Unofficial Newsbiscuit Writer of the Month Competition

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What an end to the year, with A.Mantra winning with 31 points.  Dom didn't do too badly, either, coming in second place with 25 points.  Wren comes in third place, just pipping Titus. As usual all the links to FPs, NiBs, and Left Alerts below the leader board and the full list of tickers can be found in the chat room. A.Mantra  Are you f*cking kidding?’ thinks dog presented with gift-wrapped bone Definitely don’t have a massive one,’ insists Boris winking and nodding Don’t blame us for this clusterf*ck, say all fish Man making a big ham Man placing the one present he wrapped under the tree like he’s a superhero Men persuaded by Love Actually that stalking your mate’s wife is perfectly fine Naval commander desperate to sink French trawler fleet ‘Scrooge’s redemptive arc a shameful leftist creation,’ insists Rees-Mogg Vaccinated people already growing fish gills, insists idiot ‘We thought people might have forgotten we’re twats,’ say backpackers Woman finishes sending Christmas cards

Mid month we see Wren out in the front being challenged by A.Mantra.  Doctor Chutney's having a go as well, despite already balancing the virtual mug expertly on his medical head. A.Mantra  Don’t blame us for this clusterf*ck, say all fish Men persuaded by Love Actually that stalking your mate’s wife is perfectly fine Naval commander desperate to sink French trawler fleet Vaccinated people already growing fish gills, insists idiot Woman finishes sending Christmas cards to every name in old address book Woman using ‘super’ as a prefix for everything is ‘super-dead’ inside apepper  Supermarkets to introduce virtual food for no-deal Brexit Benvoleo  Brexiteers carefully celebrating GB independence, not the end of UK independence Dan.F  Millwall fans shocked as football match breaks out at fascist rally DavidH  Cher rescues Competition and Markets Authority Government restricts brussels sprouts to tier 1 Deceangli  Laurence Fox to retrain as an actor Doctor Chutney  ‘At risk’ Santa adm

  Relative newcomer Doctor Chutney has swept the board this month, taking points in all categories.  Wren has tried to overtake the good doctor but to no avail. As usual all the links to FPs, NiBs and LAs are listed below the leaderboard while the tickers can be found in the chat room. antharrison  Trump accidentally and repeatedly sues himself apepper  Boris isolated after contact with reality Dominic Raab puts pressure on Nigerian Royal Family to “deliver on inheritances”. Benvoleo   Russian health staff shortage sees covid jabs administered by re-trained assassins Chipchas e  Boris: “hands – knees & boomps-a-daisy is new UK slogan in battle against virus” Chrisf  Cummings’ cardboard box nailed on for best supporting actor award PM says he now has ‘foot on throat’ of poor covid-19 analogies Dan.F  Gleeful Boris Johnson welcomes coronavirus self-isolation back with open arms DavidH  Bank of England releases 150 billion sheets of loo pape r Carrie hires Mystic Meg to fill void at N