Know Your Enemy

"In the immediate aftermath of the election, no one knew quite what to expect of this new management squad, although they've turned out to be old-school Thatcherite bastards, but with the addition of a few pained-looking liberal faces, forced to smile on camera like unenthusiastic members of a mad redneck cannibal family having to pose for a group portrait. For the hope-depleted population at large, it's all just one more helping of hot shit soup, which doesn't taste any better for containing a few apologetic croutons."

Charlie Brooker skewers the coalition government as part of his review of the year.