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  Firstly: jokes are funny, but they are also a social way of keeping the status quo (apologies). Historically, reducing groups of people by poking fun at them, trivialising them, has been an effective way to keep people in their place. Useful when the jokes are about Hitler, less so when they are about vulnerable people, the mentally ill, ethnic minoritiy groups, etc. Second: politicians have political and social sensitivity written into their job descriptions, ditto media savvy. If a leading tory has made a dubious joke it reveals a number of things, among them that he is a fool.

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