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Across the road 230

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Selected voices 536

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Going native 213

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And they’re off 784

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On a dark desert highway 129

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Are you being served? 223

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The invitation 67

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Going down a bad road 57

Posted on September 27, 2019 by

You now have less than 24 hours left to secure your copy of our intermittent cartoonist Mr Cairns’ latest beautifully-crafted volume of biting political satire featuring a cute lion. (No, not the one pictured below.)

For the love of God please don’t upset him or we’ll get more like this.

Accentuating the negative 155

Posted on September 21, 2019 by

(Editor’s note: as a result of this cartoon, Mr Cairns has been sent on mandatory administrative leave of absence to let’s call it a “health spa” for the next two weeks. While he’s receiving let’s call it “therapy”, fill the gap by purchasing the latest volume of his works, which is guaranteed not to contain this one, we can only hope and pray.)
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Not so fast 334

Posted on September 14, 2019 by

(Order Chris’ latest splendid volume of cartoons, The Road To Nowhere, here.)
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Spot The Victims 120

Posted on September 07, 2019 by

(Order Chris’ latest splendid volume of cartoons, The Road To Nowhere, here.)
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Operation Pantomime 298

Posted on August 31, 2019 by

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