FT Westminster most popular blogs of 2010

Here is a list of our most-clicked blogs (with pageview figures) for 2010:

1] David Cameron claims Iran has nuclear weapon in foreign policy blunder (119,281)

2] Live blog on the departure of Gordon Brown from Downing Street (57,931)

3] Live blog on Tony Blair at the Iraq inquiry (44,917)

4] Live blog on the emergency Budget (43,677)

5] Exclusive: When Bush admitted he would probably vote for McCain (39,014)

6] Why exit polls don’t always give an accurate picture (27,929)

7] FT Westminster covers the Spring Budget (27,365)

8] Live blog on Britain’s first televised leaders’ debate (20,710)

9] News from the comprehensive spending review (18,510)

10] Gordon Brown is stepping down (16,920)

While this blog seeks to provide accurate and impartial analysis of politics and policy we also indulge in the occasional lighter piece; here are just a few of the more memorable ones from the year.

1] Did Gordon Brown (or didn’t he) throw an orange into a factory machine?. This was later turned into animation by Taiwanese graphic designers.

2] Exclusive: David Cameron was at the Bullingdon night of the broken window after all.

3] Tony Blair keeps some significant names out of his autobiography

4] The only man in Whitehall who could read Gordon Brown’s handwriting

5] Steve Hilton’s mind-bullet strategy memos

6] Is this the most anonymous cabinet minister in history?

7] Peter Bingle, best friend to the Lib Dems

8] Top 10 Lib Dem conference moments

9] Peter Mandelson is kept waiting in bank foyer

10] Charlie Whelan denies FT Westminster report that he’s leaving Unite – then confirms it