The year in City PM front pages
As 2022 comes to a close, we look back on how the turbulent last 12 months were reported on from our very own newsroom.
It would be fair to say the last year has been a tumultuous one.
It started with the ending of pandemic restrictions and the onset of a cost of living crisis.
This was exacerbated by the deadly invasion of Ukraine by Russia, embedding an energy problem.
The UK signed Brexit deals and looked for new energy solutions, including nuclear and renewables, before political upheaval dominated much of the second half of 2022.
Partygate and other scandals stole headlines, before the Tory party turned toxic, and sour with three prime ministers and five chancellors, in a matter of weeks.
Industrial action has turned a summer of disruption into a winter of discontent, while the economy violently swung towards recession and record-high inflation.
The year was perhaps punctuated by the death of Her Majesty the Queen aged 96, and the period of national mourning that ensued, before political and economic chaos engulfed Britain.
We reflect on how 2022 was captured in front pages and headlines, through the lens of our editor Andy Silvester News Editor Ben Lucas.
Let us know which is your most memorable one!
12 Jan: ‘Where’s Boris?’
13 Jan: ‘The not so magnificent seven’
20 Jan: ‘It’s back to the office… as Boris clings on to his’
17 Feb: ‘Now even THAT’s going up’
24 Feb: ‘War in Europe’
17 March: ‘Well that’s a shippy thing to do’
8 April: ‘Britain goes nuclear’
26 April: ‘Twit twit twooed’
29 April: ‘Green is good’
11 May: ‘WANTED – a plan for economic growth’
26 May – ‘Welcome to the booze at 10’
26 May – ‘Would the last free marketeer to leave the Tory party please turn out the lights’
31 May – ‘Sorry we missed you’
6 June – ‘Boris peers into the unknown’
27 Jun – ‘All Rise’
28 Jun – ‘Pump Fiction’
6 July – ‘Boris on the brink’
8 July – ‘Them’s the breaks’
14 July – ‘Shit Show’
23 August – ‘Bad News, Good News’
25 Aug – ‘Fears for beers’
8 September – ‘Thank you, Ma’am’
20 September – Queens funeral
27 September – ‘Stress Test’
5 October – ‘Boom’
20 October – ‘Truss: I’ll fight on’
3 November – ‘Glencore: Bribes, Jets and Regrets’
17 November – ‘This is going to hurt’
18 November – ‘Jeremy Hunt’s nightmare before Christmas’
14 December – ‘It’s beginning to look a lot like chaos’
That’s all folks…