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Spare change

Will this government spare us some Change? Or do we have to collect change for them?

dormouse by dormouse
29-07-2024 16:25 - Updated on 14-02-2026 18:10
in Cartoon Series, Lifestyle
Reading Time: 9 mins read
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A red-haired young woman in a chartreuse green dress is sitting on a sofa with a hot drink and a cat, while a dark-haired young man in a blue jumper in an armchair types on a laptop. Dialogue text says '-SO, he's on the run from ISIS, he's left his family in danger, he's claiming asylum, and he wants us to foot the bill. - Oh, a Saudi prince wants to give me his fortune!'

The British Patriot, by dormouse A British patriot in mortal danger is raising funds to flee abroad

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On 4th July 2024, enough people in the UK made their will known to change the political landscape. And so we have moved forward to a new era. It began with a promise of change. How big or small is yet to be seen. This series of life observations is the Dormouse’s two pennyworth.

A jar filled almost to the top with coins, with a label that says 'F-word-free February Swear Jar
Welcome to February. It only just started!
A red-haired young woman in a chartreuse green dress is sitting on a sofa with a hot drink and a cat, while a dark-haired young man in a blue jumper in an armchair types on a laptop. Dialogue text says '-SO, he's on the run from ISIS, he's left his family in danger, he's claiming asylum, and he wants us to foot the bill. - Oh, a Saudi prince wants to give me his fortune!'
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer trying desperately to sit on two chairs, as the one on the right, patterned like a US flag is being pulled away by President Trump who is being led by his tie by President Putin. Both are walking over Ukrainian and Greenland flags with President Trump stiffing a Venezuelan flag into his back pocket. SIr Keir Starmer's tie is caught in Trump's other hand which is dragging the chair, pulling him with it and forcing him to do the splits as, on the other side, the Ukrainian president Zalenskyy and various European leaders are holding onto the other chair, with the EU flag on it. In the foreground, the Danish PM Mette Frederiksen in a red blazer stands with her arms folded, looking worried. Caption text says 'Peace In Our Time'
By dormouse
Ink drawing of the UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves waving her hands over a bubbling cauldron surrounded by ingredients: a jar labelled 'Eye of Crested Newt', a bag labelled 'Wing of Bat' and a broken backbone with the inscription 'Benefit Cuts'. A collection of spectres rises from the cauldron steam on the right of the picture, reminiscent of US president Donald Trump and Reform UK figures Nigel Farage and Isabel Oakeshott with a chant trailing off 'Nom Nom Non Dom'
”Britain must learn from President Trump’s ‘positivity’ if it is to revive the ‘animal spirits’ and turn the economy around, Rachel Reeves has said.” The Times, 25 January 2025
Ink drawing of UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves sitting at a desk with flags behind her, as in her press photos, holding a mug in one hand and pointing with the other, as she talks to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. The mug bears an inscription 'Trump Kool Aid' Caption text reads 'And if we stopped paying those sickness benefits... imagine how many potholes we could fill... Make the trains run on time...'
All the things under the Sun
A drawing of two women talking at the shop counter as a shopkeeper works the till. They are looking outside through the shop door where two men are passing by, one carrying an armful of bottles and cans. Dialogue text says; '- They aren't rioters, Bea, they are freedom fighters. - Yes, I can see them liberating some booze...'
A drawing of two men in T-shirts, one holding a brick, having dropped another brick on his foot, the other resting a foot on an upturned grown wheelie bin as he talks on a mobile phone. Text says 'No mate, we went to Stockport by mistake, and now all the trains back are cancelled'
A drawing of a large cookery book on a wooden bookstand with two apples, a pepper mill and an oil bottle in the foreground. Text on the illustrated book cover says 'The Complete HUNT's BOOK COOKERY. Includes favourites like Porkie Pies, Millionaire's Shortchange and Black Hole Gateau
A man sits on the bed brushing the hair of a woman who sits in bed, reading a newspaper. He says: "But they'd promised us change?" She replies "maybe they meant 'spare change' darling. Spare change.
Promised
An ink and colour crayon drawing of a man with a newspaper, wearing brown trousers sitting on a blue sofa, while in the background a woman is drawing curtains closed over a dark window. The newspaper carries headlines including 'Budget for strivers, not skiners' and 'Trump ready to challenge election result' Dialogue text says 'It only looks dark now because the clocks have gone back.' 'They have, haven't they.'
An older woman standing and a younger woman in a wheelchair open a door to a young male Labour candidate wearing a blue suit and a red rosette, flanked by two canvassers, one male, one female. His speech text says 'We are the party of workhouses... I mean, workfare... I mean, hard Labour! Look, the clue is in the name.' Nearby, behind the door, a tabby cat is tearing a bird apart, feathers flying.
The Chancellor standing in a hospital ward raising her arms to stop a hospital worker pulling in a bed through the door. Speech text says 'No, we don't need beds on this ward' On the back wall are two direction arrows, one to the left marked Job Centre the other to the right marked Assisted Dying. Two woman, one in a wheelchain, another in a hospital gown walking with a drip are heading in the direction it points to, off to the right.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer in shirt sleeves, picking between two suits on hangers, one with a red tie, one with a light blue tie, kicking a man in a wheelchair out of the window with his foot. Quote text above him says 'Handouts don't nurture the same sense of dignity as work'. Cartoon by Dormouse.
Dignity
A TV reporter in a dark blue anorak speaking in to a microphone, with the Royal Albert Hall, London, in the background. Caption text says 'We are live outside the Albert Hall as President Trump sues the entire British media over repeated claims that Hitler has only got one ball'
Defamation
a spoof poster based on 101 Dalmatians, with Home Secretary Shabanah Mahmood, dressed in blue, looming menacingly over a frightened family of refugees: a male doctor in scrubs, a woman with glasses, and a group of children, one with a Paddington teddy bear. Text scattered across the poster's dark backgound says '101 Deportations. Starring Shabby as Suella Patel. With McSweeney's boys, Britains's best Reform tribute band. Sing along to classic tunes like Island Of Strangers, WHITE Cliffs of Dover, BLUE Christmas.'
by dormouse
black and white ink drawing of President Trump, knife and fork in hand, sitting at a long table with Vladimir Putin on the other end, who is carving up a map of Ukraine. Caption text says 'Would you like to see the menu, Sir?'. In the foreground is a numbered menu, titled 'Peace Plan Special@. On the left hand page is item number 1: Give Putin everything he wants buffet. On the opposite, right hand page is the Desserts menu, listing options from 2 to 28.
The 28 Point Peace Plan
Poster in the stye of the animated film 'The Nightmare Before Christmas", featuring the chancellor standing on top of a curling mound, kicking a person in a wheelchair off it, who is falling towards other people struggling it what looks like a cross between sea waves and burial mounds below. Behind the chancellor, rising against the dark sky like a full moon is a circular roundabout painted with the England St George's cross, surrounded by Reform UK style roundabout arrows. On the curved mound is a text following the curve, which says 'The multibillion Brexit Black Hole". Below is it a title text that says 'Rachel Reeves' The Nightmare Before Christmas'.
by dormouse
Three witches sitting around a bubbling cauldron inscribed with words 'BURN BABY BURN'. The witch on the left is holding a broom. The witch in the centre is dropping in an eye of newt and a wing of bat. The which on the right is breathing in the fumes and waving her arms about. Text above them says 'McSweeney shall never vanquished be until Great Burnham would to 10 Downing Street come against him'
Hubble Bubble, by dormouse (with apologies to Shakespeare)
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