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Guy Holmes
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Picture of John Cleese in Life of Brian with caption - All right, but apart from the crashed currency, the price rises, the normalisation of lying, the worsening trade gap, the increase in hate crime & violent crime, the undermining of parliament, the splintering of families, the loss of high-income jobs, the threat to peace in Ireland, the shortage of farm workers, the further alienation of Scotland, the weakening of our science base, the loss of health cover in 27 countries, the higher phone charges when travelling, the loss of GDPR protection, the uncertainty in Gibraltar, the loss of doctors and nurses, the loss of influence in the world, the soaring debt, the €oobn bill, the massive distraction from other issues and the international derision... what harm has Brexit ever done to us?
October 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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This !
Cartoon of a billionaire in 1982 with a plateful of cookies advising a working person with one cookie “careful buddie that foreigner wants your cookie’ (the foreigner has none) Second picture is 2025 and identical except the billionaire now has a tableful of cookies!
September 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Saw this and wondered if one of them is Nigel Farrage… but he wouldn’t have been in Essex….
September 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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"Nigel Farage's proposal to pull the UK out of the ECHR - and join Russia and Belarus - would actually damage our ability to deal with illegal immigration, which depends on working with other countries. If Farage makes us a pariah by pulling us out of the ECHR, that will make it far more difficult. The truth is that Farage and the Conservatives are to blame for the small boats crisis. Prior to Brexit, we had a returns agreement with every single European country, called the Dublin convention. That acted as a really strong deterrent. Farage should be apologising, and should stop putting forward policies that he knows won't work." -SIR ED DAVEY
August 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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August 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Poem by Brian Bilston - And onto today's climate forecast, where we can expect to see a prolonged spell of inaction, interspersed with patches of hazy promises across many areas. Over Westminster and other centres of government, a build-up of hot air will cause inactivity to soar to record levels over the coming days, in spite of the high pressure. Elsewhere, a front of chronic misinformation will sweep in from the east, bringing with it a thick band of climate change deniers and the chance of scattered falsehoods, while powerful gusts of idiocy and ignorance look set to blow across social media. Outbreaks of 'We just got on with it in 1976' and 'It's called the British summer, mate' are likely. In summary: unsettling. Brian Bilston
July 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Is this how ICE agents see themselves?
Picture of The Lone Ranger from 1950’s USA tv series
July 8, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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From Today’s Private Eye - we should all get one!
Person taking politicians for a walk on a lead…
June 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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This from an earlier post -
June 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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“In 1917, protests began across Russia due to low wages, food shortages, and government overreach. In an attempt to hold onto power, Tsar Nikolai Il sent in the military to quell the protests. However, many within the military chose to join the protestors and forced the abdication of the Tsar.
June 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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… like this ?
June 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Poster for Hexham Art Club Exhibition in NEWBROUGH TOWN HALL NE47 5AR Saturday 24th May until Saturday 31st May 10am to 4pm
May 17, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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This is superb -
Trump at a rostrum with a speech balloon which starts empty then deflates and swirls around making farty noises eventually flopping to droop off the edge of the lectern
May 16, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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…not the search results I was hoping for …
BBC News results for 50 50 1 are about 50th birthday 50% cyclist increase … not USA protest movement
May 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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I love this cartoon -
First picture shows Putin about to prick a balloon in Ukraine colours - but in second picture it is Putin that has burst!
April 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Came across this on Facebook - Is this real?
Strange times when it seems necessary to ask!
JD Vance in news clip saying UK will be first Islamic state to have Nuclear Weapons…
April 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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This is a post from Linked in -
Are Trump’s actions saving Putin from his economic collapse?
Post describes dire state of Russian economy Post conclusion ‘sanctions are working, don’t lift them’
April 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Tintin cartoon - The boy detective socks Trump on the jaw as bemused Inuit gaze on….
April 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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I don’t approve of the Torygraph generally but this is rather good -
Cartoon caption - that MAGA hat is now $100 - it’s made in China …
April 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Thought for the day from a fellow europhile on another media platform…
March 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Cartoon in today’s Guardian imagines 2025 style intervention as Churchill faces up to Hitler in 1940…
March 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Reminder: Between 2014 and 2022, Ukraine held 200 talks with Russia, reaching 20 cease-fire agreements. Russia violated all of these, leading to Putin's invasion on 2.24.2022 Those advocating for negotiations are either uninformed, misled or aligned with Russia.
March 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM