The Scribo Ergo Sum New Year’s Honours List
Funniest Moment: Tony Blair appointed Peace Envoy to the
Best Political Decision: Miliband’s spineless refusal to run for Labour leadership.
Worst Political Decision: The phantom election.
The Stephen Fry Award for Unbounded Eloquence: Michelle Obama.
The
Best Photograph: Ming Campbell and the toilet.
Worst Photograph: Ming Campbell and the toilet.
Best Video: Serj Tankian – Empty Walls.
Worst Video: Can America trust the BBC?
Best Newcomer: Emily Benn.
The George McGovern Memorial Award for Political Flops: Respect Renewal.
Best Album: Nine Inch Nails – Year Zero.
Worst Album: The Spice Girls Reform (Not an album, but the musical disaster of 2007 nonetheless).
The Hunter S Thompson Award for Journalism: Ben Goldacre.
The Daily Mail Award for Tedious Media Populism: The Times editorial team.
The Robin Cook Award for Most Principled Action: None this year.
The John Redwood Award for Political Spinelessness: The CPS for not pressing charges on Cash for Honours.
Event of the Year: Tony Blair’s resignation.
Catastrophe of the Year: The phantom election.
Scribo Ergo Sum Person of the Year: Gary Kasparov (Screw you, Time).
The Scribo Ergo Sum Editorial Team had lengthy discussions over this. Compromise is an admirable quality, but I still think Person of the Year should have been William Hague.
We’re not going to give Person of the Year to a tory - and I’m not sure he would be the first one I thought of even if we were to. What’s so special?
Watch this and see.
Come to think of it, this is far, far better.
Oh, I don’t question that he’s one of the more amusing debaters in the House, or that he can make a good speech. But since when did that qualify someone for greatness when the material in the speech is thin conservative nonsense?
Speech of the year: David Cameron on demographics.
It was a good speech, but the real brilliance was avoiding the Toryland issue of immigration by talking about “demographics”. Wonderful politics.
My suggestion stands, Ali.
I assure you that if we were online when Lenin gave “Power to the Soviets” that would not have won either.