Here's the Indy's latest daily cartoon online:
And the day before:
I don't know if this was a editorial choice or a coincidence, but it is somewhat unfortunate, and doesn't exactly put the more recent publication in a great light. Both 'toons are themed almost identically, even to the degree of Corbyn turning to his left. But the earlier work spares us the labels for 'Left' and 'Right', spares us the actual labelling of the bicycle as 'Labour Party', and spares us the cliché of riding off a cliff. Instead we get the socks up over the trousers & the old-fashioned bike with the basket, versus the Blairites in their spandex. And yes, we also get a labelled Das Kapital, not that that really hurts the piece overall. And I'm assuming that's Prescott rooting Jezza on besides an apoplectic Blair.
To juxtapose two such similarly themed, but unequally executed works side-by-side is just cruel really. Oh right, I just did that myself, didn't I ? Whoops.
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