Totally Mental and Health
idRussell Cartoons Weekly No.20
As I mentioned on social media, it's hard to believe that the ‘NAT-C’ abbreviation for the National Conservatism Conference this week was an accident, but it did lend itself well to satire. See my cartoon below featuring Conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Suella Braverman who were speakers at the (very) right-wing get-together.
Also in the news, the Royal College of Nursing in England are continuing the fight for a decent pay rise and are threatening further strike action. I’m not sure I would mess with the nurses.
I also created a cartoon strip in support of Mental Health Awareness Week (15 May to 21 May 2023). No captions, so make of it what you will.
A cartoon that didn’t happen was intended for our wedding anniversary. The traditional gift this year is something of iron, so it was either a new clothes iron or a bottle of irn-bru. Cartooning can be a dangerous business, so I decided to abstain.
And finally, strange events at Up In The Moor have meant that the next episode of ‘The Thing in the Woods’ has been postponed until next week.
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Mental Health Awareness Week 2023
Sharing these quotes from the WHO’s World Mental Health Report:
Mental health is an integral part of our general health and well-being and a basic human right.
It is as important as our physical health.
As the world comes to live with, and learn from, the far-reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, we must all reflect on one of its most striking aspects – the huge toll it has taken on people’s mental health.
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Hasta pronto,
Iain