Britain's cartoonists on Ireland's crisis

Liz Curtis's 'The Same Old Story'

YES we need political cartoons now more than ever and this week both the Guardian’s Steve Bell and the Independent’s Dave Brown have delivered humorous political commentaries on the unnecessary and ill-thought-out brinksmanship by Brian Cowen and Brian Lenihan.

However, for the Daily Express it seems that we are back to the Paddy-bashing in cartoon form examined so well in the 1984 Liz Curtis book, Nothing But The Same Old Story, on the roots of anti-Irish racism in Britain.

Dave Brown, 'The Independent'

Dave Brown, 'The Independent'

Steve Bell, 'The Guardian'

Matt, 'Daily Telegraph'

'Daily Express'