He's a felon. He's a criminal - and he is the first president in US history to be convicted of such serious offences. By all the laws of politics the Trump campaign should today be a smoking ruin.
JANET STREET-PORTER: Britain is the style capital of the world, no doubt about that. So why do our leaders look like a couple of middle management nobodies?
For the first time I can remember since I acquired a mobile phone, I forgot to take mine with me when I went to a swanky lunch in London the other day, while my wife stayed at home to look after the dog.
Back in the dim and distant when I used to do a bit of TV and radio, she was always game for a laugh. And her laugh was infectious.
Ireland has long enjoyed a reputation as the land of 'a hundred thousand welcomes'. But with record numbers arriving, there's a backlash - and it's clear the state is struggling to find accommodation.
Even Diane Abbott's staunchest defenders would admit she has attracted her fair share of negative headlines. Yet in the past 24 hours, Starmer has made her an unlikely martyr.
'So, Sir Keir Starmer,' we might ask, 'why does an ordinary Labour leader like you want to give the vote to Left-wing teenagers?'
STEPHEN GLOVER: You'd expect the Tories, after 14 years in power, to be stale and listless, and Labour to be buzzing with new ideas after its long period in the wilderness. The opposite is the case.
I dislike going to Pakistani weddings for two reasons. The first is that everyone (probably including some random bloke I've not spoken to in 20 years) wants to know when it's my turn to get married.
South Africa is at a crossroads, exactly 30 years after the sensational election of the country's first black president, Nelson Mandela, following the end of the loathed apartheid system.
South Africa is at a crossroads, exactly 30 years after the sensational election of the country's first black president, Nelson Mandela, following the end of the loathed apartheid system.
There's only one thing certain about Labour 's plans for business. We will not find out in full what they are until after the General Election.
Starmer doesn't need to proclaim his socialism. It's abundantly clear. Only a dyed-in-the-wool socialist would put forward a policy as divisive and as short-sighted as whacking VAT on public school fees.
Readers may remember a children's puzzle - it may still be around - called Where's Wally?. The object of the exercise was to identify Wally and occasionally his friends.
Jacketless, the sleeves of his crisp white shirt rolled up and ready for action, Sir Keir Starmer made his personal pitch to the country yesterday from a lectern in West Sussex.
Labour need to be honest about why they want to reduce the voting age to 16: it is because they want to remain in power for life. It's vote-bagging pure and simple.
Sick of the election already? I don't mean bored to tears, increasingly grumpy and shouting at the TV before hurling the remote at the flatscreen.
DOMINIC LAWSON: Across what is sometimes termed 'the civilised world', it has been understood that as education is a public good, it should not be subject to this form of taxation.
The Tories ' national service plan won't be the miserable existence imposed on all young men in conscription-years past. Instead, they will invite 18-year-olds to compete for selective 12-month spots.
My mate Simon has a glittering new career ahead of him, if he can only stay out of prison long enough to attend the job interview.
ANDREW PIERCE: In the House of Lords last week, Tom Watson launched a diatribe against the Press during a debate, boasting he had cancelled lunch with rock star Bruce Springsteen to speak in it.
