The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.
US President Donald Trump’s declaration of a National Emergency to secure funds for his pet border wall with Mexico draws sharp rebuke from cartoonist Antonio Rodriguez, who depicts that Trump’s own tongue has turned into the wall, which is choking him like a python.
Kevin Siers suggests that by declaring a National Emergency following the record 35-day partial government shutdown, a crumbling Trump is ripping apart the American Constitution.
Christian Adams takes a dig at Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who called former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill a ‘villain rather than a hero’ at a Politico event in London. Churchill’s grandson Sir Nicholas Soames lashed out at McDonnell, calling him ‘Poundland Lenin’, after the latter criticised Churchill’s role in the 1910 Tonypandy riots.
On Valentine’s Day, Peter Brookes illustrates a ‘lovelorn’ British Prime Minister Theresa May sending cards to political leaders within the country and abroad for support in resolving the Brexit crisis.
Students from around the UK took to the streets to be a part of the global campaign demanding action against climate change. Ben Jennings illustrates students and their protests being submerged by the rising water levels, while the authorities, with their head still above the water line, insist they should be in school instead of protesting.
Morten Morland depicts ‘difference’ between distress alarms in the UK and the US currently. While Theresa May is breaking politics in a case of national emergency, i.e. Brexit, Donald Trump is making a National Emergency for political reasons.