https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/08/what-trump-actually-said-no-war-promise

The crisis of the West isn’t immigration. It’s immobility.

And that is the real story.

Politicians talk endlessly about who’s coming in. No one talks about who can’t leave.

– Adrian Monck – 7 Thin.gs Newsletter

Reading: There is a crisis of immobility in the United Kingdom

The reference made in the cartoon is well ossified itself
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_sketch

You can watch the whole original joke from The Frost report of 1966 here

https://metro.co.uk/video/ronnie-corbett-s-classic-class-sketch-1278885/?ito=vjs-link

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair features.

Following an observation about the communication revolution and the benefits it offers like minded individuals operating across borders and jurisdictions.

https://bsky.app/profile/pmdfoster.bsky.social/post/3leyg24wfnk2q

You might call it free movement of would be authoritarian governments.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/28/john-bird-actor-and-comedian-dies-aged-86

Obituaries will do a better job than I can of explaining what and how Bird did what he did, notably in partnership with his long time partner John Fortune and latterly alongside impressionist Rory Bremer.

Do enjoy them.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/dec/28/john-bird-obituary

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john-bird-obituary-9dv223tqj

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64108691

Suffice to sign off by citing this particularly accurate two-handed piece about Euroscepticism in the UK. Many of us habe been living the consequences of this in my years.

It is a fate of accurate satire that the jokes, ridicule, joy and recogntion so often go on to come to pass. The warnings can tend to be overlooked.

It’s been the story of our lives since the decision to hold a referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union.