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Littlejohn misses out on toasting his award

Richard Littlejohn, bile-secreting gallbladder of the Daily Mail, is used to life as a conspicuous figure. Not usually conspicuous, however, by his absence.

So when the great and good of the self-styled "commentariat" gathered yesterday morning for the inaugural Comment Awards, hosted by super-PR Julia Hobsbawm's Editorial Intelligence agency, one particular chair was notably empty at the champagne breakfast.

Littlejohn had been nominated for the "Poison Pen" award, which aims to honour "a commentator whose style of writing is witty but has the desired effect of ruffling feathers, and who has managed to deliver an unexpected twist on a regular ...

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