We need your vote
6:13pm
It's that time of the year again. The nights are drawing in and the Spectator is
choosing its parliamentarian of the year. As in previous years, we’re asking you to vote for a readers’ representative. So, which politician has excelled in the noble art of politics in
the last twelve months? Think carefully, there must be someone who has dazzled with a moment's oratory, campaigned fearlessly on a matter of principle or merely just represented their local
interest with absolute fidelity. To make your nomination, click here and justify your choice in no more than 200 words.
We’ll publish a selection of entries in the magazine in the coming weeks, and the writer of the best contribution will win two tickets to the awards ceremony at Claridge’s on Wednesday 16th November. The closing date for entries is Monday 31st October. Good luck!
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Dave B
October 6th, 2011 6:16pm Report this commentThe 'click here' link is broken.
www.spectator.co.uk/parliamentarian/index3.thtml
Pot Head
October 6th, 2011 6:25pm Report this commentThere's no contest. It has to be Tom Watson..
Rhoda Klapp
October 6th, 2011 6:44pm Report this commentJust give me twenty minutes at the awards do with my arse-kicking boots on. Anyone who remains unbooted will deserve some sort of award.
Seriously, how can you think of awards to such a useless bunch? Take a year off.
Dan Grover
October 6th, 2011 7:05pm Report this commentMr Hannan does a great job of delivering impeccably worded euroscepticism to a sadly almost always empty European Parliament chamber.
Hexhamgeezer
October 6th, 2011 7:34pm Report this commentwhat Dan Grover says
bojimbo
October 6th, 2011 8:29pm Report this commentRoflmao .
Magnolia
October 6th, 2011 9:59pm Report this commentMark Pritchard for refusing to be bullied by the whips into withdrawing his debate about banning live circus animals and for standing up in parliament and saying that he would not be blackmailed by offers of government posts into not representing his people and not speaking out on important matters and for stating proudly that he came from a poor background which gave him a backbone.
Robert Eve
October 6th, 2011 10:51pm Report this commentDouglas Carswell for being right on the money day in and day out.
Verity
October 7th, 2011 1:04am Report this commentI don't see anyone in Westminster worthy of any kind of recognition at all. But in Brussels, I would say first, Nigel Farage and second Daniel Hannan, heroes both. But Nigel gets more really cruel digs in. In the last clip I watched, the Euro politician sitting in the next chair, as Nigel spoke, was trying not to laugh and at one point, covered him mouth and put his head down trying to disguise it, but his shoulders were shaking with laughter.
Nicholas Hallam
October 7th, 2011 9:13am Report this commentPlease not Caroline Lucas.
Andy Carpark
October 7th, 2011 1:41pm Report this comment'there must be someone who has ... campaigned fearlessly on a matter of principle'
By what necessity would this be?
DeeJay
October 7th, 2011 2:47pm Report this commentThat Conservative doctor from the West Country, I think it may be Totnes, who told us that most of her parliamentary colleagues are pissed. I'm sure this country is regressing to the early 18th century.
The Engineer
October 7th, 2011 3:36pm Report this commentIn the above you say that the awards ceremony is at "Clariges on 16th November" but via the
'click' here link - under further details it says "held at Chelsea Royal Hospital Gardens, London on 17th November 2010"
And anyway the closing date was also 2010.
Shome mishtake shurley!
As far as the my winner is concerned it has to be: Sir George Young for his unfailing courtesy, his impeccable English and for not thowing the mace at Hilary Benn during business questions!
Basil A.
October 18th, 2011 8:00pm Report this commentGordon Brown???
John Lea
October 20th, 2011 2:05pm Report this commentFoxy?
Archie
October 23rd, 2011 7:59am Report this commentPhilip Davies; for inspired insubordination!
will b
October 27th, 2011 10:51pm Report this commentJacob Rees Mogg for being perhaps the most entertaining Tory of recent years.Hes a product of Oxbridge you can't help but love.
OGGA1
October 30th, 2011 4:25pm Report this commentNo doubt about it Mr N Farage
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