“They said: ‘He will start a war.’ I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars.” – LINK
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/08/what-trump-actually-said-no-war-promise
Ossification: – a tendency toward or state of being molded into a rigid, conventional, sterile, or unimaginative condition
– Adrian Monck – 7 Thin.gs NewsletterThe crisis of the West isn’t immigration. It’s immobility.
And that is the real story.
Politicians talk endlessly about who’s coming in. No one talks about who can’t leave.
Reading: There is a crisis of immobility in the United Kingdom
The reference made in the cartoon is well ossified itself
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_sketch
You can watch the whole original joke from The Frost report of 1966 here
https://metro.co.uk/video/ronnie-corbett-s-classic-class-sketch-1278885/?ito=vjs-link
Budgets don’t come out of nowhere.
Thread, as we used to say on the internet.
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair features.
The second Inauguration day of Donald John Trump as President of the United Staes of America on 20th January 2025.
Following an observation about the communication revolution and the benefits it offers like minded individuals operating across borders and jurisdictions.
https://bsky.app/profile/pmdfoster.bsky.social/post/3leyg24wfnk2q
You might call it free movement of would be authoritarian governments.
Happy Christmas and with best wishes for the New Year of 2025 and whatever it may bring!
The death of John Bird at age 86 is very sad news for lovers of satire in the United Kingdom and the world and perhaps particularly for satirists, ‘resting’ like myself, or those still functioning day-to-day.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/28/john-bird-actor-and-comedian-dies-aged-86
Obituaries will do a better job than I can of explaining what and how Bird did what he did, notably in partnership with his long time partner John Fortune and latterly alongside impressionist Rory Bremer.
Do enjoy them.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/dec/28/john-bird-obituary
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john-bird-obituary-9dv223tqj
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64108691
Suffice to sign off by citing this particularly accurate two-handed piece about Euroscepticism in the UK. Many of us habe been living the consequences of this in my years.
It is a fate of accurate satire that the jokes, ridicule, joy and recogntion so often go on to come to pass. The warnings can tend to be overlooked.
© Drawnalism Ltd
It’s been the story of our lives since the decision to hold a referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union.
