Consolation prize to poor BO? Who are these people on the selection committee? Wonder how much their pockets got “padded”?
The leader of the committee is Thorbjørn Jagland, a Norwegian Labour Party politician who is a big fan of ‘Socialist International’, started his career in something called the Worker’ Youth League, and who is the current Secretary General of the Council of Europe. A definitive lefty.
The committee also includes Ågot Valle, who is a Norwegian politician in the Socialist Left Party. There are a few somewhat conservative members of the committee as well, but they are essentially all politicians, which is why this should be called the Nobel Politician Prize.