Boyle Cartoons
  
Follow Frank Boyle cartoons on Twitter
 
UK & World Cartoons
click to see large
Rupert Murdoch closed down the News of the World after the paper's phone tapping scandal was exposed. During the London Olympics guided missiles were installed on the roof of a nearby block of flats as a security measure. George W.Bush said "America is addicted to oil" as casualties mounted in Iraq. Labour leader Ed Miliband appoints Ed Balls as Shadow Chancellor.Peter Mullan's new film Neds is released. After riots in English cities in 2011, CCTV pictures of looters were shown. Some critics claimed government policy was at the root of the trouble.
Nicolas Sarkozy's government plan to expel Roma people from France The Scottish government is criticised for releasing the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber  but both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown had already met Col.Gadaffi and BP has signed an oil deal with Libya Film of a dying chimp is shown on TV. Gordon Brown is struggling in the polls. China executed a British man by lethal injection. He was convicted of heroin smuggling but was said to be mentally ill. Lady Thatcher's funeral cost the state millions.As prime minister she privatised many state-run  industries.
Several members of the House of Lords were alleged to have taken bribes. Cameron and Clegg form a new double act as leaders of the coalition. Morecambe & Wise were popular British comedians. Following the General Election,the Lib-Dems have to choose between Labour and the Tories as coalition partners. The Church of England was in turmoil over women priests. Paul Gasgoine offered to help during the Roald Moat siege. Chris de Burgh becomes the first western singer to appear in Iran since the 1979 revolution.
Tests showed that Findus lasagne contained 100% horse meat Nick Clegg is seen as the winner of the first leaders TV debate.The Icelandic volacano erupts. David Miliband backs Tony Blair for European President. A large dinosaur skeleton is discovered. No police officers will be charged with the death of innocent Brazilian, Jean Charles de Menezes, who was shot at Stockwell tube station in 2005 As the BP oil spill pollutes the gulf of Mexico,Israel attackes an aid convoy heading for Gaza killing several people


Edinburgh Cartoons : Scotland - Cartoons : UK/World Cartoons : Other Cartoons : Contact : Biography

 

website design by   website maintenance by
 
Busybee webdesign low cost websites
 Busybee Webdesign