After Hollywood’s left-wing allies in the media launched a full-fledged attack on Ricky Gervais for daring to mock celebrities at the Golden Globes, I joked that the Los Angeles sun must create thin skin. Based on how the Independent’s Jo Murch responded to Gervais, it’s clear that my diagnosis was inaccurate, for skin is even thinner in gloomy London.

In case you missed it — and I hope you did — Murch wrote: “Ricky Gervais cheapened the Golden Globes — but worse he overshadowed vital political statements.”