The Twittersphere was set alight last night with streams of congratulations and comments about the Charity Awards (@charity_awards).

Special mention must go to @tomps_of_london who took a shine to the new minister for civil society:

“Following last nights awards, I now have a crush on Nick Hurd MP,” she tweeted. “Incredibly handsome chap in a tux. Nearly as good as Jon Snow...”

And @AbigailSPaul tweeted @kathviner: "Politics may be devoid of female leaders but at least charity sector has some - JRF CE wins 2010 leadership award @charity_awards"

See more comments on the night at #charityawards