Roger Winterbottom
@starminator.bsky.social
Political sketches for Yorkshire Bylines.
Starminator cartoon on my Substack: https://thepoliticalpint.substack.com
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Since ex-MP Craig Williams has been charged with betting on the general election date, here’s my Starminator cartoon from that time referencing the story in passing…
April 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Since ex-MP Craig Williams has been charged with betting on the general election date, here’s my Starminator cartoon from that time referencing the story in passing…
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“Scores of English councils could go bankrupt when hidden SEND debt reappears” - 2 stories in one paper on SEND deficits—lots of briefing by LAs going on, though some figures are wrong, SNJ's Matt says. Tania quoted in one www.theguardian.com/educatio...
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Scores of English councils could go bankrupt when hidden Send debt reappears
Deficits of £5.2bn have been put aside for seven years in accounting fix that ends on 31 March 2026
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March 31, 2025 at 6:35 AM
“Scores of English councils could go bankrupt when hidden SEND debt reappears” - 2 stories in one paper on SEND deficits—lots of briefing by LAs going on, though some figures are wrong, SNJ's Matt says. Tania quoted in one www.theguardian.com/educatio...
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March 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Something's got to give, and I would like to propose that it's our property tax system
Scrap stamp duty and council tax, introduce an annual tax proportionate to the home's value.
Easiest way to tax wealth
Landlords pay it, not tenants
Represents a cut for 75% of population
Scrap stamp duty and council tax, introduce an annual tax proportionate to the home's value.
Easiest way to tax wealth
Landlords pay it, not tenants
Represents a cut for 75% of population
Understand that normally loyal Labour MPs who had never intended to break the whip are considering doing so because of the child poverty figure. Serious discontent, though majority not in danger. Conversations abound among Lab MPs trying to size up how big the rebellion might be.
March 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Something's got to give, and I would like to propose that it's our property tax system
Scrap stamp duty and council tax, introduce an annual tax proportionate to the home's value.
Easiest way to tax wealth
Landlords pay it, not tenants
Represents a cut for 75% of population
Scrap stamp duty and council tax, introduce an annual tax proportionate to the home's value.
Easiest way to tax wealth
Landlords pay it, not tenants
Represents a cut for 75% of population
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beaver's return
![Comic by Stephen Collins for the Guardian. Script as follows:
Scene is a British WOODLAND by a RIVER. A NATURALIST is stood next to a cage, and TV NEWS REPORTERS are filming him and the cage.
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NATURALIST:
And now It is my great honour
2
NATURALIST:
to reintroduce the first wild beaver
back into Britain
3
[Cut to the BEAVER’S CAGE. Its door is open and the Beaver is leaned nonchalantly up against the opening, smoking a cigarette.]
4
BEAVER:
Well, well, well.
5
BEAVER:
Look who's come crawling back.
6
BEAVER:
Got a rubbish ecosystem have ya?
7
BEAVER:
Not happy with the *critical anti-flood infrastructure* engineered by the flippin *badgers*?
8
BEAVER:
I almost didn't recognise you without one of my ancestors on your head…
9
BEAVER:
First you wipe us out… now you ask us to come back and build dams for free…
You actually expect me to be *pleased* don’t ya?
NATURALIST:
I'm so sorry I…I…
10
BEAVER:
“Ooh la la, the Brits have come crawling back…”
Do I look like *Michel flippin’ Barnier*?
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NATURALIST:
I-if there’s some kind of… *remuneration* we could offer I-I’m sure…
12
BEAVER [throwing cigarette to the ground]:
Unlimited pond weed, two tickets to Abba Voyage.
NATURALIST:
Done.
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreihs2p5lw7psgwmqpzruuvd42k54oippf6wwx5glghmewzjj4w7tne@jpeg)
March 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
beaver's return
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The paperbacks are out!
I'll send a signed example to a random someone reposting this 😮
You want that lovely Tom Roberts art. Plus, it has words inside!
I'll send a signed example to a random someone reposting this 😮
You want that lovely Tom Roberts art. Plus, it has words inside!
March 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The paperbacks are out!
I'll send a signed example to a random someone reposting this 😮
You want that lovely Tom Roberts art. Plus, it has words inside!
I'll send a signed example to a random someone reposting this 😮
You want that lovely Tom Roberts art. Plus, it has words inside!
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Once again for the love of god just put taxes up, you'll have to anyway before this parliament is out so do it now, cite defence as the reason, lean into the fact the world has changed & govt must too. (Me and @johnharris1969.bsky.social discussed this on the Guardian Politics Weekly pod btw..
revealed: some of the cabinet ministers who spoke up during Tuesday’s cabinet meeting about spending restraint
Angela Rayner, Yvette Cooper, Shabana Mahmood, Lucy Powell & Ed Miliband
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Angela Rayner, Yvette Cooper, Shabana Mahmood, Lucy Powell & Ed Miliband
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Rayner and Cooper criticised cuts in ‘tense’ cabinet meeting
‘Large minority’ of ministers protested about planned spending reductions in their own departments
www.ft.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Once again for the love of god just put taxes up, you'll have to anyway before this parliament is out so do it now, cite defence as the reason, lean into the fact the world has changed & govt must too. (Me and @johnharris1969.bsky.social discussed this on the Guardian Politics Weekly pod btw..
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Am I missing something... even if you accept the rhetoric about getting people back to work and avert your eyes from the cruelties that will doubtless result, why is the govt attacking the Personal Independence Payment? It's not an out-of-work benefit.
March 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Am I missing something... even if you accept the rhetoric about getting people back to work and avert your eyes from the cruelties that will doubtless result, why is the govt attacking the Personal Independence Payment? It's not an out-of-work benefit.
