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These selections have appeared in The Guardian (London), The Times (London), The Independent (London), The Independent on Sunday (London), The Sunday Telegraph (London), The Scotsman (Edinburgh) and E! Sharp (Brussels); here is a selection; click on the thumbnails to enlarge. Many of the originals are still available for sale.

 

From this year...
 

The middle east hots up again   unpublished
The Archbishop gets into hot water   unpublished

Darling seems to be without paddle   unpublished

The polls are looking icy cold for Gordon   unpublished

The US election campaign hots up   unpublished

Gordo The Vision Man relaunches for the new year   unpublished

 From 2007
   

A bloody end to the old year in Pakistan  

The Independent on Sunday

30/12/07

Some predictions for 2008  

The Independent on Sunday

30/12/07

King Dubya, "The most awesome thriller of all time!" is in a bit of trouble   unpublished

The Jolly Brown Giant  

The Independent on Sunday

Sunday 9/9/07

The military covenant in danger?  

The Independent on Sunday

Sunday 2/9/07

Mr Brown goes to Washington  

The Independent on Sunday

Sunday 29/7/07

Darling takes the rocky road   The Sunday Telegraph
Sunday 8/7/07

The bailiffs are gathering aound the Blair residence   The Independent
Friday 4/5/07

Striking parallels in the tittle tattle of the newspapers   Thursday 3/5/07
The Independent

Our Mr Hutton will measure you up for a nice suit  

The Independent

Tuesday 6/3/07

Senator McCain starts slinging coconuts around Dubya's stall  

The Independent

Wednesday 21/2/07

The US troops death toll reaches 3000. Bush looks like he'll send more in.   Tuesday 2/1/07
The Independent
 

From 2006
   

Will Cameron be able to shed the baggage?   December 2006
Unison Labour Link

Charles Clarke throws his weight into the ring   Saturday 9/9/06
The Times

Hezbollah regrets (slightly)...   Tuesday 29/8/06
The Guardian

The Tories know what the people want...er...the abolition of stamp duty on share trading.  

The Guardian

Monday 28/8/06

"Wild Bill" Prescott announces that Bush's policies are "crap"   Friday 25/8/06

A new Saddam trial opens in Baghdad. Same old farcical scenes.  

The Guardian

Tuesday 22/8/06

Stephen Byers is all abuzz with "modernising" tax ideas   Monday 21/8/06
The Guardian

John Reid announces that the threat of terroist activity in our airports is merely "severe"   Tuesday 15/8/06
The Guardian

Hesbollah and the Israeli government both hail a famous victory in Lebanon   August 2006

The French cockerel crows and then vanishes under the chicken shed   August 2006

UN-backed "cessation of hostilities" breaks out in Lebanon   Monday 14/8/06
The Guardian

The UN drafts a resolution. Nobody notices.   Tuesday 8/8/06
The Guardian

Blair, Bush and Chirac talk semantics while Lebanon burns   Monday 7/8/06
The Guardian

Tony goes to see the Sun King for a job   Tuesday 1/8/06
The Guardian

"Tinkerbell" Condy promises a new kind of middle east  

The Guardian

Monday 31/7/06

 
John Reid rebalances the criminal justice system  

The Times

Friday 21/7/06

John Precott learns what happens on a cattle ranch   Tuesday 12/7/06

Mr Justice Sullivan serves Blair with a control order of his own.   The Guardian
Friday 30/6/06

Blair "loses direction". Clarke, Beckett et al give Blair a good kick in the direction of handing over the baton of office   The Guardian
Thursday 29/6/06

 
North Korea tests some mean looking missiles while Dubya's not looking   6/7/06

Noddy and Big Ears fight over the steering wheel while Mr Plod is caught with his pants down   30/4/06

Blair, Levy and the schools cash-for-honours row   The Independent-on-Sunday
Sunday 16/4/06

 Blair and the cash-for-peerages row   The Guardian
Monday 20/3/06

That Danish cartoon thing...    Thursday 9/2/06

Russia switches off the gas   The Guardian
Tuesday 3/1/05

Cameron tuns left   The Guardian
Monday 2/1/06
 

    From 2005...
   

