Biggest political hypocrite 2016

Is this the worst woman in the whole world?

The biggest political hypocrite of 2016 is hardly tantamount to being the worst person in the world!

Grannypiper "Sturgeon followed by Corbyn, the world would be a better place without them both"

Well said Granny23.

We who are NOT friends of Sturgeon may say what we like about her Granny23 and you must know that she is not universally popular even within Scotland, let alone in The rest of the UK. Posting a pic of a politician holding a baby has nothing to do with it.
All politicians hold babies/pat them, even The Donald.

As Ana says, we are not saying worse person in the world......but hypocrite of the year.

I suppose I would probably choose the one with the most damaging potential, and for the world perhaps Trump. We haven't long to wait to find out.

For the UK, recent history says Cameron can be certainly accused of poor judgement, but I'm not sure about hypocrisy. Certainly Gove for his "experts" comment - silly little man.

But I think Farage gets my vote although he holds no power. Despicable man!!

Roses Just as I am entitled to post my opinions and favourite photographs. BTW this is not a 'photo opportunity' snap with a random child.

As it is the biggest hypocrite, not just the worst politician, Farage is worst.

I would agree with you GrandmaMoira but I have blocked all reference to a certain person from my mind on the basis that he dererves no acknowledgement!

Unfair! Cameron isn't on the list. I disagree that he was a hypocrite. The Tory brand was written on the tin and people voted for it.

I agree, daphne - Cameron wasn't a hypocrite, he was just stupid, out of his depth.
Boris Johnson would win my vote.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/29/no-10-david-cameron-nato-job-theresa-may

Lined up for the head of Nato, eh?

Cameron allegedly can't be bothered with details or strategy. He said and did things to get people off his back.

My vote is still for Farage for pretending to be 'a man of the people' but being nothing of the sort.

Oh well! That solves the Brexit problem. Cameron will press the button and run for the nearest bunker. Never mind the rest of us - we won't be around.

2017 isn't looking too good.

Well said Granny23,Nicola Sturgeon is without doubt one of the best politicians of our time.A lot of my English friends and family wish they could vote SNP ,in fact one who lives in Dorset is set on standing for the SNP at the next local elections there.Sad to say there are Scottish unionists who would rather back "british " parties who have done damn all for Scotland for decades.As the last election showed with 56 out of 59 seats going to the SNP ,most dont believe what Grannypiper and City 84 do,and thank god for thet!

I think it is important to say which hypocritical action the nominee is guilty of. It is not enough just to dislike their politics.. the list would be too long!

Who has said 'do not fib' and then fibbed the most?

It does say that in the link in the op, Penstemmon.
Trump and Farage were for saying that they represented the ordinary people from inside a gold-clad lift.
Farage ( Sorry, J52) has added to it by telling people to ignore the Archbishop of Canterbury in a tweet.

Trump and Farage are winning with 30% of the vote, Daily Mail next with nearly 23%.
Hannan is last, probably because people have forgotten who he is.

Another bit of hypocrisy.
George "we're all in it together" Osborne.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/george-osborne-highest-paid-richest-mp-parliament-how-much-earn-uk-politicians-a7498696.html

Not exactly political (though the person in question did have strong political views), but Mark Steel's article in The I today certainly gives one example of hypocrisy.

Reporting the death of George Michael, the Sun's headline was "You were something special, George".

Apparently, though, GM had previously complained about the Sun calling him a poof and a pervert, and when he was speaking out against the Iraq War the Sun's headline was "RIP George Michael's Career: 1982-2002".

Farage wins.

skwawkbox.org/2016/12/30/proof-farage-applied-for-german-citizenship-and-hes-under-police-investigation-for-it/

I hope he gets five years for it.

So many to choose from.

As of this moment in time I will choose any politician from any party that calls another party 'Making a Mockery ' out of the Honours System when they have done exactly the same.

Truly a Cross Party hypocrisy scenario but some do take the biscuit with their Messiah Complex and ease of saying one thing and doing the other but that's politics in a nut shell I guess.

durhamjen

I think I've asked you before, not sure, but is the link you have provided again to 'Skawkbox' (with a k )the same organisation as CNBC 'Squwakbox' (with a q)?

I do hope your link to the Farage story doesn't turn out to be a 'Fake News' story . I am not saying it is, it could well be true for all I know. It's just that I think there was a post on GN if I remember saying the Pope backed Donald Trump and that was proven to be 'Fake News'.

I think I will agree with the comments that follow on in
your link asking for proof before I make a judgement call.

'I’m confused. Where’s the proof that those emails relate to Farage?'

'Enjoyed many of your articles, but the evidence for this one seems to be missing. I see no reference to Farage in the documents you provide. In fact, are you even sure they’re related to a dodgy citizenship request? My German is non-existent so I could be missing something.'

'The article claims, and I quote “The ongoing police case puts beyond doubt the question of whether Nigel Farage made an application for a German passport.” Well, no, it doesn’t. I read German and a) there is nothing in the documents cited in the article linking Farrago to the case (indeed he is not mentioned at all) and b) in this most Europhile of countries, were this to be the case, it would be all over the German news. Which, believe me, it is not. All the two emails confirm is that a case was opened on the 30th September 2016 (which could actually be someone’s budgie being stolen), and that a query is being forwarded from the Press and PR department (which could also be about budgie rustling) to another division – PK24 – of the Hamburg police. You claim “The evidence for the content of the formal police complaint was in the conversations with the source. That can’t be rendered photographically and a condition of the conversation was anonymity for the source”. So, effectively, we have to take your word for it, and the documents you cited prove absolutely nothing whatsoever. Until you actually link the case number to a document with Farage’s name on it, I will feel free to ignore this . PS I am not a Kipper, but false news will do our cause in debunking UKIP no good whatsoever.'

Yes I may well be proven to be too cautious but I think we know all too sensibly to consider carefully who/what we read and that includes links , perhaps even more so in my opinion.

As this story broke and died a death in August I would suspect this new 'evidence' will get scrutinized by the media , time will tell I guess.

Putting a woman into the Lords for doing a few weeks work now claiming other parties are making a mockery of the honours system is not it seems hypocritical