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King agrees to host Trump visit
The new Private Eye is out now
The new Private Eye is out now
March 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
King agrees to host Trump visit
The new Private Eye is out now
The new Private Eye is out now
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We are all Emmanuel Macron
February 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
We are all Emmanuel Macron
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Labour has a real counterattack opportunity if they’re brave enough to take it.
More spending, both for public services + defence, using the need to prep the UK for war to justify breaking fiscal rules/tax pledges.
Be unequivocal in calling those seeking to undermine the UK traitors and quislings.
More spending, both for public services + defence, using the need to prep the UK for war to justify breaking fiscal rules/tax pledges.
Be unequivocal in calling those seeking to undermine the UK traitors and quislings.
February 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Labour has a real counterattack opportunity if they’re brave enough to take it.
More spending, both for public services + defence, using the need to prep the UK for war to justify breaking fiscal rules/tax pledges.
Be unequivocal in calling those seeking to undermine the UK traitors and quislings.
More spending, both for public services + defence, using the need to prep the UK for war to justify breaking fiscal rules/tax pledges.
Be unequivocal in calling those seeking to undermine the UK traitors and quislings.
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🌍 LATEST: Climate past the tipping point? #BrokenNews reveals how one British man’s recycling slip-up spells doom for the planet.
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Climate 'Beyond Saving' After Recycling Mistake - #BrokenNews
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February 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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AI technology: then and now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
February 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
AI technology: then and now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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"The art of the steal" - oof, now that's a title!
"In a move that will shock literally no-one... Donald Trump has yet again come up with an absurd, facile solution"
"In a move that will shock literally no-one... Donald Trump has yet again come up with an absurd, facile solution"
The art of the steal
Where most see a humanitarian catastrophe, Trump sees a real estate opportunity
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February 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"The art of the steal" - oof, now that's a title!
"In a move that will shock literally no-one... Donald Trump has yet again come up with an absurd, facile solution"
"In a move that will shock literally no-one... Donald Trump has yet again come up with an absurd, facile solution"
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⏩ The art of the steal
Where most see a humanitarian catastrophe, Trump sees a real estate opportunity
By Roger Winterbottom (cartoon by Stan)
@starminator.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social
Where most see a humanitarian catastrophe, Trump sees a real estate opportunity
By Roger Winterbottom (cartoon by Stan)
@starminator.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social
The art of the steal
Where most see a humanitarian catastrophe, Trump sees a real estate opportunity
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
⏩ The art of the steal
Where most see a humanitarian catastrophe, Trump sees a real estate opportunity
By Roger Winterbottom (cartoon by Stan)
@starminator.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social
Where most see a humanitarian catastrophe, Trump sees a real estate opportunity
By Roger Winterbottom (cartoon by Stan)
@starminator.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social
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🛑 LATEST: What Is Ethnic Cleansing?
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What Is Ethnic Cleansing? - #BrokenNews Explains
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February 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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In a move that will shock literally no-one who has been paying any attention, Donald Trump has yet again come up with an absurd, facile solution to an intractable geopolitical problem.
The art of the steal
Where most see a humanitarian catastrophe, Trump sees a real estate opportunity
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February 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In a move that will shock literally no-one who has been paying any attention, Donald Trump has yet again come up with an absurd, facile solution to an intractable geopolitical problem.
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Life imitates art: Trump's plans for Gaza.
L: From the new Private Eye (which went to press on Monday night), in shops now.
R: Yesterday's headlines.
L: From the new Private Eye (which went to press on Monday night), in shops now.
R: Yesterday's headlines.
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Life imitates art: Trump's plans for Gaza.
L: From the new Private Eye (which went to press on Monday night), in shops now.
R: Yesterday's headlines.
L: From the new Private Eye (which went to press on Monday night), in shops now.
R: Yesterday's headlines.
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White Lotus Season 3
February 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
White Lotus Season 3
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„DEI initiatives have also led to more non-whites achieving greater seniority in their jobs. Indeed, we have seen the highest pinnacles of society reached by people of colour, even as high as the presidency itself, which is currently held by someone who is #orange.“
January 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
„DEI initiatives have also led to more non-whites achieving greater seniority in their jobs. Indeed, we have seen the highest pinnacles of society reached by people of colour, even as high as the presidency itself, which is currently held by someone who is #orange.“
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🗣️ Old man yells at cloud
In the wake of Donald Trump’s stupefying comments on the worst US air disaster in years, we ask: is meritocracy a myth?
By Roger Winterbottom
@starminator.bsky.social
In the wake of Donald Trump’s stupefying comments on the worst US air disaster in years, we ask: is meritocracy a myth?
By Roger Winterbottom
@starminator.bsky.social
Old man yells at cloud
In the wake of Donald Trump’s stupefying comments on the worst US air disaster in years, we ask: is meritocracy a myth?
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🗣️ Old man yells at cloud
In the wake of Donald Trump’s stupefying comments on the worst US air disaster in years, we ask: is meritocracy a myth?
By Roger Winterbottom
@starminator.bsky.social
In the wake of Donald Trump’s stupefying comments on the worst US air disaster in years, we ask: is meritocracy a myth?
By Roger Winterbottom
@starminator.bsky.social
"My administration will set the highest possible bar for aviation safety,” said Donald Trump. “They have to be talented, naturally talented geniuses.” And indeed, you might have hoped that we could also have a naturally talented genius as the head of the US government but, well, here we are.
Old Man Yells At Cloud
Naturally talented geniuses are in short supply
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January 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"My administration will set the highest possible bar for aviation safety,” said Donald Trump. “They have to be talented, naturally talented geniuses.” And indeed, you might have hoped that we could also have a naturally talented genius as the head of the US government but, well, here we are.
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