36 The Times Magazine
JUNE
04.06
Flagship policy
“Downing Street
had said that a new
national flagship
- the successor to
the Royal Yacht
Britannia, which
was retired in
1997 – would be
commissioned in a
bid to boost British
trade and industry
globally. This was
against a backdrop
of the foreign aid
budget being cut.
As the cartoon
makes clear, in other
respects Johnson
has no qualms
splashing the cash.”
25.06 Money tree
“An argument had
broken out between
two neighbours
in Waterthorpe,
Sheffield, after
one called in tree
surgeons to cut half
the branches of a
16ft fir tree that had
stood for 25 years.
With all the talk
of tensions over
spending between
Nos 10 and 11
Downing Street,
this was one of
those cartoons where
you are presented
with a story that
fits the analogy
perfectly.”