President Trump responds to the Mueller Inquiry non-findings, Michael Avenatti's arrest - and Joe Biden's hint that he might run against him in 2020

One of the highlights of my year so far was undoubtedly BBC North America Editor Jon Sopel's demeanour as he...

Don't these identity politics pillocks realise how mad they sound?

Let's hope Tyler Cowen, writing for Bloomberg, is right...

Creepy little Antifa fascist made to look very silly... well done, Big Guy!

Vote for Philip Mamouf-Wifarts - a genuinely honest politician (h/t: James Woods)

My review of "Suicide of the West" by Jonah Goldberg for The Salisbury Review

Approximately three hundred years’ ago, Britain gave birth to capitalism, which allowed the people of Europe to achieve “escape velocity from the norm of human existence.” Britain exported capitalism around the globe, which has benefitted billions by producing formerly unimaginable levels of liberty and prosperity. The American conservative writer Jonah Golberg calls this “the Miracle”, because, while it no doubt owed something to British “exceptionalism”, nevertheless “…no one intended it. No single thing made it happen. It was an unplanned and glorious accident.” Sadly, Goldberg warns, the Miracle is now under threat from both Left and Right in those very countries it has made free and wealthy...

Blimey! I've known people bigger than the Trump baby balloon!

It's that tiny orange thing in the...

The Mayor of London welcoming the President of the United States...

Mind you, given Khan's record...

Trans-Everything! Mocking virtue-signalling cultural Marxists really is the most effective strategy

The most-viewed item I've posted this year was Tracy Ullman's "You Woke" sketch. No surprise...

Monday muppets, monsters and marvels - transgenderism, paedophilia, Hoillywood sex dungeons and, er...Brexit

Damn! Yet another of life's little pleasures I'm going to have to forsake:

I suppose that's NFH - i.e. Normal for Hollywood. Here's how they tested helmets back in 1912:

The Left's decency, intelligence and regard for the truth is truly 'umbling...

 

Is it remotely possible that Labour's Great Lost Leader doesn't realise...

The astonishing, awe-inspiring courage of Hollywood actor, Ron Perlman

No, Ron, I don't think you ever did. Now, some of you might be inclined to argue...

Angela Merkel's reaction to Donald Trump's latest tweet...

Here is that tweet:

Jokes, jibes and broadsides of the week - and it's only Wednesday!

Runner-up: Charlie Peters...

Our mad, mad, mad, mad, faux-compassionate, progressivist world - a snapshot

This Guardian story may be the most tragic piece of news so far this year:

HALT BREXIT NOW! Mind you, if the Guardian isn't worrying about childcare, it's celebrating the joy of not having kids:

Andrew Klavan on how conservatives need to take a leaf out of the Trump playbook - and challenge the Left's narrative

One of my favourite conservative commentators, Andrew Klavan, has produced a brilliant article for the PJ Media website, entitled Trump Moves the Narrative Football. Klavan isn't a fan of Donald Trump (he has called him "bad", "petty", and "a little man"), but, unlike many of The Donald's non-admirers on the Right, he does wish that more traditionalist conservative politicians would learn some lessons from the guy. For instance, following the controversy surrounding the decision by the American football player, Colin Kaepernick, to show contempt for his country by refusing to stand during the national anthem, the NFL has finally bowed to pressure by making it compulsory to stand during the anthem - any disloyal wankers who have a problem with that can skulk in the dressing room until it's over. One of the most vociferous critics of...

The Iranian treaty cancelled, Section 40 defeated, US prisoners freed by North Korea - Oh Happy Day!

I imagine my reaction would be...

A Pink Floyd album cover, a classic French film, or preview stills from a remake of The Godfather?

This is obviously from a Pink Floyd album cover:

While this is evidently from a French movie - maybe a sophisticated '80s comedy in which the son has hired a tall, glamorous model for the weekend to convince his parents he isn't gay:

Modern politics is like The Archers - you take a break from it, only to discover that nothing has changed

I'm hoping someone turns this parody cover into an actual book in time for next Christmas - what a brilliant stocking-filler!

After a three-day hiatus...

Nope - not a clue...

What?...

A special bumper round-up of social media madness, mendacity and mockery from the past fortnight...

Do you like Oxfam's proposed redesign for its shop-fronts?

The Oxfam sex scandal prompted one of the oddest tweets so far this year: