Michael White's political year Subscribe HERE: bitly.com Michael White recalls a year in which Ed Miliband's Labour came back from the dead to take the initiative from a government plagued by 'omnishambles', 'plebgate', 'pastygate', the fallout from George Osborne's budget and Nick Clegg's apology. The Leveson report, the jubilee, Boris Johnson's re-election and a worsening crisis in the eurozone also meant a busy year for political journalists.