The trouble with drawing Jeremy Corbyn

‘What would happen if somebody ever came to power that you actually agreed with?’ It’s not a question that troubles most people, but spare a thought for the left-wing satirist who is used to lacerating Tory, Labour and coalition governments with equal ferocity. Yet while I am sometimes asked this question, any party – in government or in opposition ­– has been so far from representing my own views that it has always remained largely hypothetical. Until now. How on earth can I attack Jeremy Corbyn when I find myself agreeing with most of what he says?

After all, political cartooning is an offensive, attacking medium. Or it is nothing. The prospect of a ‘positive’ political cartoon is nauseating, for the practitioner as much as for the viewer. So, having wrestled long and hard with this dilemma, I’ve tried drawing Corbyn in various increasingly absurd guises instead. These depictions range from Mr Tod – inspired by