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The Foot in Mouth Award is presented each year by the Plain English Campaign for a baffling comment by a public figure. The award was first made in 1993 when it was given to Ted Dexter the chairman of selectors for the England cricket team. It was awarded again the following year and after a two year break annually from 1997.The Plain English Campaign was set up in 1979 when the founder Chrissie Maher shredded hundreds of jargon-filled forms and documents in Parliament Square London.
