He worried that he looked like a ghost, but the former 14th Earl could be a model for his slick successor Rishi Sunak. Continue reading
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2022 Politician of the Year (living)
He was once voted Britain’s most fanciable MP, and in times of emergency, the cry goes up: Send for Hunt! Continue reading
2021 Politician of the Year (reincarnate)
If Ed Davey wants to continue to exorcise the ghost of one Jo from the Liberal Democrats he needs to keep channelling another. Continue reading
2021 Politician of the Year (dead)
It’s a return to boom and bust with the Demon Barber of Downing Street. Continue reading
2020 Politician of the Year (dead)
Boris Johnson has chosen the wrong lodestar. He should look to an earlier wartime premier. Continue reading
2020 Politician of the Year (decomposing)
The return of our award for the politician throwing it all away. Continue reading
Politician of the Decade (living)
Our award for the most significant British politician of the 2010s. Continue reading
Politician of the Decade (dead)
Our award for the most influential deceased politician of the 2010s. Continue reading
2018 Politician of the Year (living)
Our not so annual gong goes to the female Boris Yeltsin. Continue reading
2016 Politician of the Year (living)
Will the real Mr Brexit please stand up? Continue reading
2016 Politician of the Year (decomposing)
A newly instituted award for the politician who threw it all away. Continue reading
2016 Politician of the Year (undead)
He’s meant to be politically dead and buried, but he’s still shaping policy. Continue reading