To step back a moment from which politicians we fail to find funny, let me tell you a story about Peppa Pig - specifically about Peppa's creator, Mark Baker - that a friend of a friend told me. … (View Post)

Ha, yes, I was thinking that actually. That was almost the opposite. Thatch had relatively good jokes (whether they were her own or scripted for her is another matter) but she got the delivery absolu… (View Post)

No, you're missing the point. See also the Ryan Giggs clip. It's not just not funny, its the antithesis of funny. If funny is 1 and not funny is 0, what SKS and Ryan Giggs are are -1. Perha… (View Post)

Gaffe to me (perhaps wrongly) implies some mildly humorous misstep. Whereas this is something darker. Nigel - and indeed much of Reform - appear to be making no secret of their admiration for Putin: … (View Post)

Hm - I think this relates to my other point, which is that it is unreasonable to expect a party to match my views on everything, or even the vast majority of things. There are dozens and dozens of hi… (View Post)