# Tories pay artist for Burnham images after legal threat

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/tories-pay-artist-for-burnham-images-after-legal-threat/
- Published: 2026-11-13T18:41:13+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T19:36:53+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC Politics (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5y139wplppo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Entertainment, Music, Politics

## Key points

- Conservatives settle with artist Stanley Chow over an unauthorised image.
- The fee was £1,000, with legal costs also partly covered.
- Chow says asking permission would have been cheaper.

## Summary

The Conservatives have agreed to pay illustrator Stanley Chow after using his portrait of Andy Burnham on conference water bottles without permission. The settlement followed Chow’s threat of legal action and highlights the need to respect copyright when using creative work.

The party is understood to have paid a £1,000 fee for using the image and made an undisclosed contribution to Chow’s legal costs. The illustration was created in 2021 and used to label Burnham a “bottler”; Chow said the Conservatives should have asked first, while the party said it considers the matter closed.

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