Tuesday, 2 December 2025

TOON TUESDAY #83

We begin of course with the Budget (for the final week, hopefully).  We have a trio of horror-themed efforts, which gives way to leaks and consequences.  The final pair of cartoons focuses on the increasingly hapless Fruit and Nut Party, the still nameless party which remains locked in bitter infighting.  As their conference descends into absurdity, Zack Polanski's Greens wait in the wings to mop up the remains of Corbyn and Sultana's total car crash...

Christian Adams for The Daily Telegraph
David Simonds for The Big Issue
Guy Venables for Metro
Ben Jennings for The Guardian
Graeme Bandeira for The Northern Agenda
Matt Pritchett for The Daily Telegraph
Morten Morland for The Times
Peter Brookes for The Times
Andy Davey for The Daily Telegraph
Dave Brown for The Independent
Christian Adams for The Daily Telegraph
Matt Pritchett for The Daily Telegraph
Christian Adams for The Daily Telegraph
Ella Baron for The Guardian
Morten Morland for The Sunday Times

Monday, 1 December 2025

MEME MONDAY #63

A very sparse week as Karl's absence looks set to continue for a wee while.  Toon Tuesday and Woke Wednesday will proceed this week, after which the latter will go on leave until the new year.

Mon 24 Nov - 21 shares
Wed 26 Nov - 358 shares
Thu 27 Nov - 11 shares
Thu 27 Nov - 99 shares
Sat 29 Nov - 59 shares

Sunday, 30 November 2025

BOATWATCH #38

For the second week in a row, zero boat crossings were detected.  This particularly sharp Autumn lull means that 2025 will be some way off the previous record year of 2022, although it has already beaten the annual totals for all other years of the small boat invasion.

Thursday, 27 November 2025

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 27.11.25


A trio of seats were up for grabs on Thursday, including a Labour defence in what would normally be considered solid Labour territory in Sunderland.  We saw this as a likely gain for the returning independent, who finished second last time around.  Instead, Reform surged from a distant third to easily take the seat from Labour with a huge swing from the defending party.  Labour crashed to third with more than half the votes received by the Reform candidate.

Reform also picked up an independent seat in Norfolk and finished runners-up in Lancashire.  Labour, meanwhile, finished last in both elections.

Hunstanton, Borough Council of King's Lynn & West Norfolk

Ref: 368 (29.2%) New
LDm: 322 (25.6%) New
Ind: 229 (18.2%) ‑11.0%
Con: 224 (17.8%) ‑23.0%
Ind:77 (6.1%) New
Lab: 40 (3.2%) ‑21.0%

Ref GAIN from Ind

Barnoldswick, Pendle Borough Council

LDm: 1,008 (59.8%) +1.5%
Ref: 441 (26.2%) New
Con: 170 (10.1%) -11.7%
Lab: 66 (3.9%) -11.1%

LDm HOLD

Hetton, Sunderland City Council

Ref: 1,270 (46.3%) +35.4%
Ind: 689 (25.1%) -4.0%
Lab: 611 (22.3%) -24.4%
LDm: 113 (4.1%) +1.6%
Con: 61 (2.2%) -3.6%

Ref GAIN from Lab

Wednesday, 26 November 2025

WOKE WEDNESDAYS #49

As if we didn't already know from two summers of weekly protests, the left despise the state of Israel.  And sharing a trait with some elements of the far right, it's not enough to simply voice opposition to a state that routinely attacks and occupies neighbouring territories.  All too often, the left take out their frustrations on ordinary Jews, who they perceive to be linked to a hive mind that makes them equally to blame for the criminal actions of Netanyahu.

The same people call other white people 'racist' if they dare generalise other ethnic groups with negative stereotypes.  But it's OK for the left to do that with Jews - they are fair game - as are white people (the 'gammon' and the 'Karens').

It's rank hypocrisy, but of course such things do not apply to the high and mighty of the self-righteous left.

They have no problem at all in taking a Jewish folk hero and turning their life into a public display of ridicule, purely as a means to insult as many Jews as possible.  And that's what has happened in New York of all places.  It's probably no coincidence that in order to maximise the insult, they chose a city that is home to the largest Jewish population of any city in the world - that's including Israeli cities.

Yes, woke playwright progressives have taken Anne Frank - the most iconic of all the Nazis' Jewish victims - and turned this innocent teenager into a pansexual Latino girl in a relationship with a 'non-binary' person.  They have also thrown in a 'neurodiverse' family in just for progressive measure.  The fact that Anne Frank was barely 15 years old when she died doesn't seem to matter to these degenerates.

The play, entitled Slam Frank, has drawn staunch criticism from Jewish groups.  Naturally, they perceive it as 'disrespectful', which is clearly the intention of the writer.  You see, the people who preach the most about hate, are the most hateful people of all...


The previous Woke Wednesday (dog free zones) generated 37 comments and 18 shares on Facebook.

Tuesday, 25 November 2025

TOON TUESDAY #82

This week's edition kicks off with Shabana Mahmood's proposed adoption of a Danish-style approach to illegal migration, which has upset countless open borders enthusiasts on the Labour backbenches.  They may well scupper any such proposal should it face a Commons vote.

The toons inevitably morph into the most briefed about Budget of all time, which by this time tomorrow will finally be set in stone.  Then next week we'll have some more cartoons about the actual Budget!

Special shout out to Christian Adams for his sterling work in The Telegraph...

Peter Brookes for The Times
Christian Adams for The Daily Telegraph
Ben Jennings for The Guardian
Morten Morland for The Times
Christian Adams for The Daily Telegraph
Morten Morland for The Times
Steve Bright for The Sun
Andy Davey for The Daily Telegraph
Ben Jennings for The Guardian
Christian Adams for The Sunday Telegraph
Peter Brookes for The Times
Chris Riddell for The Observer
Christian Adams for The Daily Telegraph
Matt Pritchett for The Sunday Telegraph
Peter Brookes for The Times
Christian Adams for The Daily Telegraph
Christian Adams for The Daily Telegraph

Monday, 24 November 2025

MEME MONDAY #62

It was a quiet week on the meme front, something that looks set to continue while Karl sorts out protracted family business.

Mon 17 Nov - 38 shares.  As far as we're aware, Zarah has still not handed over
the money she unilaterally generated (defrauded?) from Fruit and Nut supporters.
We were at one time quite excited at the prospect of a Corbyn-led party that
could attack Labour from the left, but hopes for this still nameless enterprise
have faded fast, mainly thanks to the petulant Ms Sultana
Tue 18 Nov - 67 shares
Wed 19 Nov - 243 shares
Thu 20 Nov.  The original version of this meme had an unfortunate misplacing
of an apostrophe that could have been taken to imply something about Zack Polanski
directly, when it was actually targeted at Green leadership in general, arising from
the NIMBY attitude of deputy leader Rachel Millward towards boat migrants.
The original meme was deleted and this is a re-edit.
Thu 20 Nov - 10 shares
Fri 21 Nov - 359 shares
Sat 22 Nov - 25 shares
Sun 23 Nov - 171 shares
Sun 23 Nov - 64 shares

One Facebook Story published last week detailed a milestone for this very website - 3 million hits and counting...


If you appreciate Karl (and Richey's) work, you can buy us both a metaphorical pint here.  This helps fund our work and reminds us that we are valued!