Both have tried to break into the US by selling a false image of the UK to right-wing media.
There could be much to go for in 2017 given increasing signs global economy is getting into recovery mode.
Let's take good news and positive outcomes from abhorrent events whenever we can.
Douglas Carswell, like many Ukippers, recognises the party has succeeded in its aims.
In his speech at the Unite for Europe march in London, Campbell told EU supporters to keep fighting.
People do not start out violent, but inequality, injustice and violence leaves them ripe for extremist groups.
Truly globalised empathy is the only way to beat this evil.
Wall Street banks are setting themselves up for the next systemic crisis by financial experimentation in the derivatives market.
Both Brits and Chinese ought to know the world is ripe for breakthrough products.
The UKBA, aimed at preventing corruption, is well worth the price for a more ethical corporate world.
Could it be that Brits want their cake and eat it?
A constitutional convention after Britain leaves the EU could decentralise power across the UK.
We examine the reasons Tim Berners-Lee says his invention is under threat and ask if he's right.
It's read by over a million and a half voters every day – and what about his 65,200 constituents in Tatton?
Prince William and Kate Middleton are being sent to Europe by the Foreign Office to win hearts and minds.
He's as unqualified as Trump as president, but if he's true to himself he'll scrutinise May's Brexit strategy.
The media argument is that he was in a sufficiently public place for the footage to justifiably be published.
Thordis Elva may have forgiven Tom Stranger for raping her - but their talks feel like a scripted performance.
"They were beating me on the back with a belt and electric cables."
EU court announced employers can ban workers from wearing religious symbols.
Making Brexit a success means balancing the books and so Britain's foreign policy is disintegrating.
The government's crackdown on the bulk-buying of event tickets is a welcome move against touting.
The poster girl is a happy white woman making a childless couple happy, but the truth is far less palatable.
If the second IndyRef campaign follows the same trajectory as the first, we'll have an overwhelming majority.
First Minister warns of the economic threat of Brexit - but economic implications of independence are far worse.
The treatment of Bishop Philip North, an Anglo-Catholic, shows the Church's prospects for unity are grim.
The Dutch could leave the Eurozone in a massive blow to the whole EU project.
Philip Hammond is addressing a genuine problem with how the self-employed are taxed.
Vice chairman and de facto chief Jay Y Lee is accused of bribery and embezzlement.
Social enterprises offer so much more than wealth creation - and they can make Britain truly prosperous.