Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Right One Hundred: White, Rich, Middle Class, Men


Well now. LOL tipped 30 possibles, some in jest but got only 14 from 25 of the Dale/Brivati Right One Hundred. The whole list and the top 25 in particular is far far more institutional Tory Party Back Room I'd say than their Left One Hundred.

Dale himself isn't in it. Must have either found a shred of modesty somewhere or decided that, yes, unlike fellow Right Boy Bloggers Guido Fawkes and Tim Montgomery he is "a journalist". Don't think that's right myself.

We missed:

5. STEVE HILTON
Director of Strategy, Conservative Party

8. MICHAEL SPENCER
Conservative Party Treasurer

11. ANDY COULSON
Director of Communications, Conservative Party

14. EDWARD LLEWELLYN
Chief of Staff to David Cameron

15. CHARLES MOORE
Chairman, Policy Exchange & Biographer of Lady Thatcher
Sir Simon Milton

16. SIR SIMON MILTON
Chairman, Local Government Association

17. PATRICK McLOUGHLIN MP
Conservative Party Chief Whip

20. CHRIS GRAYLING MP
Shadow Secretary of State for Work & Pensions

21.ANDREW MACKAY MP
Senior Political Adviser to David Cameron

22. STEPHAN SHAKESPEARE
Founder, YouGov

23. TIM MONTGOMERIE
Editor, ConservativeHome.com

Dale/Brivati don't seem to have these in their 100 at all:

Saatchi (M) - Giddens - Heeschen - Eliasch - Stevens - Field - Hoey - Salmond - Teather - Davey - Brady - Woodhead - Portillo - Schapps 1234 - Neville-Jones - Dale - Murdoch (any of them) - Bruno - Taylor (Lord) - Coe

Those in italics were wildcards, just for fun, attempting to first guess Iain's wicked ways. The Murdoch(s) may fall foul of the media rule, just like Iain Dale, but unlike Charles Moore and Tim Montgomery.

Might well come back to this when Dale has got round to posting the list on his blog (Update 9:01) and the comments start coming in. There is enough "filler" in 26-100 of the list to give at least ten of our picks cause for great indignation - unless they paid or threatened to sue to be kept off it.

UPDATE 9:57: Now linking to Telegraph and not accidentally to Channel 4's hilarious fisk of Tory Tax Bull.

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