2010
The Conservatives launch their election manifesto at Battersea Power Station, promising to give people more power and reduce the role of the state. The location has been used before; the infamous escaping flying pig blimp photographed for Pink Floyd's "Animals" album
Bosses of some of the UK's biggest firms have backed Conservative plans to axe part of Labour's planned National Insurance rise if they win power. The 23 - including Marks & Spencer's and Next's bosses - said the 1% NI increase would be a "tax on jobs" an
X Factor Brown; Brown tries a last ditch attempt to woo the voters before inevitable defeat. Another comedy act waits in the wings.
Now What? The public expresses the view through the ballot box that, well, it doesn;t like any of them very much thank you. Now it's up to them to sort it out. 
Exit with Radiator; Brown clings on for a while under the illusion that the Lib Dems might form a coalition with Labour. He has to be prised out of Downing Street.
Bring Me Sunshine; two clowns decide to form a double act.
Clegg Fag; By continually rubbishing Brown, Clegg delivers power to Cameron. The Head Boy will not give any thanks or favours to the fag, however.
Learners; a new crop of MPs arrives at Westminster.
RIP New Labour; Mandy, the midwife of the dread-child that was New Labour, lurks around and acts as its undertaker too. Ashes to Ashes.
Punch & Judy; Cameron's promise to end "Punch and Judy Politics" lasts at least a week. He and Harman battle unceremoniously in the Commons.
Doctor Osborne; "This is going to hurt you more than it does me", says Dr Osborne, but such surgery to the British body politic is essential you know. "We're all in it together" after all. 
Hague Trekker; William Hague gets the top job of Foreign Secretary. 
Trident; who's going to pay for it? "Not me"
Naomi Trips; blood diamonds were in the eyes of Naomi Campbell it seems. 
Clegg Takes Over for a holiday period but he won;t be allowed to use scissors or switch on the computer.
Task Force One; more cuts to the defence budget mean that any ideas of Task Forces are history. 
Miliband's Shadow; The surprise candidate wins the Labour leadership against all odds. But the shadow of his brother will doubtless always be there, lurking.
Ed Voodoo; Is David really happy that his little brother own the leadership?
Child Benefit; Child benefit - a universal benefit - may become means tested.
Bad Fat Cat; Osborne gets REALLY tough with the banks.
Retirement Age; it looks set to increase to 67, 68, who knows.
Defence Treaty; Sarko arrives in London to sign a defence pact making Nationalist noises. Inauspicious start to it all. 
Obama Congress; despite his landslide victory, it is still nigh on impossible for Obama to get anything through Congress. They said they wanted change, but it looks less clear now. 
Wills & Kate at the Abbey; the happy couple take a look around the local parish church and decide on dates. 
Cowen & the Leprechaun; Ireland runs out of money again. What to do?
Clegg Demo; Clegg's U-turn on student fees does him no favours amid the student demos in London. 
Snowy Happiness; in themidst of a very cold snap when everything looks pretty bleak, Cameron decides to conduct a happiness poll. 
UK, the Fat Man of Europe; no surprise there. Still, we have risen from the Sick Man or Europe in the 1970s to the Fat Man of Europe in the 2010s.
