A hard choice this year. It was nearly Great British Bake Off illustrator Tom Hovey. No fuss was made about his migration with the show from BBC One to Channel 4 despite him being 10 times more crucial to its success than numpty Paul Hollywood.

But, in the end, it had to be the anonymous woman who was viciously set upon after a post she wrote describing what kind of flatmate she was looking for went viral. She said she wanted someone who used door handles rather than just pushing doors closed with a bang, for example, and who didn’t have friends round three or more times a week or spend hours in the kitchen cooking.

She was ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IN EVERYTHING SHE SAID and I will not cease my efforts to have her recognised as the last bastion of civilisation in a failing world. A very merry Christmas to you all, but especially to her. May the flatmate of your dreams be in your stocking soon.

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