2018 has hardly been a year which has inspired faith in our political class. From the bungled Brexit negotiations to botched resignations, at every turn our elected representatives have managed to outdo themselves in bids to prove how useless they can be.
Nowhere has this been more apparent than in the numerous political interviews viewers and listeners have been subjected to. To see off the year, and to remind readers of how bad things were, Mr Steerpike has rounded up the ten worst (or best) interviews of 2018:
1. Alastair Campbell caught out
Following the ‘People’s Vote’ march in October, Remainer-in-chief Alastair Campbell was in a triumphant mood. After all, when so many people had marched in favour of a second Brexit referendum, how could any government ignore them now?
His mood quickly deteriorated though when he was reminded by Andrew Neil about the Iraq war marches – which his government completely ignored. For once, the Labour spinner almost seemed lost for words:
"Over 1m people marched, urging the government – of which you were a central figure – not to invade Iraq.
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