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Here it is, my UK journalism lowlights of the year:

1. Laura Kuennsberg jumping into Pippa Crears' mentions to defend Dominic Cummings after getting a text from.... Dominic Cummings

2. The BBC portraying Rishi Sunak as Superman

3. This piece of Boris Johnson on holiday in The Sun

4. Chris Mason going "OOOF!" to a response to an ice cream company

5. The Twentyman saga

6. This Telegraph front page - No 10 wedding and baby too

7. The Times putting a literal halo on Rishi Sunak

8. This article by Peston on Herd Immunity

9. The ridiculous nonsense around Boris Johnson doing press ups

10. Hipster Analysis

11. Peston with "A moment of great pathos"

12. Laura Kuenssberg portraying the economy in line with Tory messaging as akin to a household budget saying “the credit card, the national mortgage, everything absolutely maxxed out"

https://t.co/YvpGEPo9OM

13. The ludicrous hyperbole around Jess Phillips short lived leadership campaign

14. The Government leaking that Christmas has been cancelled for millions to a journalist who was locked out of her own twitter account

15. Laura Kuennsberg tweeting this ridiculous video about herd immunity

16. Peston calling the UK under Tories "Cuba without the sunshine"

17. The Times piece on "Dishy Rishi"

18. Boris Johnson watching Lord of the Rings

19. Laura Kuennsberg's editorialisation that there had been no opposition for the last 4 years

20. This from HIGNFY

21. A final late entry, The Sun portraying Boris Johnson as Santa

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22. A further late entry, Chris Mason simping here for Boris Johnson

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