© Matthew Buck Hack Cartoons for http://hampshirechronicle.co.uk

A modest proposal to alleviate dispute between the developers of a wind farm and the Ministry of Defence near my home town of Winchester.

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A political mouldy-oldie has popped up again – the Tories and Europe. You might think in the middle of the longest economic recession since the 1930s there might be more important things our leaders could be doing for the country. But, clearly prancing about arguing over philosophical hypotheticals and attempting to undress one another is the collective priority.

The reference for those bemused is to a Eurovision winning song of yesteryear – Making your mind up – by a band called Buck’s Fizz.

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The Secretary of State of Education, Michael Gove, and his colleague at the department of Defence, Philip Hammond, have indicated their enthusiasm for the job as the next leader of the Conservative party. Their opportunity provided by the traditional and interminable niggling Tory debates about Europe.

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A nice, messy afternoon at the paints.

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A drawing about a big change to The Hampshire Chronicle which is changing format from broadsheet to tabloid. They like to do things at a gentle pace around here.

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Watching: Video cartoon of Amy Winehouse.

Some detail of people enjoying (no, really) my Big Board at the 2013 edition of the Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival. There’s quick snap below but regular viewers may recognise this from earlier in the year. It made, with a few tweaks, a happy coincidence with the festival theme of TIME.

There’s a decent slideshow over at Procartoonists if you would like to enjoy a really big show of what UK Professional Cartoonists can do on the grand canvas.

And if that isn’t enough drawing related excitement, there’s an excellent little video of day one of the event by County Channel TV, although I should caution it does feature me again.

On the way to the tenth anniversary of the Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival. There will be reporting of the event at http://procartoonists.org and on twitter @procartoonists.