Does Barroso measure up to previous European Commission presidents?   Front cover
E! Sharp
Nov-Dec 2005

Can Blair re-define the EU in Northerm European terms?   Front cover
E! Sharp
Sept-Oct 2005

Will those pesky Eye-rackys make a constitution in the image of their benefactor Dubya, or will they come over all Islamicist?   The Times
Friday 26/8/05

New terrorism measures - Big Ears is watching you   The Times
Thursday 25/8/05

BA and Gate Gourmet turn the screw on the workforce in the stand-off at Heathrow Airport   The Times
Wednesday 23/8/05

 
Sharon performs a precarious balancing act   The Times
Tuesday 22/8/05

Death hands out tracts of hate to hapless potential "martyrs"   Monday 26/7/05

 
The London bombs blow apart the euphoria of the triumph of the Olympic Games bid   Monday 11/7/05

 
 UK takes over the baton in the EU presidential hurdles relay   Front cover
E! Sharp
July-Aug 2005

 
Patricia Hewitt announces new car and motorcycle ambulance service   The Times
Monday 27/6/05

 
Mr Jaafari goes to The White House   Saturday 25/6/05

 
Government announces "The Big Recycle" - a week of highlighting the benefits and urgent necessity of recycling waste   The Times
Saturday 25/6/05

 
Tony sets out his stall for the upcoming EU presidency   The Times
Friday 24/6/05

 
It's Singalong-a-Dubya at the conference on the rebuilding of Iraq   The Times
Thursday 23/6/05

 
Tony goes into orbit over Europe   The Times
Wednesday 22/6/05

 
Maurice Saatchi addresses the ills of the Tory party   The Times
Tuesday 21/6/05

 
Condi leads Sharon through the minfefield of the Gaza withdrawal   The Times
Monday 20/6/05

 
Is Britain holding the EU back?   Front cover
E! Sharp
May-June 2005

 
The Last Cabinet meets before announcing the election?   The Guardian
Friday 1/4/05

 
Dubya shares a summit with his pal Putin   The Guardian
Friday 25/2/05

 
Blair marks down dunce Tomlinson's essay   The Guardian
Thursday 24/2/05

 
Charles Clarke announces his plans for legalising his lock-up scheme for suspected terrorists   The Guardian
Wednesday 23/2/05

 
Dubya arrives in Brussels and hosts a dinner for his old friend Jacques Chirac   The Guardian
Tuesday 22/2/05

 
The ill wind from Syria and Iran blows up Goerge Bush's eager nose   The Guardian
Friday 18/2/05

Enter the Matron...Michael Howard announces his radical plans for the NHS   The Guardian
Thursday 17/2/05

 
The news hounds are after Ken Livingstone   The Guardian
Wednesday 16/2/05

 
The year ahead looks to be one of great moment for Michael Howard and the Tories' European policies. Could they achieve partial divorce from Europe if they ever come to power again?   Front cover
E! Sharp
January 2005
 

   From 2004...
   

 
Father Time drags his baggage into 2005   The Guardian
Friday 31/12/04

 
Will aid reach the affected areas of South Asia before the inevitable famine and disease wreak their havoc?   The Guardian
Thursday 30/12/04

 
The west looks to its collective foreign aid budget and ponders, as the tsunami engulfs the shores of the Indian Ocean   The Guardian
Wednesday 29/12/04

 
A thaw in the frozen politics of Ukraine?   The Guardian
Tuesday 28/12/04

 
Hoon makes a highly non-political, most-definitely-militarily-strategic decision   The Guardian
Friday 22/10/04

Tony the one-armed bandit recommends fleecing the poor as the next jolly good policy wheeze   The Guardian
Thursday 21/10/04

 
Young Tomlinson receives six of the best for his poor homework from Headmaster Blair and Mr Clarke   The Guardian
Wednesday 20/10/04

 
Boris goes to Liverpool to soothe the Scouse brow   The Guardian
Tuesday 19/10/04

 
The Black Watch moves north to Baghdad in order to pretend there's a broad coalition in Iraq   The Guardian
Monday 18/10/04

