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Politician of the Year Awards

Following an exhaustive study of the species Homo politicus, our esteemed judges are proud to announce the winners of their annual awards for MPs.

By Jane Clifton In Politics

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13th December, 2013
It’s a confusing time of year for our politicians. Suddenly the country is in thrall to a way-too-old guy in a hoodie who trashes all the important political messages our party ideologues spend all year trying to instil in us. Depending on one’s ideological lights, this desperado carries off home invasions the length of the country with no action from the police whatsoever; or he redistributes wealth from one member of the community to another in a pointlessly economically stimulatory fashion, displacing productive and foreign exchange-earning activity, thus further confounding the Reserve ...

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