Omnishambles

[2] The term, coined by writer Tony Roche, was first used at the end of the first episode of the third series of BBC political satire The Thick of It, broadcast in 2009, during which Nicola Murray (Rebecca Front) is drafted in as a cabinet minister for the fictional Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship at the behest of the government's director of communications Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi).

Tucker sends Murray to launch a by-election campaign, but a communications error results in her standing in front of candidate Liam Bentley's poster and blocking most of the letters so the sign appears to read "I am bent" (British slang that in this context means corrupt) as she is filmed and photographed.

You're like that coffee machine, you know: from bean to cup, you fuck up.The term was popularised by Labour Party leader and Leader of the Opposition Ed Miliband MP in a speech to the House of Commons during Prime Minister's Questions on 18 April 2012, criticising the government's 2012 budget and the resulting public image:[4][5] On charities, the reality is that the Prime Minister is not making the rich worse off.

It was adapted for use in Scottish politics by Labour MSP Richard Baker, who referred to First Minister Alex Salmond's refusal to admit to a lack of legal advice on an independent Scotland's accession to the European Union as a "Scomnishambles".

[20] A similar term, "Romneyshambles" was created as a political attack during the 2012 United States presidential election, based on comments Republican Party nominee Mitt Romney made criticizing London's preparations for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

[2] The term re-emerged following the 2017 United Kingdom general election, which produced a hung parliament, and was used to describe Conservative efforts to form a confidence-and-supply agreement with the Democratic Unionist Party.