 
Dubya, just hooked on Liberty.   The Guardian
Friday 03/09/04

 
Alastair "Gatso" Darling gets flexible with his speeding fines.   The Guardian
Thursday 02/09/04

 
Postman Pat gets a kick in the nuts for not being able to turn a profit    The Guardian
Wednesday 01/09/04

 
Protests in New York. "People-of-the-night" not welcome, thank you.   The Guardian
Tuesday 31/08/04

 
Dykey and Gilly, the ex-BBC dogs of war, deliver a littel present to Downing Street   The Guardian
Monday 30/08/04

 
GCSE results, fat kids and Kelly Holmes all make it an interesting week.   "Andy Davey's Week"
The Times
Saturday 28/08/04

 
The Olympian ideal comes home to Athens. Athens greets it with a drugs scandal   The Guardian
Monday 16/08/04

 
It's a knock-out in Najaf.   The Guardian
Friday 13/08/04

 
"Robocon" Howard would yield the axe against the evil-doers that are the DTI.   The Guardian
Thursday 12/08/04
 
"Robocon" Howard shows how he would make our streets safe from the bums and vagrants. If only we'd give him the chance.   The Guardian; Wednesday 11/08/04

 
Everybody blames everybody else in Iraq   The Guardian
Tuesday 10/08/04

 
Tony douses the house market inferno.   The Times
Friday 06/08/04

 
Sheriff Dubya guards the town bank from the infamous "Al-Coyote" gang of bad guys   The Times
Tuesday 03/08/04

 
An all-things-to-all-persons Kerry arises from the Democratic convention in Boston   The Times
Saturday 31/07/04

 
Can the Democratic Donkey bear the full weight of the Heinz dynasty on its broad back.   The Times
Thursday 29/07/04

 
Mandy comes out on top in the battle for European supremacy.   The Times
Monday 26/7/04

 
Hoon announces cuts to the military. Will he himself avoid the chop again ?   The Times
Thursday 22/7/04

Howard engages Blair in a "food-fight" in the Commons on the 10th anniversary of Blair's election to party leader   for The Times
Tuesday 20/7/04

 
Dubya goes to Istanbul to ask NATO to spare his blushes by lending, at the very least, military training for the new Iraqi army   The Times
Monday 28/6/04

 
The Labour government is routed by the UK Independence Party. Let freedom reign!   E! Sharp
September 2004

 
Dubya's tumescence suffers a cold shower after the 9/11 Commission Report    

 
Blair goes to a European summit on the new EU Constitutuion and comes back triumphant that nobody has parked on his "red lines"   The Times
Monday 21/6/04

 
In Iraq, the US placeman Adnan Pachachi "turns down" the Presidency   The Guardian
Wednesday 2/6/04

 
It is revealed that Dubya keeps Saddam Hussein's personal handgun in his "Iraq Trophy Room" in the Whitehouse.   The Guardian
Tuesday 1/6/04

Is the Dubya, King of the Jungle heading for a rude awakening in the approval ratings?   The Guardian
Friday 16/4/04

 
Ariel Sharon tears up the middle-east "Yellow Brick Road Map"   The Guardian; Thursday 15/4/04

 
The rebuilding of Iraq seems to be suffering a few setbacks   The Guardian; Wednesday 14/4/04

 
The 9-11 commission resumes its work in Washington, after the weekend's release of that fateful Presidential Daily Briefing from 6th August 2001   The Guardian
Tuesday 13/4/04

Blair issues a statement on the "progress" in Iraq from his holiday yacht   The Guardian
Monday 12/4/04

 
Chopper Letwin announces the new Tory agenda for cutting public spending   The Guardian
Tuesday 17/2/04

 
The Hutton Inquiry is finally relaeased. Justice, it seems, is not seen to be done    

 
Blair faces his 24 hour ordeal by fire; the top-up fees vote and the Hutton report   The Guardian
Wednesday 28/1/04

 
One mad tyrant has gone; will another one be gone by the end of the week?   The Guardian
Tuesday 27/1/04

 
Blair and Hoon await Hutton as Bird flu rages   The Guardian
Monday 26/1/04

 
Hoon goes on the attack over Kelly and refuses to budge over body armour death   The Guardian
Monday 19/1/04

 
Will Father Time give Blair and Bush a rough ride in the coming year?   The Guardian
Friday 2/1/04
 

 From 2003...
   

