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- 2014 was the year of Russell Brand – or, @RustyRockets in the popular culture
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- And a sugar-fuelled ‘recovery’ in the economy
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- The banks were still a sea of red, if you looked
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- While #DigitalBritain struggled for life and reasonable working conditions
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- Vladimir Putin put his hand back on bits of eastern Europe
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- And surveillance technologies were a persistent concern for many
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- Especially if you were in the middle of the conversations about them
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- The Hillsborough Inquest, finally, finally looked as if it would reveal a fair picture of the Sheffield stadium disaster from 1989
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- Monty Python was revived although Nigel Farage is yet to be squashed
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- Sir Cyril Smith’s crimes against small boys and the law were re-exumed
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- Even Cliff Richard was implicated in ths stories about #ElmGuestHouse
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- The Americans and Chinese continued to buy up whichever parts of the UK the Govt could still sell
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- Farage and UKIP boosted some old attitudes towards ‘others’ – this did not feel good or wise
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- And speaking party politically, everything moved rightwards, including Labour and the hapless Mr Miliband
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- Andy Coulson (Ex News Intl and PM’s Head of Comms) saw jailtime for phonehacking – he was barely in for longer than England lasted in the world cup
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- The Child Abuse Inquiry was announced – and ran straight into trouble
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- The 100 year anniversary of World War One provided light relief (#joke)
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- Scotland narrowly failed to vote for independence from the UK (who could have blamed them?)
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- Everyone was cross about this
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- Conservative MP Brooks Newmark embarrased himself in paisley pyjamas as the next leader campaign hotted up inside the Conservative party
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- Children in need had a lot of deeper meanings this year
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- The Dad’s Army film revival followed Monty Python and UKIP
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- Infact, a lot of the year did seem to be about remembrance – and less about the now
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- Grooming the news, if you like
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- And we all know what’s coming after next year’s election
A selection of political cartoons about the year of 2014 in the UK.
