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muriel_volestrangler

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3. Cold War Steve is a present day satirist

Reply to abqtommy (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 10, 2021, 09:15 AM

Jul 2021

Cold War Steve is the nom de plume of Christopher Spencer, a British collage artist and satirist. He is the creator of the Twitter feed @Coldwar_Steve. His work typically depicts a grim, dystopian location in England populated by British media figures, celebrities, and politicians, usually with EastEnders actor Steve McFadden (in character as Phil Mitchell) looking on in disgust.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War_Steve

(though I can't see Steve McFadden in this one - normally, there's more of a crowd; maybe he's the tiny figure way in the distance, that I just noticed)
The two on the right of the collage - Priti Patel and Jacob Rees-Mogg - are Tory cabinet ministers. I don't think it's a distraction, so much as a direct reminder of their fascist tendency.

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