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Jordan and Tiger Woods suck - but Facebook and iPhone rock

19th January 2010 Print

Katie Price, Tiger Woods and PM Gordon Brown were the biggest ‘suckers' of 2009, whilst Facebook, the iPhone and DJ Sir Terry Wogan were the biggest ‘rockers', according to a ‘Rocks or Sucks' poll carried out by swiftcover.com, the online motor insurer.

Nearly eight out of ten people (79%) said that Katie Price, the glamour model formerly known as Jordan, ‘sucked the most' last year, whilst in sport 67% of Brits said that disgraced golfer Tiger Woods ‘sucked'. However, it seems women take more of a dim view of Tiger's antics as 78% of all women said he ‘sucked' compared with just 57% of all men.

By comparison, whilst 33% who all those surveyed voted footballer Thierry Henry the biggest ‘sucker' following his handball in the World Cup qualifier that put the Republic of Ireland out of the tournament, the figure was higher amongst men at 43%, but fell to 22% amongst women.

In a tumultuous year for politics, 62% of people said Gordon Brown ‘sucked the most' compared with 38% who voted for opposition leader David Cameron.

When it came to the hits of last year, it was technology that ‘rocked the most' according to swiftcover.com's poll. Almost three-quarters (74%) said that Facebook ‘rocked the most', while 68% said Apple's innovative iPhone ‘rocked the most' .

swiftcover.com's Rocks and Sucks  - What sucked?

79% said Katie Price sucked the most, compared with 21% who said Lady GaGa
67% said Tiger Woods sucked, compared with 33% who said Thierry Henry
62% said Gordon Brown sucked, compared with 38% who said David Cameron
68% said traffic jams sucked, compared with 32% who said airline strikes

swiftcover.com's Rocks and Sucks - What rocked?

74% said Facebook rocked the most, compared with 26% who said Twitter
68% said the iPhone rocked, compared with 32% who said the Blackberry
66% said Microsoft rocked, compared with 34% who said Apple
62% said Sir Terry Wogan rocked, compared with 38% who said Chris Evans

Tina Shortle, marketing director of swiftcover.com, says: "Although Jordan and Tiger Woods were probably glad to see the back of 2009, our poll shows that 2009 really was the year that social media grabbed the public's imagination, from Facebook and Twitter through to the great social networking gizmos like the iPhone.

"With the growing number of great iPhone apps and online services, social media and the internet are sure to ‘rock' even more in 2010 - I'm not sure the same can be said about Tiger Woods and Jordan!"