Ben Jennings
Ben Jennings is a cartoonist/illustrator whose work appears in a variety of publications. Ben was winner of the Political Cartoon of the Year 2011, awarded by the Political Cartoon Society, for a cartoon that appeared in The Guardian
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Ben Jennings on Brexit and political divisions – cartoonMPs have overturned two House of Lords amendments that aimed to protect the rights of EU citizens living in the UK and hand parliament a ‘meaningful vote’ on the final Brexit deal
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Ben Jennings on David Davis's Brexit warning – cartoonMPs will have to choose between a deal brokered by Theresa May and crashing out of the bloc on World Trade Organisation terms in a hard Brexit, David Davis has suggested
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Ben Jennings on the progress of the Brexit bill – cartoonThe government is determined that the bill to trigger article 50 will not be altered, even if a standoff ensues with peers who backed an amendment to guarantee the rights of EU citizens
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Ben Jennings on the House of Lords – cartoonA former Lords speaker has claimed some peers do ‘absolutely nothing’ and still collect their daily allowance, on the day the PM made a highly unusual appearance in the upper chamber to observe the first day of Brexit debate
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Ben Jennings on the Stoke byelection – cartoonAllies of Jeremy Corbyn are optimistic that Labour will defeat Ukip in the electoral battle and say his leadership is not under threat regardless of the result
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Ben Jennings on Donald Trump, intelligence and Russia – cartoonDonald Trump railed against ‘fake media’ and implied reports about ties to Russia were an attempt by the intelligence community ‘to cover up for’ Hillary Clinton’s election defeat
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Ben Jennings on Tristram Hunt's career change – cartoonTristram Hunt surprised many with the announcement that he was quitting his job as Labour MP to become director of the Victoria & Albert museum
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Ben Jennings on the state of the NHS – cartoonTheresa May acknowledges huge pressures on NHS but rejects claim that there exists a ‘humanitarian crisis’ in health care
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Ben Jennings on the UK's Brexit negotiating stance – cartoonBritain’s four-decade membership of the EU has left it lacking experience in international negotiations
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Ben Jennings on 2016 – cartoonA look back at a year of Brexit, Trump, Syria, Putin, Harambe, fake news and Pepe the Frog
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Ben Jennings on the doping scandal of Russian Olympic athletes – cartoonA Russian official has admitted for the first time to ‘institutional conspiracy’ of doping Olympic athletes
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Ben Jennings on the death of Fidel Castro – cartoonThe revolutionary icon who survived endless attempts on his life is finally defeated by the infirmity of old age
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Ben Jennings on Boris Johnson's Brexit column – cartoonBoris Johnson said Britain’s continued membership of the EU would be a “boon for the world and for Europe” in an unpublished newspaper column in which he wrestles with his decision to back or oppose Brexit
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Ben Jennings on Donald Trump's problem with women – cartoonSince a video emerged of Trump bragging about sexually assaulting women, allegations about the Republican nominee have multiplied
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Ben Jennings on Vote Leave, Brexit and the NHS – cartoonHealth service close to breaking point bosses warn as cross-party campaign drops EU referendum spending pledge
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Ben Jennings on North Korea's nuclear test – cartoonNorth Korea has confirmed it has conducted its most powerful nuclear test to date, marking the 68th anniversary of its founding with a reminder to the world that it may be edging closer to developing a warhead capable of striking the US mainland
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Ben Jennings on the EU's ruling against Apple – cartoonUS tech firm ordered to pay up to €13bn after European commission rules Ireland broke state aid laws
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Ben Jennings on Calais refugee camp the Jungle – cartoonFormer president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, has called for the Jungle to be relocated to the UK
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Ben Jennings on Jeremy Hunt and the NHS – cartoonLeaked documents show Hunt’s own officials believe focus on ‘weekend effect’ has undermined drive for seven-day NHS
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Ben Jennings on Britain's Olympic success – cartoonFollowing Team GB’s gold rush in Rio, the athletes return to a country that has seen a spike in reported hate crime
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Ben Jennings on Syria and chemical weapons – cartoonThree people died when suspected chlorine was dropped alongside barrel bombs on a neighbourhood of Aleppo
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Ben Jennings on Putin, doping scandals and a garish diving pool – cartoonWith the Olympics now in full swing, finally there is a new story to deflect from the Russian doping scandal – the lime green diving pool
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Ben Jennings on the cupping of Uncle Sam – cartoonCupping therapy may have helped Michael Phelps secure gold in Rio, but the US is not benefiting as greatly from Donald Trump
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Ben Jennings on Southern rail – cartoonExtreme overcrowding reported on remaining services as five-day strike begins on one of Britain’s busiest rail franchises
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Ben Jennings on house prices – cartoonNine out of 10 people renting property in Britain cannot scrape together enough savings to cover even a quarter of the deposit needed to buy the average first home
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Ben Jennings on David Cameron's resignation honours list – cartoonTheresa May is refusing to block honours for No 10 ‘cronies’ after a leaked list revealed that David Cameron has requested gongs for party donors, pro-EU campaigners and political aides in his resignation honours list
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Ben Jennings on Theresa May and state pensions – cartoonTheresa May will stick to the Tory manifesto pledge of the triple lock, which guarantees rises in the state pension, No 10 has confirmed
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Ben Jennings on the UK economy and the vote for Brexit – cartoonBritain’s economy grew by a faster than expected 0.6% in the second quarter as businesses appeared to shrug off Brexit jitters in the runup to the 23 June referendum
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Ben Jennings on the Labour party leadership – cartoonAngela Eagle will formally launch her challenge to Jeremy Corbyn on Monday
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Ben Jennings on shootings in the United States – cartoonSmith & Wesson stock opened near an all-time high on Friday after five police officers were killed and seven were injured in a shooting in Dallas
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Ben Jennings on the collapse of BHS – cartoonBHS stores are to disappear from high streets after almost 90 years, with 11,000 workers losing their job after failed rescue talks on Thursday
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Ben Jennings on the Tory disarray over EU referendum – cartoonConservative party turmoil escalates with open call for David Cameron to quit
Guardian Opinion cartoon Ben Jennings on Donald Trump’s missile strikes against Syria – cartoon