The Spectator/Threadneedle Parliamentarian Awards

Wily Trout

Ken Clarke a newcomer to what, exactly?

JohnAnt

Certainly gives the word 'newcomer' a new meaning. How about renaming that particular award 'Old Codger of the Year'?

The Gateless Gate

Clarke - newcomer to what exactly?

Posh Huppies?

Mister Jabberwock

Shome mishtake, shurely?

That would be "live" footage (of todays event being potsed tomorrow) in what sense exactly?

Andy Carpark

Purnell's resignation? Like Captain Mainwaring in the feature film. '1 (1), 2 (2), 3 (3). If you shoot, I have twenty men behind me, all armed with rifles.'

Or not.

It sounds like an even bigger crock than last year. 'Ha ha, don'tcha know, when me and my mate Peter were on dear, dear Johnnie Gielgud's yacht …'

Pass the sick bag, Alice.

Wilhelm

You gotta be kidding ?

Obviously the man of the year should be, drum roll please Nick Griffin who shook to the core the whole liberal, metropolitan, Islington, BBC metrosexual, luuviedom, establishment just by being on Question TIme and he didnt utter a word.

Nick Griffin should be on the cover of Time Magazine.

SUSAN HILL

Harriet HARMAN ?????

The Bellman

Mandelson as Politician of the Year? What - really? Really? You cannot think of anyone better?

As a Spectator subscriber, and therefore with some claim, I adapt a phrase beloved of tiresome moral poseurs from some years ago to declare:

NOT IN MY NAME!

Champagne for the brain? Herbal enema more like.

JohnPage

Harman??

Peter From Maidstone

How is Harriet Harman Parliamentarian of the Year? And how is Ken Clarke a newcomer. Is this whole event a joke?

Tiberius

I think it's taken for granted that these awards carry a large dose of irony with them.

THX1138

Speech of the Year: Daniel Hannan MEP- Rant of the year more like. Like a long verbal Coffee House post from one of the "loons"

Anyone see the Nazi images in his new video released on Armistice Day slagging off the NHS. Hannan is the best asset Labour have got, Dave should shut him up pronto.

Draft Crunt

Some of those have got to be extracting the urine.
Mandy "Politician of the year"?
Harpie Harperson "Parliamentarian of the year"?

"Survivor of the year" surely has to go the the right dishonourable Gordon Brown.

Michael Booth

Who got Twat of the Year?

Costello

Harriet Harman?

Bert

Michael Booth - Good question.

I nominate Denis McShane

Michael Booth

Thief of the Year?

Tankus

where's the trougher of the year ?

JGS

"I think it's taken for granted that these awards carry a large dose of irony with them."

A large dose of gin, more like. A truly bonkers list.

Michael Booth

Minister to Watch Over Us?

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Oh WOW Fraze...can't wait for that riveter.

The Laughing Cavalier

Yer 'avin'a larf, innit?

Maggie

To the judges who chose Mandelson as Politician of the Year, I award the title Collaborators of the Year.

strapworld

You write "Fraser Nelson’s speech and live video footage of the ceremony will be available on the site tomorrow".

What event will we be able to watch live tomorrow please?

Now Mr nelson has finished his speech, Would you ask him to, kindly, do what he promised me quite a number of days ago, and write something on immigration!!!

Thank you.

Hamid Karsai

I was asked to accept an honour but refused. Who would wish to be in a list with the twice disgraced POD and Jack Dromey's electoral agent.

And you call my Government corrupt.

mac

Michael Booth,

In the case of the present crop of government ministers, this would be a rare deserving instance where the Socialists' "All Shall Have Prizes" ideology is fully merited.

Susan Hill - Quite, unless this represents no less urine-extraction by the Speccy than several of the other awards.

Fragmeister

I see that being in a coma counts as survivor of the year

David Parker

If anything were needed to show the total disconnection of the media from the public, this must surely be it. A jocular wind up by the Spectator? possibly, but surely one in extremely poor taste?

Peter From Maidstone

It is almost physically revolting that the Spectator can associate itself with rewarding the political creatures that are listed above.

Fraser should be ashamed that he apparently has time to reward Madelson and yet not enough time to stand up and be counted in the debate about immigration and islamification.

Shame!

Snowman

No award for the most hated Bigot of the Year, then.

Verity

Gosh, Peter from Maidstone, how did you do that??

After Fraser has done his turn tomorrow, will he have time to write his twice-promised blog on Neather?

Rhoda Klapp

Mugs of the Year: The British Public run away with this one again.

Deluded Mugs of the Year: Spectator readership. You all know why.

Verity

Fragmeister - Well, it worked for Ronnie Biggs.

Peter From Maidstone

Verity

I work in web development, have my own business. I was just playing with what the site would allow me to do.

toco

Nice to see Paul Farrelly's name in lights as 'Inquisitor of the Year'.Politics aside he does ask good penetrating questions.

Bunnykins

Did Frazer Nelson get the Disingenuous Mountebank of the Year Award. Harman and Mandleson? Joanna Lumley? This is utterly pathetic. Who's slipping the backhanders here?

Derek

In 2010, please add Enemy of the Constitution of the Year and Scurvy Politician of the Year. Is there still time,before he accepts it, to amend to the latter the name of the award to Mandelson? I am sure many readers if not your advertisers, would be comfortable with that.

M. Rowley

Hope you counted the forks after the event!

The Gateless Gate

Blog comment of the Year: Peter from Maidstone

for the most animated comments seen in a while.

Wily Trout

Wnat about Brown-noser of the Year?

Frank P

Peer of the year? How did they conducted that survey - by measuring the bladder output of all the inmates of the H o P with a urology funnel?

Certainly the Spectator is taking the piss; you can gauge that result by reading the comments.