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The Red Scare 43

Posted on August 03, 2013 by

commiejocksmall

Peaking too soon 35

Posted on July 28, 2013 by

royalbaby

Some areas still cloudy 15

Posted on July 20, 2013 by

crystalobrsmall2

Bring it on 23

Posted on July 13, 2013 by

ohyeahsmall

Laying cables 32

Posted on July 06, 2013 by

cablebarrel

True colours 24

Posted on June 09, 2013 by

blueed1

Introducing… the Union Jocks 148

Posted on May 28, 2013 by

The No campaign makes for some unlikely bedfellows.

unionjocks2

We’d like you to meet our new favourite patriots.

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Tight boots 76

Posted on May 24, 2013 by

We were hunting through a load of 1980s issues of 2000AD earlier today, looking for something else altogether, when we stumbled across this. It seemed somehow timely.

apocalypse

We can’t think why.

Cat declawed 15

Posted on May 18, 2013 by

faragetoon

Call the fire brigade 35

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

ukiptrees

Auntie Tam 47

Posted on May 05, 2013 by

susielauder

The Battle Of Osborne’s Nose 31

Posted on April 27, 2013 by

osbornesnose

(The first of our hopefully-regular weekend cartoons on the week’s big issue.)

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    • Alf Baird on A Stitch In Timing: ““Not the Crown” ? Hardly. The root of the despicable colonial situation is that elites in Scotland aye tak thair…Feb 6, 16:48
    • sarah on A Stitch In Timing: “Scottish court cases are hugely expensive, another obvious impediment to seeking “justice”. The case in the Scottish courts for a…Feb 6, 16:37
    • Sven on A Stitch In Timing: “Fearghas Macfhionnlaigh. My own view on that would be that by misnaming a devolved administration as a Parliament a clear…Feb 6, 15:24
    • Lorna Campbell on A Stitch In Timing: “With a heavy heart, I have to agree with you, Southernbystander, but not all Scots are anaesthetized by colonialism. Truth…Feb 6, 15:24
    • Lorna Campbell on A Stitch In Timing: “I’m not privy, GM, as you might imagine, to what the powers-that-be are up to, but I think that the…Feb 6, 15:12
    • Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on A Stitch In Timing: “I would assume that Alex Salmond, and Winnie Ewing (‘The Scottish Parliament, which adjourned on March 25 1707, is hereby…Feb 6, 14:50
    • barelybare on A Stitch In Timing: “Thanks for the explanation am firinn. I have a feeling only the initiated are going to truly understand what is…Feb 6, 14:46
    • Alf Baird on A Stitch In Timing: “It is surely colonialism that makes a colonized people ‘dependent’. For “without colonialism there would be no colonized people” (Memmi).…Feb 6, 14:25
    • Alf Baird on A Stitch In Timing: ““a devolved administration” That’s what the colonizer calls it. To the colonized it is always a colonial administration.Feb 6, 13:47
    • Marie Clark on A Stitch In Timing: “Well said LornaFeb 6, 13:43
    • TURABDIN on A Stitch In Timing: “@ALANM. AIDAN, HATEY All true, the political classes, not just in Scotland & England, seem stacked with those who couldn’t…Feb 6, 13:28
    • Sven on A Stitch In Timing: “James Cheyne @ 12.59. Only initially renamed a ‘Parliament’ over a weekend owing to the vanity of Mr Salmond, “James”,…Feb 6, 13:18
    • James Cheyne on A Stitch In Timing: “If the parliament in Scotland today was a real Scottish parliament it would not have reserved matters restrictions placed on…Feb 6, 12:59
    • James Cheyne on A Stitch In Timing: “Define Scottish Government, from…Governance sent to Scotland from the Westminster of England- Ireland parliament since the dissolved parliament of Great…Feb 6, 12:50
    • James Cheyne on A Stitch In Timing: “I wonder whom you do blame when Scotland made no 1707 treaty with the parliament of Great Britain nor with…Feb 6, 12:43
    • James Cheyne on A Stitch In Timing: “The Westminster parliament ( Scotland ) act 1995 was passed by the Anglo- Irish united kingdom parliament. Which Scotland has…Feb 6, 12:38
    • James on The Marshalling Plan: “Name fits.Feb 6, 12:35
    • Hatey McHateface on A Stitch In Timing: ““Section 170 dates from 1995 and has not been amended. It would now be within the powers of the Scottish…Feb 6, 12:02
    • Hatey McHateface on A Stitch In Timing: “Excellent post, Southernbystander. Another side effect of the eternal “it wisnae us cos we’re bound hand and foot” attitude is…Feb 6, 11:56
    • Cynicus on A Stitch In Timing: ““…the Scottish Government is in court trying to defend its policy of letting male murderers be housed in women’s prisons…Feb 6, 11:55
    • gerry parker on A Stitch In Timing: “Thank you for reaching out – we do not intend to respond.Feb 6, 11:49
    • Hatey McHateface on A Stitch In Timing: “@TURABDIN It may be quicker and easier to compile a list of those in public life with no links to…Feb 6, 11:46
    • am firinn on A Stitch In Timing: “The 1995 Act was originally passed by our dear friends who are always looking out for our interests, at Westminster.…Feb 6, 11:43
    • am firinn on A Stitch In Timing: “The reason is that s170 of the 1995 Act applies to summary proceedings, such as the case against Mr Hirst,…Feb 6, 11:29
    • Aidan on A Stitch In Timing: “Yeah I mean Ross Greer is co-leader of a political party that was in government recently, the mind boggles. I’m…Feb 6, 11:25
    • Southernbystander on A Stitch In Timing: “‘Dear Lord, will people stop trying to blame everything on England and take responsibility for what is happening in Scotland?…Feb 6, 11:16
    • James Cheyne on A Stitch In Timing: “The laws changing Scotlands laws have evolved over the years and centuries into double triple layers of laws, from different…Feb 6, 11:12
    • sydthesnake on The Marshalling Plan: “Sometimes you need to hold your nose, and act to get rid of the smell. SNP are the biggest obstacle…Feb 6, 11:08
    • ALANM on A Stitch In Timing: “Many of the problems we face stem from the fact that our politicians are low calibre individuals who are completely…Feb 6, 11:04
    • diabloandco on A Stitch In Timing: “Nail on the head Lorna.Feb 6, 10:57
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