I was surprised by some entries from those I would have expected to know better. I mean to say: "Boring Repetitive Old Numbskull" from H Glenister and "Heroine And Reigning Monarch Of Newspeak" from Alanna Blake for (Gordon) Brown and (Harriet) Harman respectively. Tut tut! And strictly speaking, David Silverman shouldn't have won with "Ödd", but then I always had a soft spot for Clouseau-speak. £20 to the winners. Those who won with a single- or doubleton can have a tenner each. The overall winner (Bill Greenwell) also gets the Tesco vouchers.
Brown - Blunderer Re-creating Our Worst Nightmare
Clegg - Charming, Legover Expert, Gaffe Generator
Hutton - Hilariously Unhinged, Top-level, Twittering, Overpromoted Nutkin
Field - Fearless Integrity, Earnest, Level-headed Decency
Anne Du Croz
Prescott - Pugnacious Rogue Enjoys Swish Cars On The Taxpayer
Straw - Simian Thing Resembling Anal Warts
Cameron - Can A Marijuana Enthusiast Run Our Nation?
Clegg - Cactus-Lighting Europhile Goes Green
G M Davis
Boris Johnson - Buffoon Or Right-wing Intellectual? Shallow Jester Or Hirsute Nonchalant Scholar . . . Or Numbskull?
Brown -Blair Replacement Overstaying Welcome Now
Balls - Be A Labour Leader Soon?
Öpik - Odd Politician. Is Kinky?
David Silverman
Johnson - Joking Over, He's Now Southerners' Obergruppenführer Numpty
Cameron - Campaigning As Meaningless Emperor Ruling Our Nation
Clegg - Campaign Leader Employing Girl Guides
Straw - Scheme To Run A Whelkstall
Bill Greenwell
Brown - Beware Rages Of Worried Nebbish
Prescott - Pie-Ravishing, Employee-Snogging, Car-Obsessed Tittle-Tattler
Jane O'Connor-Creed
Darling - Does Anyone Really Love Inappropriately Named Gent?
Tony Black
Mugabe - Manufactured Unbelievable Gains At Bogus Election
Mark Greenberg
Darling - Debonair And Reticent, Lurking In National Government
Brown - Blair's Replacement, Or, What Next?
John Griffiths-Colby
No 4033 Secret of my success
Set by J Seery
It appears from Cherie's memoirs that Tony Blair "has spoken to Gordon about how he could win [the next election]. Tony has given Gordon advice. He and Gordon talk to each other even now." It doesn't seem to be working in Brown's favour so far, as comments such as the following proliferate in the press: "Unlike his far more charismatic predecessor Tony Blair, Gordon Brown . . ." etc. Can we have examples of that advice - of a less than helpful nature?
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