It’s been a bad year for Obama, the Lib Dems and anyone aged under 30 in Britain. But it’s not all doom and gloom: if you’re an anonymised teenage hacktivist, Sepp Blatter or David Cameron you’ve come out on top. So, without further ado, here are our top ten winners and losers of 2010.
Winners
1. Bond markets
2. David Cameron
3. Anonymous
4. Lady Gaga
5. Glenn Beck
6. Sepp Blatter
7. George Osborne
8. Craig Venter
9. Simon Cowell
10. Unknown metal detectorist
Losers
1. Nick Clegg
2. Young people
3. The US Democrats
4. Julian Assange
5. Ireland
6. Adam Boulton
7. The Gulf of Mexico
8. Danny Alexander
9. Heathrow
10. Christine O’Donnell