Cartoons by Tim Leatherbarrow

For Tony politics was all about photo opportunities. Whilst he was tightly gripping the country's tiller not quite sinking our great nation, the sound of rocks in the shallows scraping against the nation's hull could definitely be heard.

Tony was often away over the other side of the Atlantic pandering to our American cousins and spouting all kinds of shit about "our special relationship." This 'Special relationship' is a totally political thing. It's the politicians pension fund for when they leave the 'house.' To please our 'special relatives' he guided us into an interminable war, under a cartoon nutjob U.S. president. The benefits would outweigh the drawbacks for 'Our Tony', as when he finally gave the PM's job to the next fellah, he legged home and started his story.

Then across to the American lecture circuits and the money started pouring into the Blair coffers. Tonys happy smiling face was then seen all over at diplomatic functions, U.N. and places as he made lots of new friends.

The Middle East is the most alien place to everybody on the planet Earth. There's been war and upheaval since, never mind History , since time began. But even by history's bloody standards the Middle East is 'on fire.' Wars, riots ,blood, sweat'n'tears are rife. But the man employed to help out the strife in the Middle East is 'Our Tony'. So we have nothing to worry about. You can tell Blair's on the job 'cos nothing seems to be happening at all.

Tony's employed by the Russians, Americans, United Nations and the European Union as a special envoy to this 'Quartet'. He's founded the often quoted secretive international consultancy: Tony Blair Associates???? What it does, nobody seems to know except our Tony is earning mind-boggling masses of money for whatever it is that he is or isn't doing. Maybe he's not the imbecile we always thought he was.

Do you ever get the feeling you've been screwed?

BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, ALBERT?

Cartoons by Tim Leatherbarrow

Cartoons by Tim Leatherbarrow

LET'S GO FISHING in Britain's wonderfully clean fresh rivers and lakes! No more grotty chemicals, used condoms, old sofas and abandoned shopping trolleys.

Cartoon by Tim Leatherbarrow

Cartoons by Tim Leatherbarrow

Cartoons by Tim Leatherbarrow

A GENERATION OF British folk can remember three TV channels, test cards and nearly-all-day religious programmes on a Sunday. There was absolutely nothing on during the day except horse racing. Families used to stay in to watch a Saturday night film and all those variety shows as the valves in the sets got hotter and hotter before the 11 o'clock shutdown.

But a fairly regular face was a ventriloquist. Nowadays hardly anybody knows what a ventriloquist is. But this guy was the best. Ray Alan and his drunken Lord Charles, complete with monocle. He was great. Look up a sketch on Youtube where Lord Charles is trying to become a ventriloquist to see how clever and funny he was.

I cant help thinking how many messages of condolence the Queen has received from some foreign leaders who have heard that 'Lord Charles' is no more. 

Tim Leatherbarrow

Cartoons by Tim Leatherbarrow