Here are some more of the 'awards' voted by 2,200 of my blogreaders over Christmas.
Politician of 2009
1. Dan Hannan
2. David Cameron
3. Peter Mandelson
4. Boris Johnson
5. Vince Cable
Minister of the Year
1. Peter Mandelson
2. Andrew Adonis
3. Alistair Darling
Shadow Minister of the Year
1. William Hague
2. Michael Gove
3. Philip Hammond
Junior Shadow Minister of the Year
1. Damian Green
2. Ed Vaizey
3. Justine Greeing
Worst Minister of the Year
1. Ed Balls
2. Bob Ainsworth
3. Harriet Harman
How did Bob Ainsworth only come second worst!?
ReplyDeleteMany congratulations to Ed Balls on victory in a very tough category. They were all deserving but there can only be one winner, and Ed has proved he has what it takes to take the award.
ReplyDeleteNext: "Iain Dale's Top 10 Lists of 2009" :)
ReplyDeleteSomeone else who thinks the decade ends this month and not on 31 December 2011, it seems.
ReplyDeleteWasn't he the education minister who saw no need for the state to support the teaching of history?
If I stopped 100 punters in Montrose High St, I bet nobody will have heard of Hannan. There are not many Telegraph readers here. So how can somebody with such a low profile in the real world instead of the 'anti EU tent' be considered a top politician. Hannan is in Brussels because he's not considered up to much surely?
ReplyDeleteAnon @6:39
ReplyDeleteIf anything, it would technically end on 31st December 2010. Sadly we've long moved past the technical correct position. You're just going to have to accept these 'end of decade' lists coming out a year early. It all comes down to 2000 being celebrated as the start of the millenium, rather than the end of the previous one.
There is a lot more to Ed than meets the eye. Here are a couple of "exclusive" interviews that have gone under the radar of the MSP.
ReplyDeleteOn art: http://www.artforums.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8648
Videogames: http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/07/27/exclusive-interview-ed-vaizey-uk-shadow-minister-for-the-arts/