Thread by @brokenbottleboy

Putting together an end of year list of the worst columns of 2021 and once again subjecting myself to extreme psychic damage.

In no particular order and in anticipation of a newsletter edition which will cover them in greater detail…

Allison Pearson comparing herself to Jesus.

Dan Hodges in… Red Mole.

Giles Coren hates his job almost as much as I hate him #dawnfosterforever

Camilla Tominey 10,000th column about Meghan and Harry aka the “Woko Ono” one…

Rod Liddle’s eight inevitably racist reasons to leave the country. Extra points against him because he’s still here.

Judith Woods losing her mind over the John Lewis advert for The Telegraph:

Rachel Johnson in Sympathy for the Devil.

Giles Coren pretending he’ll be “cancelled”. #dawnfosterforever

Toby Young begging for a gong.

Camilla Tominey’s “here’s a thing that I wish was true” column:

The Royal Yacht shagger:

Man whose forehead precludes sudden movement and whose oeuvre consists of the same column written over and over again criticises one of the greatest gymnasts of all time.

Allison Pearson recruits the ghost of Prince Philip.

This example of incredible amnesia from MMR panic pusher Melanie Phillips:

This sewerage from Lionel Shriver on immigration:

Mr Pooter if he were a sociopath.

Janice Turner’s Meghan column *and* Janice Turner’s “Boris will always get away with it” column:

The “and wasn’t Prince Philip sort of a feminist?” column.

From a strong list of UnHerd contenders, it’s this gem:

Sarah Vine calls for the return of the death penalty:

Literally any of James Forsyth’s Friday columns for The Times:

That’s my 21 for now. But I’ll happily take more suggestions and keep working on the list until I publish the newsletter version tomorrow afternoon.

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I think I'm close to the final list.

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