I've gotta add Rob Newman to my list, feckin fantastic, very smart, genius funny, just listened on BBC Radio 7. Covered material on how Iraq was the main theatre of the First World War (which was a war for oil), how the 2003 invasion of Iraq was punishment for switching from dollars to euros for oil exports (as did Iran and North Korea, the other members of the axis of evil), US support for the Nazis, the naivety of the idea of an "American plan to bring democracy to the middle east," ID cards, top hats and Kermit the Frog.
In fact, I think he may actually have deposed Stewart Lee as my number one favourite comedian ever. And I don't think Stew would begrudge me that.