The insanity of political correctness probably began when PC pioneers forced UK jam-maker Robertsons to ditch its Golliwog logo.

Innocent Golliwog was a fondly-remembered character, whose many and varied enamelled badges were collected by thousands of kids and now fetch big figures at toy auctions. The Golliwog was deemed to be racist.

The pottiness has continued and intensified.

And just in case you thought that New Zealand was the world leader in PC, with its recent crazy conviction of a father for slapping his child on the bottom, take another look at the United Kingdom, where socialist nannies have created a fearful, broken society that has convicted one man of having sex with a pavement and another of fornicating with a bicycle.

It gets worse.

A man has just been convicted of racially-aggravated harassment for calling a Welsh woman English.

Incredibly, Michael Forsythe was sentenced to 10 weeks in jail, suspended for 12 months, after being found guilty of racially-aggravated disorderly behaviour.

Forsythe received the sentence at Welshpool Magistrates Court and was ordered to pay £200 in prosecution costs.

The former lorry driver called Lorna Steele an “English bitch” during an argument after he was in collision with her parked vehicle in the Welsh market town of Newport.

Forsythe attacked the case (which leaves him forever branded as a common criminal) as a waste of time and money.

“I find it unbelievable that I’ve been prosecuted for this,” he said. “I’ve travelled all over Europe as a lorry driver and never had any problems with anybody, and now they’re officially calling me a racist.

“It’s political correctness gone mad.” Indeed it is.

And now to Scotland, where a stripper who dressed as a policeman has been cleared of possessing offensive weapons.

Stuart Kennedy, a 24-year-old genetics student, carried two batons and a spray canister for his part-time job as a stripogram. He was charged after performing at a bar in Aberdeen.

A charge of impersonating a police officer was dropped but he stood trial at Aberdeen sheriff court accused of possessing offensive weapons. Thankfully, Sheriff Kenneth Stewart saw sense and ruled that Kennedy had no case to answer, saying he believed there was “reasonable excuse” to carry the batons because Kennedy was using them as props.

Kennedy claimed he had made 13 court appearances and spent 41 hours in custody. What a waste of time and money.

The bedmates of political correctors are spin doctors. Here’s a classic example of how they rewrite history:

Judy Wallman, a professional genealogical researcher, discovered that US Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s great-great uncle, Remus Rodham, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889.

The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows. On the back of the picture is this inscription: “Remus Rodham; horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison 1885, escaped 1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged in 1889.”

Judy e-mailed Hillary Clinton for comments. Hillary’s staff of professional image adjusters sent back the following biographical sketch:

“Remus Rodham was a famous cowboy in the Montana Territory. His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets and intimate dealings with the Montana railroad. Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to service at a government facility, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroad.

“In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889, Remus Rodham passed away during an important civic function held in his honour, when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed.”

True or false, it’s believable.

Wait long enough, and Helen Clark’s Crew will probably surpass even this stratospheric silliness.