2013
Clegg will take questions on a radio phone-in every Thursday morning. He says "You can't do the right thing in government unless you keep in touch with how people are thinking and feeling". Oh dear.
Investigations are under way to try to find out how beefburgers on sale in supermarkets including Tesco and Iceland became contaminated with horsemeat. 
Cameron pushes the nationalist button, saying British people must "have their say" on the EU, promising to renegotiate UK's relationship with the EU, BEFORE any vote. 
ex-minister Chris Huhne finally admits perverting the course of justice over claims his ex-wife took speeding points for him
Appeal Court judges agree with a university graduate Cait Reilly's claim that unpaid job schemes at a Poundland supermarket were illegal.
Adele wins a best original song Oscar for Skyfall. Meanwhile, the pound sinks after the loss of the UK's top AAA credit rating. Osborne is unrepentant. 
Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce are due to be sentenced for perverting the course of justice over a driving dispute.
The septuagenarian Rolling Stones announce they are to headline Glastonbury
Pyongyang seeks to grab international attention by announcing an imminent rocket test.
Lord Lawson calls for the UK to leave the EU, predicting any changes achieved by Cameron's promised renegotiations would be "inconsequential". Meanwhile, Cameron is still reeling after losing support to Farage's UKIP.
British Gas increases prices again amid predictions of energy shortages and huge company profits. 
Latest figures show the budget deficit refuses to reduce despite Osborne's Austerity Britain biting hard. This has consequences for the promised reduction in overall debt. 
Ed Miliband gets populist, promising a freeze on energy companies' prices and profits if elected. The energy companies - all too predictably - cry wolf and threaten power cuts and all sorts of armageddon.
