Lance ArmstrongCycling’s former golden boy being exposed as a cheat shocked the world. He summed himself perfectly in a comment to Oprah Winfrey in January 2013: “I look at this clip [of himself] and say ‘Look at this arrogant prick.’“ Many call for him to retire into obscurity but sadly that seems unlikely. Instead, the former boyfriend of Sheryl Crow seems to think he can build a media career. Most of us would rather he’d just cycle off.

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Kanye West
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Kanye West

This pompous rapper has variously declared himself equal to Steve Jobs, Beethoven and God. Though reports that he also believes he’s the “next Nelson Mandela” turned out to be untrue, Atlanta born West once suggested “maybe my skin’s not right” when he was overlooked in favour of Britney Spears at the 2007 MTV Video Music […]

Robert Oxley (AKA Rob Oxley) – Press secretary to Boris Johnson – Deliveroo boy and former assistant to alleged groper Michael Fallon became Boris Johnson’s press secretary in June 2019. He is best known for swearing.
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Robert Oxley (AKA Rob Oxley)

Former Deliveroo boy Robert Oxley can be considered the rudest man of the 2019 General Election campaign. Previously the press officer of the Vote Leave campaign and an assistant of the alleged groper Sir Michael Fallon, this nasty piece of work – as Downing Street press secretary – blocked the path of ITV1’s Good Morning […]