It somehow feels appropriate that a reality TV show called The Traitors has become the sleeper hit to round off 2022.
For the knives have been out at many key moments in this whirlwind of a political year, particularly in the halls of power at Westminster.
Boris Johnson fell on his sword as Prime Minister after his once faithful fellow Conservative MPs turned against him, finally fed up with his mishandling of a raft of controversies from Partygate to Pinchergate.
