2012
The Greek economy and way of life looks under serious threat despite repeated Eurozone attempts to shore up the economy.Eurozone 
Diane Abbott's comments on Twitter cause racial tension. To make it worse, she claims to support hapless Ed Miliband's leadership.
Well, I said I'd never use The Scream as a pastiche, but - hey - it was sold this week for a record price. And it coincided with the election results from hell for Cameron and his team. Yes ,the granny and pasty taxes caught up with him. 
Greece; will it, won't it? Will it have a choice? See also my blog; http://www.andydavey.com/blog/2012/05/15/the-euro-crisis-made-simple 
Increasingly populist Cameron lays into EU red tape in a Davos speech, saying "unnecessary measures" from Brussels burden businesses and destroy jobs. 
England manager Fabio Capello may have breached his contract by publicly criticising the FA who are "taking the matter very seriously".
The ECHR has backed the extradition of Abu Hamza from the UK to the US. He flies out pronto.
Employment minister, Chris Grayling urges companies to give a job to "the surly young man in a hoodie". 
The Olympics flame is lit in Greece, while the benighted country endures untold austerity and increased public and private poverty
UK economy shrank more in first quarter than previous estimate. Under Cameron's Plan A, the country is performing worse than the eurozone.
Prince Philip, in hospital with a bladder infection, missed the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Or did he?
The Queen and former IRA commander Martin McGuinness shake hands for the first time in a very loaded symbolic gesture.
Cameron privately carpets whip Andrew Mitchell over allegations that the latter called Downing Street police guards "plebs". Regardless of the truth, it made the public-shool-heavy cabinet look very unsavoury. 
Di Matteo sacked by Abramovich's Chelsea after just eight months in charge, despite collecting Champions League and FA Cups. Next up, Rafael Benitez. 
The Queen becomes the first monarch since 1781 to attend a cabinet meeting in Downing Street. Well, wouldn't you ask Clegg the same thing?
Britain's only two pandas, on loan from China, have a 36-hour "window" in which to mate. It doesn't look hopeful. Meanwhile, Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone exchange insults on air in the run-up to the London Mayoral elections. 
RBS chief piggy Stephen Hester yields to pressure and turns down £1m bonus but the coalition refuses to block bonuses to other RBS executives. 
Cameron makes the case for the Union while visiting a porridge factory in Scotland. SNP’s Alex Salmond denounces Cameron's arguments and seems to outflank him at every turn, leaving him in the sticky stuff.
A bad week for Cameron. It rained in Biblical fashion. And to make matters worse, the country re-entered recession. It had been predicted for a long while, but Cameron and Osborne refused to listen.
