Picks of the Year
20 Dec 2012 17:03:59
Nominations for U-turn of the year
Later this week we will conduct our end-of-year ConHome readers' poll and we will ask readers to vote for ten picks of 2012. What should be the nominees for U-turn of the year? The caravan tax? The pasty tax? The charity tax? Or perhaps something outside of the Treasury's remit!? Please nominate your suggestions below - always giving a reason why.
20 Dec 2012 16:05:00
Nominations for Scrap of the year
Later this week we will conduct our end-of-year ConHome readers' poll and we will ask readers to vote for ten picks of 2012. What should be the nominees for Scrap of the year? Was it between John Hayes and Ed Davey over windfarms? Between half of the Tory Party and the leadership on gay marriage, Lords reform or Europe? Or what about the new sporting contest for credit for the Olympics - this year fought between David Cameron and Boris Johnson? Please nominate your suggestions below - always giving a reason why.
20 Dec 2012 14:58:20
Nominations for One to Watch of the year
Later this week we will conduct our end-of-year ConHome readers' poll and we will ask readers to vote for ten picks of 2012. Who should be the nominees for the person who used 2012 to become the one to watch? Boris for being re-elected and becoming a candidate for next Tory leader? Rising Treasury star Sajid Javid or education minister Liz Truss? Or what about UKIP's Nigel Farage? Please nominate your suggestions below - always giving a reason why.
20 Dec 2012 13:59:33
Nominations for Gaffe of the year
Later this week we will conduct our end-of-year ConHome readers' poll and we will ask readers to vote for ten picks of 2012. What should be the nominees for Gaffe of the year? The March Budget? The decision to press ahead with gay marriage? The mishandling of 'Pleb-gate'? Aidan Burley's "multicultural crap" Tweet? Nadine Dorries going on I'm A Celebrity? Please nominate your suggestions below - always giving a reason why.
20 Dec 2012 13:28:33
Nominations for Policy of the year
Later this week we will conduct our end-of-year ConHome readers' poll and we will ask readers to vote for ten picks of 2012. What should be the nominees for policy of the year? The cut in the top rate of tax? The replacement of GCSEs? The new policy on aid to India? Please nominate your suggestions below - always giving a reason why.
20 Dec 2012 12:12:35
Later this week we will conduct our end-of-year ConHome readers' poll
and we will ask readers to vote for ten picks of 2012. Who should be
the nominees for Yellow B**tard of the year - the Liberal Democrat most deserving of the wooden spoon of our awards ceremony? Should it be Nick Clegg for his increasing public disagreements with the PM? Lord Oakeshott for constant attacks on the Tories? Or even Vince Cable for his public love-ins with Ed Balls? Please nominate your suggestions below - always giving a reason why.
Nominations for Yellow B**tard of the year
20 Dec 2012 12:10:07
Nominations for Event of the year
Later this week we will conduct our end-of-year ConHome readers' poll and we will ask readers to vote for ten picks of 2012. What should be the nominees for event of the year? Should it be the Omnishambles Budget? David Cameron's widely-praised Party Conference speech. The appointment of Lynton Crosby? Boris' re-election? Nick Clegg's torpedo-ing of the boundaries review? The Lords rebellion? Please nominate your suggestions below - always giving a reason why.
20 Dec 2012 10:56:06
Nominations for Conservative Parliamentarian of the year
Later this week we will conduct our end-of-year ConHome readers' poll and we will ask readers to vote for ten picks of 2012. Who should be the nominees for Conservative Parliamentarian of the year? Should it be Jesse Norman for leading the rebellion on Lords reform? Should it be Nadine Dorries for becoming the most recognised Tory backbencher in Britain? Lord Coe for his work in organising the Olympics? Should it be Mark Reckless for leading efforts to freeze the EU budget? John Redwood, Douglas Carswell or Dan Hannan for their blogs? Or what about Rob Halfon for his campaign against inceases in petrol duty? Please nominate your suggestions below - always giving a reason why.
20 Dec 2012 10:00:29
Nominations for Conservative minister of the year
Later this week we will conduct our end-of-year ConHome readers' poll and we will ask readers to vote for ten picks of 2012. Who should be the nominees for minister of the year? Michael Gove for his education reforms? Iain Duncan Smith for his continuing efforts to get welfare under control? Eric Pickles for overseeing frontloaded cuts to local government without provoking strife? Francis Maude for slashing Whitehall costs? John Hayes for battling with Ed Davey over windfarms? Please nominate your suggestions below - always giving a reason why.
2 Jan 2012 14:10:18
ConservativeHome readers choose 'the veto' as the political event of 2011
By Tim Montgomerie
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ConservativeHome readers have already chosen Michael Gove as their Conservative of the Year and John Redwood as their Backbencher of the Year.
The third award goes to the political event of the year and the winner is, not surprisingly, 'the veto'. Not far behind, however, is 'the rebellion of the eighty-one' - the event, that arguably, made the veto happen. Here's the top ten events as voted on by nearly 2,000 readers:
- David Cameron's veto of the EU Treaty: 29%
- The rebellion of 81 Tory MPs on the issue of an EU referendum: 16%
- The defeat of the AV referendum and good council results: 9%
- George Osborne's Autumn Statement: 8%
- The summer's riots: 7%
- The Libyan campaign: 4%
- The closure of the News of the World, Andy Coulson's resignation and hackgate: 3%
- The Arab Spring: 1%
- The SNP's victory in Scotland: 1%
- The replacement of elected leaders in Greece and Italy: 1%
Other events like the NHS u-turn and Liam Fox's resignation just fell outside of the top ten.
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