Politics p.122

Marine Le Pen’s conviction for embezzlement and five-year ban from public office has the right clutching their pearls. Oh dear. How sad. Never mind.

Boris Johnson warned ‘freeloading’ Brits not to take advantage of Donald Trump and the world’s irony supplies hit critical lows

Led By Donkeys took over a giant screen at a Reform UK rally, and made excellent use of the space

Gary Stevenson’s take on the UK’s outrageous wealth inequality had everyone cheering and he’s that rarest of things – a YouTuber with a brain, a very big brain

15 scathing responses to Richard Tice’s claim that mental health problems are ‘like modern-day back pain’ – an excuse to claim unnecessary benefits

The Tories leaked a Labour ‘WhatsApp’ about Rachel Reeves’ budget cuts and the level of self-awareness was simply off the scale bad

Nigel Farage sniffed out a ‘Net Zero’ conspiracy over the Heathrow airport shutdown and had his wings clipped – 9 soaraway comebacks

14 scathing votes of no confidence in Conor McGregor’s bid to become the President of Ireland

Brexiter Richard Tice has been wanging on about the UK being excluded from the EU Defence Fund, and irony has entered the chat

The cover of the new Private Eye just nailed Trump’s phone call with Putin to devastating effect

Lee Anderson’s PMQs question started badly and ended worse – and Keir Starmer’s comeback was properly funny (even if you don’t like Starmer)

Nigel Farage didn’t want to talk about Rupert Lowe but it’s all anyone kept asking him about and his mounting fury is a joy to watch

A GB News presenter said the government was giving out free cars to the ‘Motability mafia’ and was dragged into next week

Rupert Lowe shared a picture of his grandkid and Elon Musk’s especially freaky reply had people weirding out into next week

A Canadian lawyer has gone viral because his home truths for the US pull not a single punch