Firstly, last years predictions:
- The economy will really start to recover, growing by 1% overall this year. 1 point
- Along with the economy, the Government's fortunes will improve slightly. Polls at the end of the year will be around 38% Labour, 34% Tory, 12% LibDem, 8% UKIP. Pretty close. 1 point.
- Chris Huhne will not go to prison, but he will not return to Government either. 0 points.
- Fernando Alonso will win the World Championship, from Sebastien Vettel. 0 points.
- Lewis Hamilton will win at least one race this year in his new Mercedes. Spot on, 1 point.
- Andrew Mitchell will be exonerated of 'plebgate' and the officer who made the allegations will be found out. Mr Mitchell will return to Government in a mini reshuffle in the late summer. 1/2 point.
- Kate Middleton's baby will be a girl and will carry the name of Elizabeth and Diana in some order. 0 points.
- There will be a monetary scandal involving a cabinet minister forcing them to resign. 0 points.
- David Miliband will agree to join the Labour front bench. 0 points.
- The Eurozone will have a fresh crisis in September when everyone is convinced the problems have been solved. 0 points.
Overall, 3.5 points out of 10. Not very good. Oh well, maybe 2014 will be better!
And now for this year's predictions:
- The economy will grow by 2.5% to 3% this year.
- The opinion polls will end the year at 36% Tory, 35% Labour, 12% LibDem, 10% UKIP.
- The European elections will give Labour the lead, UKIP 2nd (just behind), Tories 3rd and LibDems 4th.
- Lewis Hamilton will win the F1 World Championship.
- The Ferrari power plant will be bad, leading to Alonso ditching them and joining McLaren for 2015.
- Tony Blair will speak out against Ed Miliband's leadership.
- Vince Cable will resign or be sacked (hopefully).
- Peter Mandelson will do Strictly.
- Scotland will vote against independence.
- Gordon Brown will announce he's leaving parliament in 2015.
Let's see how I do this year,
Squiffy
No comments:
Post a Comment