With the Christmas recess stopping our politicians causing more havoc, it’s time for the Guardian’s parliamentarian of the year awards You can hear the sighs of relief. Not from the MPs who are packing up to slope back to their constituencies for the Christmas recess, but from the rest of the country. Finally, the year is coming to an end and there will be few chances for our politicians to do any further damage before they return to Westminster in January. The psychodrama is finally done. We can all go to bed vaguely hopeful that the world won’t have taken a further turn for the worse by the time we wake up. By any standards, 2025 has been a momentous year in politics. One clusterfuck after another. Even more remarkably, possibly the first one in decades when Boris Johnson hasn’t got anyone pregnant. As far as we know. But before our politicians leave us in peace, there’s one final ritual to be observed: the Guardian’s parliamentarian of the year awards. A chance to remember just how lucky we are to have such a talented ruling elite. Here are the champions. Continue reading...