BRASS NECK GREENS

Seeing as it's Toon Tuesday, we thought we'd publish this 'controversial' toon in a separate post.  This appeared in The Times on Saturday, drawn by Peter Brookes (famed for his depiction of Ed Miliband as Wallace from Wallace & Gromit).  The cartoon is a reference to Zack Polanski's endorsement of an X post in which the user criticised police officers for the manner in which they disarmed a knife-wielding maniac in Golders Green.  The post read: "So essentially these officers were repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head when he was already incapacitated by taser".

Take a close look at how Zack Polanski is depicted here...

As far as we're concerned - and we're pretty sure you'll agree - there is absolutely nothing untoward here.  It's not the greatest likeness, but fairly clear who it is from the high hairline, gap in the front teeth and the very obvious Green rosette.

Now get this - Polanski and his supporters have accused Peter Brookes and The Times newspaper of 'anti-Semitism'!

Brookes has faced a deluge of criticism on social media, likening his cartoon to Nazi-era German depictions of Jews.  Those cartoons look nothing like Brookes' drawing and asides from the jug ears, there is little exaggeration in the facial characteristics of someone who - let's be honest - is one ugly motherfucker.  The fact he is Jewish is actually irrelevant.

This hasn't stopped the Green Party writing an official complaint to The Times, Polanski publicly claiming it as 'a pretty vile anti-Semitic caricature' and leftists like Owen Jones echoing the complaints.  The brass neck of the left is unreal.  They have spent years marching alongside the most vile of Jew haters, ingratiating themselves to a community crammed full of Jew hating Muslims, while Polanski himself has poured scorn on the very existence of a Jewish state.

In the days leading up to Brookes' cartoon, two Green Party candidates were arrested for social media posts which included the endorsement of attacks on synagogues.  Several other Green candidates are also alleged to have made anti-Semitic social media posts, while ex-party leader Caroline Lucas has today called on the party to act swiftly on the issue.

So for Polanski's crazy gang to accuse someone else of 'anti-Semitism' is more than a bit rich.

At the time of writing, neither Peter Brookes or The Times appear to have given the accusations any time of day.  Quite rightly so!