humour
How near is nearly?
With the news that the LibDems now have more English local council seats than the Conservatives let us hope that this graphic actually does reflect the position. We could all breathe a welcome sigh of relief if the LibDems became the opposition to Labour….... Read more
Happy Easter from Liz Truss as well
Somebody unkindly suggested she was promoting lamb’s lettuce….... Read more
Top trolling from Labour:
In a way it’s a bit unserious – but the way the Tories are themselves quite unserious, it is, I think, quite clever and hard-hitting. Many may not know the significance of Graham Brady’s 53 missed calls of course – but the other notifications are (with the possible exception of Liz Truss’s hilarious one missed... Read more
‘Trickle Down’ Economics
Otherwise often referred to as the ‘economics supply side’ of which this is a pretty graphic illustration! Not to mention the dearth of the supply of Champagne – sorry, money…. So, Cheers – or perhaps not…... Read more
Same problem – different cause
The lovely cartoon first posted here some years ago has now, I find, been repurposed with a message to Rachel Reeves about her self-flagellating fiscal rules. It is to be hoped that someone shows it to her because its not just Rachel Reeves who will be the victim of the flagellation – but the rest... Read more
Even the lion is grumpy…
I’m not normally a great fan of the London Evening Standard but this is a marvellous cartoon! The link to the article is here... Read more
Activists labelling Israeli supermarket items as ‘apartheid’ and ‘apartheid Starmer’
Hum(our)ous and deadly serious
Activists have begun labelling Israeli items in supermarkets as ‘apartheid’ products, in a campaign to raise public awareness of Israel’s crimes against Palestinians and promote the peaceful ‘BDS’ (boycott, divestment and sanctions) movement to pressure Israel into ending its apartheid and war crimes – with different versions laid out to match (at least) Sainsburys and Tesco label layouts:
And Keir Starmer has also made himself a target of the campaign for his unstinting support of Israel’s flagrant breaches of international law, after at least one group took the original labels and edited them to reflect his ties to and funding from right-wing and pro-Israel groups and figures, before applying them liberally to supermarket shelves:
The global BDS campaign’s effectiveness can be seen in the fact that Israel created a whole ‘Ministry of Strategic Affairs’ to combat it and the way that Israel’s supporters constantly attack it. The UK government is in the process of passing probably-unlawful legislation to ban local authorities from applying BDS against goods and services from illegally-occupied territories.
The campaign has also been deployed against global brands such as Starbucks and McDonalds, with reportedly substantial impact on their profits.
Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza has so far killed at least 33,000 civilians, mostly women and children, and wounded more than twice that number of people – often with life-changing injuries. The country is facing a genocide case brought against it before the International Court of Justice by South Africa.
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