 
Mad cow disease in US beef herd   The Guardian
Monday 29/12/03

 
Gaddafi agrees to give up WMD programme   The Guardian
Monday 22/12/03

 
Brown's pre-budget statement   The Guardian
Wednesday 10/12/03

 
Dubya visits London    

 
Michael Howard emerges as Tory leader    
  Iain Duncan Smith's position looks more precarious   The Guardian
Monday 27/10/03
  IDS, the Quiet Man of last year's Tory conference pumps up the volume    
  Labour Party conference, Bournemouth   The Guardian
Monday 29/9/03
Alastair Campbell's resignation   The Guardian
Monday 1/9/03
Hutton enquiry; Blair's hands are looking bloodier and bloodier   The Guardian
Monday 29/8/03
The Hutton enquiry, Campbell vs Gilligan and a "game of Chicken"   commissioned for The Times
Wednesday 20/8/03
Hutton enquiry; in-fighting in the Campbell corner.   The Guardian
Tuesday 19/8/03
  Hutton enquiry; Hoon vs David Kelly   The Scotsman
Friday 15/8/03
The Blair government becomes the longest serving Labour Government in UK history   The Guardian
Friday 1/8/03
John Prescott takes over the reigns while Blair is away on holiday and announces homes for all. Can he fix it? Hmm..   The Guardian
Thursday 31/7/03
Bob Hope, star of many a "Road to" movie in his 100 years, finally bids farewell, as Blair and Campbell look more and more harried by the press over the Gilligan affair.   The Guardian
Wednesday 30/7/03.
Sharon "releases" 500 Palestinian prisoners back into the refugee camps of Gaza   The Guardian
Tuesday 29/7/03
Hain comes over the top, spinning for the government against the media. He asks for real grown up debate. Any subject except the taboo issue of tax.   The Guardian
Monday 28/7/03
Iraq: Dubya denounces "forces of the old regime"   The Guardian
Friday 25/7/03
Iraqis celebrate the death of Uday (Ace of Hearts) and Qusay Hussein (Ace of Clubs)   The Guardian
Thursday 24/7/03
Blair urges the Chinese to embrace wider democratic freedoms.   The Guardian
Wednesday 23/7/03
Iraq: Tony Blair solemnly asks for a "period of reflection" after the death of WMD adviser David Kelly.   The Guardian
Tuesday 22/7/03
Campbell's game of keeping the press occupied with his spat with the BBC continues.    
Hutton enquiry; Campbell returns from the dead with bravado accusations aimed at the BBC    
Iain Duncan Smith sacks Tory party Chairman and personal friend Barry Legg    
Blair vs Brown; Tony returns from foreign parts to face the press at home    
Iraq: MP 'Gorgeous' George Galloway and the "wolves"    
IBlair's poll ratings show Spring growth after the war    
Iraq: Dubya won't invade Syria after all    
Statues of Saddam come down in Baghdad and Brown delivers a budget    
Bush pays a visit to Belfast    
Iraq: Chirac exercises his "Non"    
  Iraq: Dubya prepares for war    
Chancellor Brown remains steadfast in his optimism    

  ...and some from 2002
   
Tory party; IDS, the Quiet Man, is very quiet. The "rumblings" in the wings are ominous.    
  War on Terror: Can Dubya take 'em all on?    
Tory party: Can Iain Duncan Smith keep all the people happy even some of the time?    
War on Terror: Bush briefs against his Secretary of State, Colin Powell    
Tory party policy unclear under Iain Duncan Smith    
John Prescott resigns from the RMT    
Stephen Byers "resigns". Government reshuffle.    
George W Bush, in John F Kennedy's footsteps, visits Berlin    
Ann Winterton MP is sacked from her front bench role by Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith    

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