I think one of my biggest claims to fame in politics is to have invented the internet the nickname of "The chipmunk" for Hazel Blears. I looked back in my blog archive and I first used the expression in a blogpost on 28 December 2005. I was doing my end of year awards...
LABOUR POLITICIAN OF THE YEAR
Hazel Blears - can she really be as cheerful as she always looks? She's like a little chipmunk at the Despatch Box. I love her!
Recently, Fraser Nelson added the word 'Iron' and she became the Iron Chipmunk. Events have proved him right.
