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Artist calls in lawyers after Tories use his Burnham portrait without consent
UK NewsPoliticsEntertainment•October 5, 2026 at 2:56 PMNational

Artist calls in lawyers after Tories use his Burnham portrait without consent

By Helena Horton•The Guardian - UK News

Stanley Chow’s cartoon was put on water bottles at party conference with the slogan ‘Bottler Burnham’An artist is considering legal action after the Conservative party used his cartoon to mock Andy Burnham.Stanley Chow, a Manchester-based illustrator who works for the New Yorker magazine, created a cartoon of the prime minister for campaign material in the Makerfield byelection earlier in June. Continue reading...

Stanley Chow’s cartoon was put on water bottles at party conference with the slogan ‘Bottler Burnham’

An artist is considering legal action after the Conservative party used his cartoon to mock Andy Burnham.

Stanley Chow, a Manchester-based illustrator who works for the New Yorker magazine, created a cartoon of the prime minister for campaign material in the Makerfield byelection earlier in June.

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