An unlikely couple
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‘I always said Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall made an unlikely couple.’
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‘I always said Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall made an unlikely couple.’
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‘I expect you think I’m bonkers for taking money from Qatar.’
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‘If you wish to swim competitively it’ll have to be in a separate category.’
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‘Whatever else, rewilding has ruined crop circles!’
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‘Dammit! Have they no consideration for other people?’
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‘So he won the no-confidence vote?’
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‘If you don’t want to fly, I’ll book you on easyJet..’
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‘Hooray! My heating bill worries are over!’
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‘So you work in the Downing Street press team?’
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‘I find the price of bread a lot scarier.’
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‘What with the cost of living, I’m not surprised she nicked our porridge.’
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‘Poor old Cancer’s got Putin.’
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‘Putin wouldn’t dare do what?’
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‘Relax, it’s just Matt Hancock and Gina Coladangelo.’
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‘Not all MPs are abusive and predatory – some of us are greedy and corrupt.’
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‘Thank heavens for no-fault divorce.’
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‘Pity poor Rishi Sunak – he has four homes to heat.’
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‘A stunt man does all my Oscar presenting.’
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On this week’s episode, we’ll hear from Damian Thompson on the Patriarch in league with Putin. (00:58) Next, Jade McGlynn on how Russian TV is presenting the war to its people. (08:46) And finally, Nick Newman asks how should cartoonists respond to war? (17:35) Produced and presented by Sam Holmes and Max Jeffery Subscribe to
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Laughter has always been a coping mechanism for dealing with war. Some of this country’s most memorable cartoons have been born out of conflict. Think of Gillray’s ‘Plumb-Pudding in Danger’, Bairnsfather’s ‘Well, if you knows of a better ’ole, go to it’ or Low’s ‘Very well, alone’ – they are the quintessential images that defined