Anthony Barnett & Jon Bright: Here are some OK moments of the past year. By all means add you own in the comments.Most toe curling moment: David Cameron urging everyone to give Tony Blair a standing ovation when he walked out of parliament.
Most disappointing failure: The police not charging anyone, not least Tony Blair, over loans for peerages
Most striking picture: David Abrahams in the front row watching Tony Blair give his farewell speech in his Sedgefield constituency
Most important book: Peter Oborne's 'The Triumph of the Political Class' which addresses the overall nature of the ruling political system in Britain today and its corrupt and undemocratic nature
Most effective campaign: No2ID has grown into a significantly influential campaign against the 'database state' and the policies behind it and is well placed to increase its impact
Most revealing moment on the media torrent: Jeremy Paxman telling Nick Clegg and Chris Huhne that their debate and by implication all Newsnight questioning is "just a game".
Guy AC Most cringe-inducing cameo: Blair congratulates Bush's dogs on becoming "National Park Rangers" Tells them he's one of them...
Most dishonest documentary: The Aaronovitch-BBC whitewash, The Blair Years.
Most welcome intelligence report: US's saying Iran stopped nuclear programme in 2003.
Most witty put-down: Cable's From Stalin to "Mr Bean". It's gonna stick.
Ivor Cornish Most disenfranchising event: Scottish elections where more than 140,000 votes were 'spoilt.'
Most Nauseous photo-op: Brown welcoming Thatcher to 10 Downing St
Most crass appointment: Making Blair the Middle East Envoy
Gareth Young Most ‘off message’ but encouraging - Shahid Malik, a member of Brown’s Britishness Government, telling people to be proud of being English.
