1) Carol Colton
2) Antoine Leiris
Antonine Leiris is certainly worth a mention. He was the husband of one of the victims at the Bataclan theatre in Paris in November and gave that moving tribute to her. His words said it all.
3) Martin Fletcher
Guardian contributor How about Martin Fletcher, the Bradford City Fire campaigner?
4) Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler and Chris Norman
it is difficult to understand the basis of the editorial decision making that resulted in the exclusion of Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos and Chris Norman, who put themselves in mortal danger on that train from Amsterdam to Paris, from the list of those to whom the Guardian offers thanks and recognition in their New Years honours..
5) Shaker Aamer
All worthy candidates, I am sure, but I would also like to have seen Shaker Aamer on this list.
A small acknowledgement for the 14 years he was illegally detained at Guantanamo, and his subsequent positive and forgiving response.
6) Charlotte Church
How about nominating Charlotte Church?
She has re-invented herself from a singer who played the celeb tabloid headline grabbing game into a spokesperson against austerity and as advocate for doing something about climate change. Her banner at the anti-austerity march in Cardiff just after the election read: “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore”, it's good to see someone high profile fighting back.
7) Yanis Varoufakis
Yiannis Varoufakis, for exposing the lies of austerity and the lack of democracy in the EU and for shedding light on how the Greek people have been used as a scapegoat to keep the balance of power in Berlin and Brussels. And for giving us all a chance to take part in the conversation about how to build a better Europe.
8) Sam Simon
And why not add Sam Simon, one of the creators of The Simpsons and big-time supporter of animal rights and animal welfare causes. Simon died of cancer in 2015 after spending his final years in collaboration with PETA to dole out huge chunks of cash to help animals.
9) The staff of Charlie Hebdo
I'll nominate the staff of Charlie Hebdo.
For services to free speech.
10) The pope
The Pope probably deserves a mention - a spiritual leader offering some leadership about climate change.
11) Unpaid carers
I nominate my wife. She is the carer for her 93 year old mother who is overwhelmed with dementia. My wife is not alone. There are millions of unpaid carers in the UK and without them the NHS would disintegrate. Most of the people on the Guardian's list have done very little in comparison.
The one person above who I think is deserving of merit is Marlon James. Not for winning a book competition but for having the courage to 'come out' in the abusive homophobic culture he grew up in.
12) Jeremy Corbyn
Any fair minded organ would have included in this list of alternative honours the heroic achievement of Jeremy Corbyn in winning the labour Leadership election against all odds by a combination of resolute insistence on reasserting the founding principles of the party, and an exhausting series of public speeches which enthused and inspired the great number of those who listened. He should also be given some recognition for his political victories over Cameron and Osborne (tax credits, Saudi prison contracts), and for regularly turning Cameron's face purple with rage during PMQs.
13) The moderators
Thank you. I couldn't bear to read the real honours list after hearing about Lynton Crosby, and this list was just what I needed to hear about the amazing contributions of people we should really honour. I would have added Proessor Carol Colton for her breakthrough on Alzheimer's research this year. Please do this every year, perhaps you could ask readers for nominations.