Each new year I do a list of people whose tweets I have most enjoyed during the previous 12 months. I follow about 1300 people on Twitter but these are the ones who have entertained, informed, educated, annoyed and, most of all, made me laugh most this year. In previous years I did a Top 50, but found it impossible to whittle my 1300 down to 50 this year. So here are my Top 100, in no particular order…
PRINT JOURNALISTS
@ChrisDeerin – Comment editor, Daily Telegraph
@ShippersUnbound – Deputy political editor, Daily Mail
@PaulWaugh – Editor, PoliticsHome
@DAaronovitch – Columnist – The Times
@BenedictBrogan – Deputy editor, Daily Telegraph
@ZoesqWilliams – Columnist, the Guardian
@MrMatthewTodd – Editor, Attitude magazine
@TimMontgomerie – Comment editor, The Times
@NeilWallis1 – Media commentator
@MehdiRHasan – Political Director, Huffington Post
@GraemeArcher – Columnist, Daily Telegraph
@IanBirrell – Columnist, Independent, Daily Mail & Evening Standard
@JohnRentoul – Columnist, Independent on Sunday
@Sarah Vine – Columnist, Daily Mail
@Gallaghereditor – Tony Gallagher, Editor, Daily Telegraph
@VinceGraff – Columnist
TV JOURNALISTS
@AFNeil – BBC presenter
@PiersMorgan – Presenter, CNN
@ReporterBoy – (Giles Dilnot), Reporter, Daily Politics
@MichaelLCrick – Political Correspondent, Channel 4 News
@KayBurley – Sky News presenter
@AdamBoulton – Political editor, Sky News
@IanKatz100 – Editor, Newsnight
@DMcCaffreySKY – Political reporter, Sky News
@SimonMcCoy – Presenter, BBC News Channel
@AlStewITN – Presenter, ITN
BLOGGERS
@FleetStreetFox – Susie Boniface
@MrHarryCole – Editor, Guido Fawkes blog
@GuidoFawkes – Editor in Chief, Guido Fawkes blog
@JonWorth – Labour leaning Euroblogger
@PaddyBriggs – Sports & politics blogger
POLITICS
@LordAshcroft – Businessman & philanthropist
@Smithjj62 – Former Labour Home Secretary
@LouiseMensch – Former Conservative MP
@TomHarrisMP – Labour MP & Dr Who geek
@Andrew_Kennedy – Conservative Party Agent in Kent
@JohnMcTernan – Former Political Director for Tony Blair
@NadineDorriesMP – Conservative MP
@NichStarling – LibDem leader on Broadland District Council
@Edwina_Currie – Former Conservative MP
@ThereseCoffey – Conservative MP
@Sarah_Hayward – Labour leader of Camden Council
@StewartWood – Labour peer
@Tony_McNulty – Former Labour MP
@Mike_Fabricant – Conservative MP
@Tracey_Crouch – Conservative MP
@EI Jake – Jake Morrison, Liverpool City Councillor
@JerryHayes1 – Former Conservative MP
RADIO
@HattMarris84 – My producer on LBC
@StephenNolan – 5 Live presenter
@RichardPBacon – 5 Live presenter
@ShelaghFogarty – 5 Live presenter
@JoePike – Reporter, LBC 97.3
@TheJamesMax – BBC London presenter
@JaneGarvey1 – Presenter, Woman’s Hour, Radio 4
@JuliaHB1 – Afternoon presenter, LBC 97.3
@SuttonNick – Editor, World at One, Radio 4
@Rachel_Hump – Producer, LBC 97.3
@RobinLustig – Former Presenter, The World Tonight, Radio 4
@StanCollymore – TalkSport radio host
@CarolineFeraday – Former BBC London presenter
@TheJeremyVine – Presenter, Radio 2
@MrJamesOB – Morning show presenter, LBC 97.3
@Corrie_corfield – Radio 4 announcer
@NickyAACampbell – 5 Live presenter
@Tweeter_Anita – Presenter, Any Answers, Radio 4
@DuncanBarkes – Late show presenter, LBC 97.3
@BroadcastMoose – Ian Abrahams, Talksport presenter
@FiFiGlover – Radio 4 presenter
@JohnMyersTeam – Chairman, Radio Academy
@RajPattniEsq – Ex LBC 97.3 Producer
@MrCarlMcQueen – Sky News producer, Ex LBC 97.3
@DavidLloydRadio – David Lloyd, Orion Radio
@HorneyMedia – Tony Horne, Radio presenter
@PaulEaston – Radio consultant
@CarolynQuinnCQ – Presenter, Westminster Hour, Radio 4
SPORT
@Dean36Ashton10 – Former Norwich City & West Ham footballer
@Joey7Barton – QPR footballer
@CarltonCole1 – West Ham footballer
@HenryWinter – Football journalist, Daily Telegraph
@BobBallardSport – Radio sports journalist
@AgentLomas – Spoof account of Millwall manager, Steve Lomas
@TonyCottee9 – West Ham legend
@LeeClayton_ – Sports editor, Daily Mail
@NotBigSam – Sam Allardyce spoof account
@DavidGold – Co chairman of West Ham United
@ClareBalding – BBC & BT Sport presenter
MISCELLANEOUS
@WMaryBeard – Classics academic & author
@Alistairgriffin – Singer, songwriter
@AdamLake – Public Affairs Specialist
@KirstieMAllsopp – Presenter, Location, Location, Location
@Brit_Battleaxe – Christine Hamilton
@JamesWharton – Former Soldier & author of OUT IN THE ARMY
@KatyScholes – Marketing manager, Biteback Publishing
@Joshuwahwah – Politically tuned funny guy
@MarkFoxNews – CEO, Business Services Association
@SallyHitchiner – Vicar
@VickyBeeching – Theologian
@CarolynHarris – Wife of Tom
@GrantTucker – My PA!