Anthony Scaramucci tops 'least powerful people' list

An Oscar, a Grammy, a Nobel peace prize - some accolades are so prestigious people can devote their entire lives to winning one.

Yet there is now an arguably less desirable distinction to be earned by celebrities and public figures, one most will want to avoid: ending up on 24/7 Wall St's list of the World's Least Powerful People.

The rollcall of 50 public figures - a play on Forbes's annual Most Powerful People in the World list - features "well-known individuals around the world who have recently experienced a precipitous loss in stature".

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Top spot goes to Anthony "The Mooch" Scaramucci, the brash, boisterous former financier who lasted just ten days as Donald Trump's communications director.

Scaramucci came in with a bang and then was gone after a profanity-laden tirade to a New Yorker reporter.

It gets worse: "In the midst of his brief stint in the White House, Scaramucci’s wife filed for divorce," 24/7 Wall St.

In what was probably judged to be a distant second place is Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, who suffered a significant fall from grace in the past year.

After a failed challenge against Trump for the Republican candidacy, Christie "fawned over the bombastic billionaire" following his shock victory in the presidential election, the site writes.

Many believe the Governor was a frontrunner for a place in Trump's administration but he was dropped in favour of Mike Pence. After photos emerged of him relaxing on a beach that he had closed to the public, there was little that could be done to save his reputation.

Elsewhere in the top five is former FBI director James Comey, who in the space of six months went from controlling the US's federal police force to being used as a 6ft 8in pawn in a political chess game.

Tiger Woods also makes an appearance on the list, with 24/7 Wall St justifying his inclusion with his remarkably long run without a major tournament victory following reports of his infidelity in 2009.

Readers have to trek all the way to 23rd place before finding the highest-ranked Brit on the list - Prime Minister Theresa May, who makes the cut following her disastrous decision to call an early general election this year.

A resurgent Labour Party under leader Jeremy Corbyn saw a shock turnaround resulting in the PM losing her majority in a gamble that "backfired", writes the site.