"You can hear the sighs of relief. Not from the MPs who are packing up to slope back to their constituencies for the Christmas recess, but from the rest of the country. Finally, the year is coming to an end and there will be few chances for our politicians to do any further damage before they return to Westminster in January."
"After a member of the Downing Street team rang up various political editors to say that Wes Streeting, Shabana Mahmood and Ed Miliband were all mounting a leadership challenge against Keir Starmer, Keir Starmer announced that he would be setting up an inquiry into why someone he had authorised to speak to the media had done as he asked. Normally, he can count on his own team's disloyalty."
2025 was a chaotic political year with repeated scandals, missteps, and self-inflicted controversies that exhausted public patience. MPs prepared to leave for the Christmas recess while the public felt relief at reduced opportunities for further political damage. A final ritual involved a satirical 'parliamentarian of the year' award shared by the prime minister and chancellor after a Downing Street call triggered claims of a leadership challenge. Keir Starmer launched an inquiry into a leak he had authorised, and Rachel Reeves launched an inquiry into her own reversal on an income tax proposal. Angela Rayner emerged as the clear winner of a taxation-related prize.
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