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In today’s featured cartoon, Brian Adcock pokes fun at Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, who are both vying to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Adcock suggests that nothing short of magic will convince the Conservative Party members of their suitability.
After large-scale protests erupted in Hong Kong, China recently suspended a bill that would have allowed the extradition of people accused of criminal wrongdoing to the mainland. Kal suggests that in a David vs Goliath kind of encounter, the Chinese dragon has been staved-off by Hong Kong’s hedgehog, and is wailing in complaint about it.
US President Donald Trump recently claimed that he had cancelled a strike on Iran after a general told him that 150 people might die. Bertrams mocks Trump’s sudden change of heart.
Rowe portrays Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg stuffing money in his smoking pipe and setting it alight. He is referring to Facebook’s recent plans of launching a cryptocurrency named Libra, which might pose an existential threat to the present monetary system.
Jim Morin urges people to take action against climate change, otherwise they will be held responsible by their future generations.