Politicians like Tony Blair and recently David Cameron deserve to be congratulated because over some years they have helped to usher in a vision for the measuring of national wellbeing.
In a short, gracious speech the mayor, still hoarse from a nasty cold, congratulated Mr Garcia for a "good race" and called him a "good man" with whom he is looking forward to debating in the weeks ahead.
By the end, I'm not sure whether their parents should be ashamed or congratulated".Architecting" was next on the schedule.
Turnout was a record 80%.The opposition candidate conceded defeat in a speech to his supporters and congratulated the president on his victory.
Liu Chuanzhi, chairman of Legend, China's biggest computer-maker, which is listed in Hong Kong, publicly congratulated him on his release.
The Universities of Sussex and East Anglia congratulated him on his results, with Sussex, adding "we've got a few spaces left in Clearing".
In July last year, not long after Miliband's misadventures with a bacon sandwich, the Labour leader congratulated Cameron for making "his name as leader of the opposition for some fantastic photos, like hanging out with huskies in the Arctic Circle", and said he deliberately didn't seek to compete with the former Carlton TV PR man with such visual spin.
But cracks are appearing in this strategy, and Carr should be congratulated for slamming the groups and power centres that aim to continue this dysfunctional alliance.
Many members congratulated Yellen on her confirmation and praised her historic ascent as the first woman to lead the Fed.
Brown – whose husband, the former prime minister Gordon Brown, had earlier praised Malala at the event in New York – congratulated the Pakistani government for passing a law making primary school education mandatory.
More recently, Woman's Hour's Dame Jenni Murray, after worrying about class betrayal, decided that a damehood is worth the suspension of certain personal misgivings, an accommodation for which she was congratulated by Dame Joan Bakewell.
