Cartooning the New UK PM
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The United Kingdom will soon have a new Prime Minister so Jason Arunn Murugesu at the BBC went to award winning political cartoonist Graeme Bandeira to talk about caricaturing the new PM.
Grame spoke to Burnham’s physical characteristics and cartooning politicians in general.
A political cartoonist has said he is looking forward to spending more time drawing Andy Burnham.
The Northern Agenda’s Graeme Bandeira, from Middlesbrough, said Burnham – who will become prime minister on Monday – had several features which a cartoonist could exaggerate, including his “fantastically chiselled” haircut.
Bandeira – who has captured the characteristics of seven prime ministers from Gordon Brown to Sir Keir Starmer – said in general he found that politicians liked being made fun of by cartoonists.
“I think they would be offended if they weren’t being drawn,” he said.
And what for the outgoing prime minister?
“I’ve enjoyed drawing Starmer but I think on some of the cartoons the ink isn’t even dry yet, because it’s been that quick,” Bandeira told BBC Politics North.
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