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Steve Bell
Wonderful Steve Bell cartoon in the Guardian today :::
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Political cartoons are nearly always parodies and, unlike Disney, don't have to be funny. Steve Bell is just the same as most other political cartoonists in that he usually wickedly funny, even a bit cruel at times.
He portrays Cameron as enclosed in a large condom, with the teat protruding out of the top of his head. Osbourne is normally shown as appearing in bondage gear, with a small bum sticking out of his nose.
His portrayal of Blair is even crueller, as can be seen below.
In this today's cartoon Bell is giving the impression of crocodile tears, coming from the Front Bench, while concentrating on the unwise attempts by Osbourne to link the Philpotts being on welfare, with the murder
( sorry, manslaughter) of the six children. Osbournes comments have been widely decried by lots of people, including the members of the Liberal party that they are in coalition with. Even Heseltine was somewhat unenthusiastic about the remarks.
Before anybody starts to winge and complain about the Guardian not being the Daily Mail, Bell has been just as ruthless on members of previous Labour administrations, and indeed the current opposition Front Bench.
As you can see from the next few examples :::
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Political cartoons are nearly always parodies and, unlike Disney, don't have to be funny. Steve Bell is just the same as most other political cartoonists in that he usually wickedly funny, even a bit cruel at times.
He portrays Cameron as enclosed in a large condom, with the teat protruding out of the top of his head. Osbourne is normally shown as appearing in bondage gear, with a small bum sticking out of his nose.
His portrayal of Blair is even crueller, as can be seen below.
In this today's cartoon Bell is giving the impression of crocodile tears, coming from the Front Bench, while concentrating on the unwise attempts by Osbourne to link the Philpotts being on welfare, with the murder
( sorry, manslaughter) of the six children. Osbournes comments have been widely decried by lots of people, including the members of the Liberal party that they are in coalition with. Even Heseltine was somewhat unenthusiastic about the remarks.
Before anybody starts to winge and complain about the Guardian not being the Daily Mail, Bell has been just as ruthless on members of previous Labour administrations, and indeed the current opposition Front Bench.
As you can see from the next few examples :::
http://
and
http://
"can someone explain the cartoon to me"
The Philpots were a couple of freaks who cried crocodile tears and tried to blame others for their crimes.
The DM in a freakish article tried to pin the blame for their crimes on the Welfare state (even though Philpot's first crimes happened when he was in the army - and nobody though to blame the army)
Dave and George are a couple of freaks who cry crocodile tears, while trying blame the state of the economy, not on the bankers who caused it, or on the Salads Chef who has prolonged it with his disastrous policies, but on the poor.
The Philpots were a couple of freaks who cried crocodile tears and tried to blame others for their crimes.
The DM in a freakish article tried to pin the blame for their crimes on the Welfare state (even though Philpot's first crimes happened when he was in the army - and nobody though to blame the army)
Dave and George are a couple of freaks who cry crocodile tears, while trying blame the state of the economy, not on the bankers who caused it, or on the Salads Chef who has prolonged it with his disastrous policies, but on the poor.
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/// The DM in a freakish article tried to pin the blame for their crimes on the Welfare state (even though Philpot's first crimes happened when he was in the army - and nobody though to blame the army) ///
You are completely wrong the DM in a perfectly reasonable article used the lifestyle of Phillpot, to highlight what is wrong with the benefit system, in no way did they used the illegal deaths of the six children to get their point over.
Phillpot was nationally know for his 'life on benefits' well before he resorted to manslaughter.
It is also silly to bring his period in the Army or his previous criminal history into the discussion, what's they got to do with benefits or the welfare state?
/// The DM in a freakish article tried to pin the blame for their crimes on the Welfare state (even though Philpot's first crimes happened when he was in the army - and nobody though to blame the army) ///
You are completely wrong the DM in a perfectly reasonable article used the lifestyle of Phillpot, to highlight what is wrong with the benefit system, in no way did they used the illegal deaths of the six children to get their point over.
Phillpot was nationally know for his 'life on benefits' well before he resorted to manslaughter.
It is also silly to bring his period in the Army or his previous criminal history into the discussion, what's they got to do with benefits or the welfare state?
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