As the dust settles on another wild one, let POLITICO help you reminisce by rattling through, in no particular order, the 37 words on every extremely-online political type’s lips this year.
TWO-TIER JUSTICE: A big talking point of comeback kid Nigel Farage and his fans. They argued that the British justice system treated white and far-right people more harshly, a theory described by one top cop this year as “nonsense” and a sign that “people don’t want to listen to the facts.” Welcome to the 2020s, pal.
ELON: The Musk man Farage desperately wanted to woo — and Prime Minister Keir Starmer desperately wanted to mute on X. A noted scholar on the finer points of the British justice system.
GAMBLEGATE: Member of a deeply unpopular party heading for electoral oblivion? May as well make *checks notes* £500 on the way out.
STORM SHADOW: A huge and serious debate about deepening U.K. involvement in Ukraine centered on missiles with a Bond villain name. Allowed lots of boring political journalists to feel like they were in a film for a little bit.
SUPERMAJORITY: Known by normies as a “working majority,” Sunak tried out this one to terrify pensioners about an unchecked, rabidly Marxist Starmer on the loose.
