Iain Dale has done it again. In his annual bid to stir up feelings of envy and insecurity in the Westminster press corps, his Total Politics magazine has published its list of the top 100 political journalists.
The results are based on a survey of their readers, including MPs, peers, journalists, councillors and lobbyists.
This year, Nick Robinson came top (up from fourth place last year). You can read the full list here, but, to give you a flavour, here are the top 20.
1. Nick Robinson
2. Evan Davis
3. Jeremy Paxman
4. Adam Boulton
5. Eddie Mair
6. Andrew Marr
7. Jon Snow
8. Quentin Letts
9. James Naughtie
10. Martha Kearney
11. Peter Riddell
12. Matthew Parris
13. Simon Hoggart
14. John Humphrys
15. Andrew Rawnsley
16. Carolyn Quinn
17. Simon Walters
18. Edward Stourton
19. John Pienaar
20. Ann Treneman
(Declaration of interest: I crept in at No 93!)
Total Politics also has a list of the top 100 political journalists as voted for by the journalists themselves (also headed by Nick Robinson) and six different lists of the top 10, as voted by six different groups. They include peers, Tory MPs, Lib Dem MPs and Labour MPs (who, as you can see, are obviously far more discerning than anyone else).
