Gavin Williamson nominated for MP of the year award

The embattled education secretary joins an illustrious list of candidates including Jeremy Corbyn

Education secretary Gavin Williamson has been nominated as a candidate for 'MP of the Year,' a competition held by non-partisan organisation Patchwork Foundation. The 'People's Choice' category was decided by public vote and has also nominated Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May. It is for those MPs "who have gone above and beyond in their role over the past year." Williamson's inclusion provoked mockery, the education secretary having given the Oxford English Dictionary cause enough over the last few months to reconsider its definition of 'inadequate.' His education department's policy is better decided by England footballers - and Marcus Rashford is mercurial - but politics is a part-time pastime for the Manchester United goalscorer. Students' A Level results are decided by algorithm and then not, jeopardising the university placements of thousands of aspirational young adults. Classrooms lie dormant as they have for nearly six months. The return of students is a possible IED in a week's time, another possible national scandal. So you may meet the Patchwork Foundation's below tweet with more than a suggestion of a raised eyebrow. https://twitter.com/ukpatchwork/status/1297126411405271040 Filled out by Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May, Williamson's 'MP of the Year' category could be misconstrued as a pantheon of failures, but Jess Phillips, Rishi Sunak, Caroline Lucas and Steve Baker are among the many standout names also nominated. Perhaps Gav was nominated by the good people of Scarborough, the education secretary's constituency and place of birth? Well local paper The Scarborough News describes his recent track record of ministerial office as "disastrous" and a "fiasco," perhaps not. Indeed, when JOE spoke to a segment of the British public about this very subject, their response was nearly unanimous - resign. https://twitter.com/PoliticsJOE_UK/status/1295770715417976833 Quite extraordinary, then, that Mr Williamson should find himself nominated for such an award. It might be worth investigating for signs of possible Russian interference.