The Art Of Politics September 2025: When Everyone Hates Everyone Else
by Richard Bruton
Rounding up the work of the world’s best political cartoonists, skewering the powers that be – it’s the Art of Politics…
Morten Morland on the times we’re living in…
And Michael de Adder on the political violence in that world…
TRUMP’S WORLD… OH, BOY…
Well, the US had a month. Trump had a month. We had the assasination of Charlie Kirk, right-wing political activist. And then we had the fallout from that in an increasingly divided nation where the left hates the right and the right hates the left. And instead of a President calming the fires, we have Trump. He’s gone after free speech, gone after the left and what he sees as their political violence, whilst ignoring the right’s political violence. Then he went to the UN and gave one of those speeches. Let’s start with that…
Ben Jennings on Trump’s UN speech…
Now, the Charlie Kirk assassination…
Kal…
And if you’re wondering how the right-leaning political cartoonists handled it, here’s just a couple… Tom Stiglich…
The Kimmel thing…
After rather mild comments on the killing of Charlie Kirk, ABC pulled the show, only to bring it back a couple of weeks later, due to pressure from the FCC, whose chair seriously implied that he would look at yanking licences from ABC and Disney. It spiralled into something bigger, many seeing it as an example of an increasingly authoritarian attack on free speech and Trump clamping down on those who cross him…
Martin Rowson on the return of Kimmel…
Kal…
The cause of autism was found… yeah, right…
Well, Trump and RFK JR had been promising they’d announce they’d found the cause of autism by September. Turns out it was Tylenol in pregnancy all along. I mean, who cares that scientific studies don’t back that up?
Kal…
ISRAEL & GAZA…
Ben Jennings on the UN commission’s findings that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
Pete Songi on the trouble with countries like the UK, Canada and Australia recognising the Palestinian state…
Peter Brookes on the other issue… Palestine’s links to Hamas…
Ben Jennings on Trump’s meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House and how he’s very confident that he can get a ceasefire deal…
Dave Rowe on the proposed peace deal…
RUSSIA & UKRAINE…
Dave Brown on Ukraine’s difficulties with Trump’s ever changing moods…
Ella Baron on the growing tensions between Russia and Poland…
Ella Baron again on Russia…
IN THE NOT SO UNITED KINGDOM…
It’s been rather a time for the far right in Britain as well, with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party riding high in the polls, the cross of St George popping up everywhere and mobs of screaming bald-headed men draped in the flag demanding immigrants out, claiming they’re standing up for women and children (when a lot of those arrested in like protests – 2 in 5 in fact – have been previously reported for domestic violence).
Ella Baron nailing that one…
Ben Jennings on Farage’s ‘plan’…
Ben Jennings on Reform UK’s plan to end indefinite leave to stay in the UK…
Martin Rowson on the rise of nationalism in mainstream politics…
Ella Baron on the Unite the Kingdom rally, a far right gathering where Tommy Robinson whipped up the ‘patriots’ and Elon Musk appeared on video calling for the dissolution of parliament and that ‘violence is coming’…
Ben Jennings on the same…
Of course, the current Labour government continued limping along, with everything Keir Starmer touches turning into a disaster. First the Labour deputy leader, Angela Rayner, had to resign over breaking ministerial rules, then the US Ambassador to the USA, Peter Mandelson, having to be removed over links to Jeffrey Epstein. Meanwhile, Starmer and Labour limp along, every policy seemingly worse than the last…
Ella Baron on the fall of Angela Rayner and the rise of Farage…
Dave Brown on Mandelson…
Ben Jennings suggests a possible Mandelson replacement – after all, Prince Andy’s not exactly busy…
Ben Jennings on another Labour message ‘Delivery, delivery, delivery,’ something they’re absolutely not doing…
Jason White on the continued focus on policing those protesting Palestine and showing support for Palestine Action…
And finally… the state visit of Pres Trump to Britain…
Ben Jennings on Starmer and Trump’s disagreement over the UK recognising the Palestinian state…
Nicola Jennings on the images of Trump and Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle…
Morten Morland on the same…
Martin Rowson on the aftermath of the visit…
And Morten Morland on the same…
