On behalf of the Daily Mail, we would like to wish all our readers a very Happy Christmas. Or if they don’t celebrate Christmas, season’s greetings, delivered without chagrin.

For it is the season to be jolly. Fa la la la la, la la la la.

In particular, we suspend our criticism of politicians, briefly, for one article.

For after all, what could be more festive, than to embrace all politicians to our hearts.
Whilst they are neither poor, nor meek, nor low, and our punching up, at people in power, is what we do, let’s just take a moment and say thank you.

For being a politician is frankly, a terrible job. A thankless task. Everyone complains at you about everything all the time. Anything that pleases one group of voters, doesn’t please another.

It’s a terrible job. Maybe that’s part of the reason why some politicians appear to also be terrible people. Maybe we are to blame for teasing them. But we rather suspect organs (and I use that term advisedly) like the Daily Mail are more to blame.

For what could be more abhorrent than printing the name and picture of people you don’t like on your front page like this. Look here’s a MP, they voted to ensure Parliament remains as a vital check and balance over the executive branch of Government. Look, that might mean the voters hold sway more than the newspapers.

Hey! Are you a mentally unwell person failed by the chronic underfunding of our National Health Service (supported by the Mail)? Why not get a bit stabby? Have a look at these MPs. Have a look at these Judges. Stabby stab stabs! Irresponsible, abhorrent journalism, I wouldn’t wrap a Christmas present for a needy Rochdale child in a copy of the Mail.

We of course are a far more respectable paper than the Mail, whilst still being an organ. I’m definitely an organ. So with full credit to Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) for this joyous festive Daily Mail image, we wish you all a Merry Christmas, and draw your attention once again to Satire Aid [link].

Like many satirists, Johnny Wapping accepts he is an arsehole, and thinks society could be better if we were all willing to accept what arseholes we are. If you see him on Facebook, why not ask if he's read the article?