Man and Woman of the year 2010 - David Young & Yvonne Hossacks

I can't let the year pass without a mention of the Man of the Year - David Young, who took on the might of Barnet Council and won.  The BBC lists all of the recipients of honours this year - Jensen Button, Status Quo and Patrick Stewart to name a few. All fine candidates, I'm sure, but how many of them have saved a life? How many of them have removed a climate of fear in which hundreds of people were living? How many have shown huge personal courage in their twighlight years. For those of you who don't know of David Young, he's the guy who lives in sheltered accomodation in Barnet and took the council to the High Court when they passed the decison to remove the wardens. Barnet tried every trick in the book, including trying to have his solicitor Yvonne Hossacks struck off (again thrown out by a wise judge). Which leads us nicely to the woman of the year, Yvonne Hossacks. I hope and pray that in some small way this blog has helped them in their fight.

Her Majesty the Queen should summon the dynamic duo (Young and Hossacks) to the Palace and bestow the highest honour she can on them forthwith. I'd personally like to see her Maj also send the author of this awful policy, Barnet Council Leader,  Lynne Hillan, to the Tower for a period of reflection

As an Elderly lady who receives an excellent warden service at the taxpayers expense, I'm sure our good Queen can appreciate why these two are my man and woman of the year. Massive hat tip here to VickiM for reminding me of the compelling need to bestow this award (for what it's worth).

The Barnet Eye wishes all of it's readers a fantastic New Year. Lets all make a New Years resolution to fight injustice in this world in all it's shapes and forms.

A Tsunami of scrounging poncers !

It is actually quite a simple problem to fix. There is a precedent. Those of us with a bit of Aussie heritage will remember what happened to Gough Whitlam's Government in Australia when they were up to no good (in the eyes of the then Governor General).

MP's take an oath of Allegiance to good old Liz.

"I, NAME, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God."

Well, call me old fashioned but I think she's been rather badly let down. I think she should summon the editor of the Telegraph and say. "Tell me who has been taking the P". She should then summon them and tell them "You're Fired". Don't get me wrong, I'm a republican to my core, but if we have to have a Monarch, now is the time to earn her keep. Sure, we'd have a constitutional crisis for a while. There would be debates for the next couple of hundred years, but it would be a long time before anyone took the P so royally again.

I'm sorry, but this mob have let her Maj down royally. They've also let you, me and everyone else down who pays their wages, expenses, nanny fees, second home allowances, leaking pipe under the tennis court repair, Internet porn......

My nomination for the worst of the lot? I'd go with Tory Blooger & PPC Iain Dale's suggestion - Conservative MP James Gray. He tried to claim back the cash for a wreath laid at a remembrance day parade - sick really. When it was turned down, he complained using the excuse "You paid last time". Check Iain's blog for full details. I'm not making a party political point here. Feel free to leave your own nominations as comments. If I get any examples that are worse, I'll give them a full blog.