Review of the Year 2010 (including readers poll results)

As the annus brownalis draws to an end and we sit on the dawn of what is bound to be an even worse year, here's our look back at the misery (and rare joy) that made the headlines in 2010.

January was a month in which civil liberties took centre stage. In a rare move, this blog praised something from Europe - as the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the use of police 'stop and search' powers are illegal without reasonable suspicion. Meanwhile, in Germany, protesters descend on airports in the buff to make a stand against naked body scanners which were miraculously put into airports the globe over within forty-eight hours of a lunatic somehow - marvelously - managing to get on an aeroplane with firecrackers in his knickers. Obviously, there was nothing suspicious about how soon they managed to roll out those naked body scanners in response. Oh no. Of course not. That's how fast science and technology moves these days. Oh yes. Those naked body scanners really are a response to threats against all civilisation and anybody who thinks the lunatic with firecrackers in his knickers must have been a stooge is a conspiracy nut, obviously. Cough!

You were mostly reading: Our post in which Lord Monckton was interviewed by Alex Jones. It was a post that was unprecedented in global interest and it generated more visitors to this blog than anything else ever posted here at The Talking Clock. So much so that, by May, we chose to delete the thing just so we could move on...

In February, the first three Members of Parliament to be prosecuted over their expense claims are named by the Director of Public Prosecutions. Meanwhile, Nigel Farage hits the headlines after comparing Emperor von Rumpy-Pumpy to a damp rag.

You were mostly reading: About a Bill introduced in the House of Lords by UKIP's Lord Willoughby de Broke intended to restore British sovereignty.

In March, the Labour Party suspended three former ministers - Stephen Byers, Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt - after revelations on 'Politicians for Hire' in the Channel Four investigative programme Dispatches. Elsewhere, Mike Mansfield QC tells a Spanish newspaper that he believes Diana, Princess of Wales was bumped off because of her campaign to outlaw anti-personnel landmines.

You were mostly reading: Lord Monckton on Alex Jones again, with his lordship this time vowing to prosecute the IPCC's Pachauri...

Readers Poll Result: Worst Politician of 2010

We asked you to tell us who YOU thought was the worst politician
of 2010. No great surprises that the runaway loser was
GORDON BROWN with 46% of your votes. Bet he wished he could
have got that many votes at a General Election, huh? Loser.
But the surprise finding was the second placed loser. With 21%
of you showing him your disapproval, Chris Huhne turned out to

be unexpectedly high in your disliking... a sure sign that there is a
real 'climate change' that the ecofascists and LibDems need to take
note of - and, like 'climate change', it has nothing to do
with the weather.

Onto April and electioneering went tits-up for the "one-eyed Scottish idiot" who had been masquerading as a Prime Minister - the now thankfully lesser spotted Gordon Brown. He went to Rochdale and, when a local pensioner asked him a few questions, he left his microphone switched on as he got into his car... and his comments - in which Brown referred to the Labour voter as a "bigot" - were broadcast to the nation. Cue a hasty personal visit by Brown to the pensioner's home for a very long-winded personal apology.

You were mostly reading: The Talking Clock's first ever exclusive interview, with UKIP's Westminster North PPC, Jasna Badzak.

In May, the nation went to the polling stations. UKIP's Nigel Farage has a shocking election day as the light aircraft in which he was flying crashes into a field. He escapes with relatively minor injuries from the horrific event. After loser Gordon Brown holes himself up squatter fashion in Downing Street for several days, David Cameron and Nick Clegg eventually take office and engage in a bizarre 'Romeo & Julian' style press conference in the back garden.

You were mostly reading: About the shared anger felt by members of the public who were seemingly ready to take to the streets as the Labour Party started discussions with the FibDems about a potential coalition of losers...

In June, part of the swine flu conspiracy suspicions seem vindicated as a report condemns links between the scientists advising the World Health Organisation and Big Pharma.

You were mostly reading: Our views on English patriotism being okay, as start of the football World Cup saw the Cross of St. George flying all around the country.

July saw star witness Carne Ross bowl up to the Chilcot Iraq Inquiry and tell them - to their faces - that he felt the inquiry is little more than a whitewash. More whitewash was being splashed about by the Crown Prosecution Service who announced that no-one would be prosecuted over the death of Ian Tomlinson. And the 'Brokeback Coalition' acts contrary to the national constitution by signing up to allow EU police forces jurisdiction on British soil. As the national constitution says they cannot do that, feel free to ignore any foreign laws as illegitimate. And add key Coalition ministers to your long list of people we'll put on trial for treason when we get our country back in 2011...
You were mostly reading: News of the latest developments in the long running Dr. David Kelly conspiracy allegations.

In August, UKIP's leader Lord Pearson announced that he was stepping down from the job, triggering a leadership contest.

You were mostly reading: How the people finally took to the streets to protest against the Lisbon Treaty... in Belgium.

September saw the very long and protracted Labour leadership contest draw to a conclusion with Ed Miliband declared the winner, thanks to the trade unions.

You were mostly reading: Our exclusive interview with UKIP leadership hopeful Tim Congdon.

Readers Poll Results: Best Politician of 2010

We asked you to vote for your Politician of the Year. With a
landslide majority, you chose to give your mark of approval
to UKIP leader Nigel Farage. He actually polled a higher vote
share here than he did in the UKIP leadership contest
- a massive 78% of your votes. Which probably makes this
blog even more UKIP than UKIP itself is. Or something. Maybe.
Congratulations on winning the overwhelming support
of our readers, Nigel. Keep up the good work in 2011

October rolled around... and Nigel Farage did it again. This time, he made Jose Manuel Barroso look like a tyrannical buffoon - as Farage forced the EU dictator to rise to his feet and claim that he had been elected. The claim reverberated around the globe.

You were mostly reading: Our summary of the UKIP leadership candidates and our reasons for giving our personal vote to Nigel Farage.

It was a Guy Fawkes Night to remember in November as two judges effectively sack Phil Woolas over his election literature. Meanwhile, Nigel Farage is handsomely crowned the leader of UKIP for a second time. Meanwhile, 'students' smash up Millbank, Ireland surrenders to the European Empire and the Daily Express becomes the newspaper of choice for patriots as it demands British withdrawal from the EU.

You were mostly reading: About the outrageous antics of 'Islamist extremists' who used Remembrance Sunday as a publicity opportunity, setting fire to a huge poppy in Central London. This story generated the highest one day traffic to this blog ever, at one stage there was a new visitor reading this story every three seconds.

In December, rampaging 'students' again smash up Central London, this time reaching a new low as they descend on a car carrying Prince Charles and Camilla 'Rottweiler' Bowles. News that the mob had chanted 'off with their heads' appears restricted to non-British news outlets, while Theresa May is cagey about whether Camilla got prodded with a big stick.

You were mostly reading: About the song by Kunt and the Gang which had a comic interpretation of Nick Clegg inviting David Cameron to use his a**ehole as a k*nt. At one stage, it looked like it might be a contender for the Christmas #1 spot, with high sales on Amazon UK... though it strangely never actually troubled the top forty in the end. Great song, though!