berry
This was the first piece of Ladybird artwork I ever bought. It drew me in.
Artist: John Berry
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Agreed - Wonderful artwork, and you can read his life story in another post below the first Thank you @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social
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‘The Porter’ (1972)
This was the first piece of Ladybird artwork I ever bought. It drew me in.
Artist: John Berry
This was the first piece of Ladybird artwork I ever bought. It drew me in.
Artist: John Berry
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
‘The Porter’ (1972)
This was the first piece of Ladybird artwork I ever bought. It drew me in.
Artist: John Berry
This was the first piece of Ladybird artwork I ever bought. It drew me in.
Artist: John Berry
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If Palestinians are still dying, it's not a ceasefire. It's a lie, wrapped in a headline, designed to make you look away from the ongoing massacre
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
If Palestinians are still dying, it's not a ceasefire. It's a lie, wrapped in a headline, designed to make you look away from the ongoing massacre
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Well that’s sunk what little might have been left of Chris Mason’s repution.
Robbie Gibb describes the BBC's Political Editor Chris Mason as the "unsung hero of covering politics" and "absolutely first rate"
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Well that’s sunk what little might have been left of Chris Mason’s repution.
Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
If you are still on X, leave now! You enable this by staying.
'This is X in 2025: potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are—a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.'
'This is X in 2025: potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are—a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.'
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If you are still on X, leave now! You enable this by staying.
'This is X in 2025: potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are—a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.'
'This is X in 2025: potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are—a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.'
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The Principal's office
open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...
open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The Principal's office
open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...
open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...
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Ethiopian volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years
Ethiopian volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years
Ash clouds from Hayli Gubbi volcano sent drifting across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman
A volcano in Ethiopia’s north-eastern region has erupted for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, sending thick plumes of smoke up to 9 miles (14km) into the sky, and across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman.
The Hayli Gubbi volcano, located in Ethiopia’s Afar region about 500 miles north-east of Addis Ababa near the Eritrean border, erupted on Sunday for several hours. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Ethiopian volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years
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Plan de paix pour l’ #Ukraine - © Chappatte dans Le Temps, Genève 👉 chappatte.com/fr/images/pl...
November 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Plan de paix pour l’ #Ukraine - © Chappatte dans Le Temps, Genève 👉 chappatte.com/fr/images/pl...
Wonderful piece. Was thinking about David Graeber and just came across it. Perfect for our times. Read and share!
'Right now, the U.S. is in crisis — there’s a democratic breakdown. This is exactly the kind of moment when David Graeber’s lessons are most relevant.' By @mwayne2.bsky.social
'Right now, the U.S. is in crisis — there’s a democratic breakdown. This is exactly the kind of moment when David Graeber’s lessons are most relevant.' By @mwayne2.bsky.social
Democracy Beyond the Ballot Box: David Graeber’s True Vision of Democracy
Democracy is Never Top Down, Nor is Voting the Sole Expression of Democracy
mwayne.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Wonderful piece. Was thinking about David Graeber and just came across it. Perfect for our times. Read and share!
'Right now, the U.S. is in crisis — there’s a democratic breakdown. This is exactly the kind of moment when David Graeber’s lessons are most relevant.' By @mwayne2.bsky.social
'Right now, the U.S. is in crisis — there’s a democratic breakdown. This is exactly the kind of moment when David Graeber’s lessons are most relevant.' By @mwayne2.bsky.social
Democracy Beyond the Ballot Box: David Graeber’s True Vision of Democracy
Democracy is Never Top Down, Nor is Voting the Sole Expression of Democracy
mwayne.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Wonderful piece. Was thinking about David Graeber and just came across it. Perfect for our times. Read and share!
'Right now, the U.S. is in crisis — there’s a democratic breakdown. This is exactly the kind of moment when David Graeber’s lessons are most relevant.' By @mwayne2.bsky.social
'Right now, the U.S. is in crisis — there’s a democratic breakdown. This is exactly the kind of moment when David Graeber’s lessons are most relevant.' By @mwayne2.bsky.social