Raise a glass to Graeme Bandeira’s cartoon genius – The Yorkshire Post says

THIS country is rightly proud of its cartoonists and their craft. Now another name can be added to this celebrated collection – The Yorkshire Post’s Graeme Bandeira.
By YP Comment
Published 18th Dec 2020, 05:53 BST
Updated 18th Dec 2020, 08:26 BST
Graeme Bandeira's winning cartoon.Graeme Bandeira's winning cartoon.
Graeme Bandeira's winning cartoon.

A scourge of past and present prime ministers – sorry Boris Johnson – his creative genius, a mainstay of this newspaper’s print and online offer each day, has seen him win the coveted Gillray Giblet Political Cartoon of the Year Award.

Deserved recognition for a special talent who his colleagues are just as proud to call a friend, his winning cartoon depicted the PM as the hapless landlord of The Track & Trace when the pubs first reopened.

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Featuring guest ales like Northern Poorhouse (sour), Rishi’s Special Brew (invigorating) and Ye Olde Mogg (only sold in old money), this gentle humour, alongside the sobering illustrations that this year’s events have demanded, has seen Bandeira become loved by the public and loathed by politicians.

Graeme Bandeira at work earlier this summer, accompanied by his dog and aa TV showing his beloved Middlesbrough FC in action.Graeme Bandeira at work earlier this summer, accompanied by his dog and aa TV showing his beloved Middlesbrough FC in action.
Graeme Bandeira at work earlier this summer, accompanied by his dog and aa TV showing his beloved Middlesbrough FC in action.

If only the pubs were open again to raise a glass to him...

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