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TThe Opinions of Tobias Grubbe for 30th January 1712 is published at this window, or just click the picture. His patron Journalisted from the Media Standards Trust where you may read all about them.

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It is helpful when a piece of party political messaging basically write jokes for you. The ‘deficit’ of course is still rising (useful explainer here) and the NHS reforms appear to involve breaking up a series of institutional powers, who aren’t inclined to go quietly.

Every cartoonist I know enjoyed the general election posters of 2010 because they made so many hostages to fortune, or events, dear boy, events*, as they used to be known.

* And as Prime Minister Harold Macmillan never said.

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Speed sketching of characters at the long-running inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press.

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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, has announced an initial public offering to those interested in investing in the advertising business. The only question which appears to be worth asking is, what are its 800 million users worth. Time will tell.

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The Opinions of Tobias Grubbe for 23rd January is published at this window, or click the picture. His patron Journalisted from the Media Standards Trust where you can read all about them.

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The PM is due to speak at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland today. In the cartoon, Mr Cameron’s baggage is the huge public and large private debt in the UK and which are shown as IOUs stuffed into safes. His big worry is the possible collapse of the Eurozone into which our national economy is very closely linked. All of which probably equals a rough business trip.

The Prime Minister’s speech to The World Economic Forum.

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The House of Lords, and specifically its Church of England bishops, have defeated Government proposals on a universal cap on welfare benefits. This Q&A explainer is useful on the issues raised by the plans.

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