A Steve Bell cartoon in the Guardian depicting Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer carrying Jeremy Corbyn’s decapitated head on a golden plate following Mr Corbyn’s suspension from the party has provoked an angry response.
Critics accused the cartoon of “antisemitism” for appearing to draw parallels between Mr Corbyn’s situation and the Biblical story of Salome and John the Baptist.
Online users compared Mr Bell’s cartoon to the Caravaggio painting, Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, depicting the princess of Judea looking away as she receives the preacher’s dismembered head on a platter.
In the New Testament story, which has inspired many works of art, Salome demands John the Baptist's execution as reward for dancing for King Herod.
