This world has struggled through many different Ages. Millions of years ago we had the Ice Age, followed by (wearing a bearskin and thermal boxer shorts) the Stone Age, which was replaced by the Iron Age.

The 18th Century was referred to as The Age Of Enlightenment because of advances in politics, philosophy, science and communications across Europe. That seems a very long time ago.

Today, as I look at what’s happening everywhere from the White House to Downing Street to my street, I get the feeling that The Age Of Enlightenment has been replaced by The Age Of Stupid.

Where to begin?

Some time ago I wrote about the idiotic trend for grown men to wear shorts all year round, even when the temperature’s below freezing.  What gets into them?

Apart from hypo-thermia?

I said they looked ridiculous and – in the case of the over-70s – they should do us a favour and cover up their pale, bony legs.

My opinions are so influential, that this January I saw more men in shorts on the streets than ever before!

And, as they walked around with that ‘Hey Girls! Look at how macho I am!’ swagger, they were, to a man, all wearing woolly bobble hats!

A bobble hat, coat and trousers combination looks fine. A bobble hat and shorts combination looks comical. It must be a new expression:

Cold knees . . . warm head!

Then, there’s the women who think it’s okay to go supermarket shopping wearing pyjamas, slippers and a dressing gown.

If you dare criticise them, they complain that you shouldn’t be looking at them. They’re too thick to understand the word ‘slovenly’ and that their behaviour wouldn’t have been tolerated 10/20 years ago.

You could make a small fortune by renting out the enormous space between their ears as warehouse storage.

I usually avoid mentioning politics, but as I’m writing about the Age Of Stupid, it seems that many of the ‘Great And The Good’ decided that (although the majority of the British public voted to leave the EU) simply because they don’t agree with the result, they’re doing all they can to stop it happening. What a cheek!

If this was a South American country the people who voted to leave would have started a revolution.

Here, they just close the curtains and switch on the National Ant And Dec Awards. Now tell me this isn’t the Age Of Stupid!