From Gianni Infantino to my dishwasher: Edith Pritchett's week in Venn diagrams

Edith Pritchett’s three-panel cartoon uses Venn diagrams to connect political figures and issues with mundane household routines. Each overlap turns a familiar frustration into a compact joke: Nigel Farage mentioning Clacton is paired with remembering to wash out a water bottle, with both treated as things that happen only “once in a blue moon.” The comparison pokes at the rarity of the politician’s references to the place associated with him, while making the neglect of a reusable bottle instantly relatable.

The other diagrams pair regulating artificial intelligence with a dog’s slow-feeder bowl, both attempts to curb the speed at which something consumes everything. The final pairing links FIFA president Gianni Infantino with the cartoonist’s dishwasher: each appears to go through the motions but makes no genuine effort to clean up. Across the three jokes, domestic annoyances provide a lens for political and institutional criticism. The diagrams suggest that public promises to manage fast-moving technology or address messes can resemble half-hearted chores: activity is visible, but meaningful restraint or cleanup is missing.