Time’s up for the Three Stooges – the damage they caused lives on | Simon Tisdall

The Three Stooges are the stars of rightwing populist melodramas. Real people with real-world problems are more deserving of attention

What do Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and Silvio Berlusconi have in common? If this sounds like the beginning of an off-colour joke, in a way it is. But the joke's on us.

Huge egos, certainly. Love of money, no doubt. Compulsive lying, untrustworthiness, predatory relationships with women, links to shady characters, media manipulation - in life and death, they shared all this and more.