by ianrthorpe
@ 2006-12-22 - 17:37:54
Unfortunately my creation Happy Jack Doomsday was not eligible as he is not a real person so Spiked online had named Gordon Brown as miserablist of the year.
"With his dour personality, dour politics and dour outlook on life he is a worthy winner," the announcement said.
It makes the Labour plan for a seamless succession from discredited Blair to depressing seem unlikely, even more so when you recall it was the "feelgood factor that carried Labour to their election victories.