Blimey - suggestions in response to the previous post have extended the list into what is beginning to look like Team Dork.
Nicola Sturgeon
Emily Thornberry
Richard Burgon
Prince Andrew
Hugh Grant
Gary Lineker
Diane Abbott
Lily Allen
Archbishop Welby
Mark Carney
Pope Francis
Jo Swinson
Steve Coogan
Emma Thompson
John Bercow
Professor Sir Richard Evans
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Something has been really bothering me, but I couldn't work out what it was. I've just realised: Eddie Izzard wasn't on the list. A niche category, but few things say "dork" more clearly than a big ugly left-wing bloke talking shite while wearing lipstick.
Have Corbyn and McDonnell sent in their suggestions yet? They want the next Labour leader to be a woman, and not from London. They might have similar ideas for dork diversity.
Such a grand list requires three more names, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Owen Jones and Mary Beard!
I would also wish to add the sad little bloke in my village, who berates all us volunteers who try and stop speeding idiots tearing about the place, but luckily, have forgotten his name - as he will one day, when I will discuss his problem with the aid of a clenched fist!
I should also have nominated Sir Philip Pullman. Now that Boris is on top of a large majority, Sir Phil must be thinking constantly of ropes and lamp posts, at least in a tactical way
This chap says all you need to know
https://twitter.com/Lugey6/status/1206645378600308738?s=09
Sam - Eddie Izzard is a good one. Corbyn has sent an email suggest that McDonnell is the clear winner of Dork of the Year but McDonnell disagrees and says it must be Corbyn. Maybe they are both right which would be unusual.
Scrobs - curses I forgot Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Owen Jones. Don't know much about Mary Beard but I'm sure I've read one of her books.
Graeme - I know virtually nothing about Sir Philip Pullman but I'll take your word for it so let's add him to the list. That twitter link id funny and spot on.
One forgotten gem, A C Grayling, what would Twitter have done without him during the last three and a half years.
Wiggia - A C Grayling's hair alone would be a strong candidate.
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