* Highest climbers are David Mundell and Michael Gove
* The biggest drops are Eric Pickles and Theresa Villiers
| September Media Tarts | |||
| 1 | David Cameron | 2527 | |
| 2 | +2 | George Osborne | 355 |
| 3 | - | William Hague | 225 |
| 4 | -2 | David Davis | 162 |
| 5 | +5 | Peter Ainsworth | 119 |
| 6 | - | Liam Fox | 98 |
| 7 | +5 | Caroline Spelman | 79 |
| 8 | +9 | Michael Gove | 70 |
| 9 | - | Chris Grayling | 68 |
| 10 | -5 | Andrew Lansley | 57 |
| 11 | -3 | Nick Herbert | 49 |
| 12 | -1 | Philip Hammond | 47 |
| 13 | +6 | Jeremy Hunt | 41 |
| 14 | -1 | Andrew Mitchell | 33 |
| 15 | +10 | David Mundell | 31 |
| 16 | -2 | Alan Duncan | 30 |
| 17 | +2 | Oliver Letwin | 29 |
| 18 | -11 | Eric Pickles | 28 |
| 19 | -3 | Grant Shapps | 19 |
| 20 | +4 | Francis Maude | 16 |
| 21 | - | David Willetts | 14 |
| 22 | -8 | Theresa Villiers | 12 |
| 23= | -5 | Sayeeda Warsi | 11 |
| 23= | +4 | Theresa May | 11 |
| 23= | +5 | Dame Pauline Neville-Jones | 11 |
| 26 | - | Partick McLoughlin | 4 |
| 27 | +1 | Lord Strathclyde | 3 |
| 28 | -7 | Cheryl Gillan | 2 |
| 29 | -6 | Owen Paterson | 1 |
| 30= | - | David Lidington | 0 |
| 30= | - | Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 0 |
| - | Sir Menzies Campbell | 701 | |
| - | Nick Clegg | 255 | |
| - | Chris Huhne | 201 | |
| - | Vincent Cable | 152 | |
11 comments:
I hate lists. Pointless. Don't add to our sum of knowledge.
Just stop them now and move on.
Hope you had a good bash at your UEA do, Iain. (Don't answer that!)
I don't understand Sayeeda Warsi was all over the news but your list says she only got 11 mentions
Iain, only you can run something like this. Quite amusing here although those garnering top mentions are predictable, really.
Those Lib Dems are getting a lot of mentions aren't they? Compared to Tory big beasts? Depends whether they are saying X must go, Y torched two scientific greenhouses, Z has a personalised number plate and a J is a dead ringer for Uriah Heep.
Who really cares about these lists ??
Most of these people have arrived in high salaried jobs by default and not because of their skills...
So it's worthless
These figures matter because they demonstrate that some of the shadow cabinet aren't pulling their weight. If tories are to maintain their momentum vis a vis the bottler they need to attack, attack and attack some more; on every front and at every opportunity. Imagining that your job is merely one as policy wonk or civil servant in waiting isn't good enough.
If these people aren't known by the public, at least those who care, then they are actually a liability through reinforcing the perception that tories are remote, uncaring and anonymous.
Re Warsi - Are you lexis-nexising all possibilities, ie "Sayeeda Warsi" and "Baroness Warsi";
And poor Owen tends to languish at the bottom of these lists. Ulster may be less newsworthy nowadays, but are you spelling his name correctly? It is Paterson with one T, whereas you list it as Patterson...
As a member of the public, I am interested in this list, because there are too many on it that I haven't heard of.Anonymous 9.26 is being a little harsh, as this "call to arms" has only been realistic since the Tory Conference, after a dreadful few weeks in the polls. I look forward to hearing more new policies,more new voices, and hope the attacks are not too vituperative - it's a big turn-off to read and hear some of the insults that people make.
Talking of "media tarts" let's not forget self-styled "cheeky chappie" Alan Johnson.
The papers today are full of shocking stories from Kent hospitals about the hundreds of patients who have died from hospital superbugs.
Alan Johnson is the Health Minister isn't he? The papers are blaming government targets for their failure to keep the hospitals clean.
SO WHY HASN'T ALAN JOHNSON BEEN SACKED FOR INCOMPETENCE AND FOR TAKING HIS EYE OFF THE BALL.
Perhaps our friend Alan has been too busy stirring it up against the PM to do his job properly?
Iain, I once wrote to Gove asking for a publicity photo (as the ones on Timesonline look silly) and had no reply. He has attracted some very negative comments on this blog and I wonder how much of this is down to image or experience? I've seen him in debate and he was very impressive and looked perfectly fine. How much of politics nowadays do you think is down to image?
I've read that handsome felons get shorter criminal sentences. Do we vote for an image and would politics be better off without visual media coverage?
Another week, another pointless and self-defeating slur against David Lidington. So David has had NO media coverage in the past month, has he?
Presumably I imagined this in today's Bucks Herald:
A new initiative to reduce the cost of off-peak public transport passes for eligible Aylesbury residents was officially launched last week.
David Lidington MP launched the new deal last Friday which can offer up to 50 per cent off public transport for bus pass holders.
Aylesbury residents who do not own a motor vehicle and cannot get access to one, will be the eligible group who can receive a Chiltern 'gold' permit, which will allow them to travel on Chiltern Railways and use the bus service, with a 50 per cent discount.
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