My predictions for 2012

My predictions for 2012 are;

 

1.    Hungry will default. Europe can afford this but expect more turmoil.

 

2.    The Euro will survive against all odds. They will do whatever they can in the end to save the currency against all sense.

 

3.    Iran will have its nuclear installations bombed by the United States, If they don't then Israel will.

 

4.    Again No Lib Dem MP's will walk the floor and join Labour

 

5.    Again, Bracknell Town centre will still not have the new town centre it so needs.

 

6.    No new guitar bands will have a number one record. A reflection on the lack of promotion of guitar bands and investment by record companies in general instead favouring individual artists and TV program winners.

 

7.    Ed Milliand will still be leader. Yes I know a big risk with that prediction.

 

8.    2012 Olympics will be a massive success and transport problems won't be all that bad.

 

9.    England will go out in the Quarter finals of the Euros with only 10 men left in the match.

 

10. Barack Obama will win the US election and Sarkozy will only just win the French presidential elections.

 

Right now sit back and watch 6 out of 10 of these come true.

How did I do in last year’s predictions I made for 2011

 

A bit late I know but what can I say, I'm a busy man.

 

Anyway how did I do in last year's predictions I made for 2011.

 

1. Piersmorgan will win his twitter war with Lord Sugar and gain more followers on twitter. Because of his new job hosting the US talk show on CNN, replacing Larry King. Well this never seems to end, however Piersmorgan does have more followers now than Lord Sugar. So I believe I got this one right.

 

2.Labour will have more council seats than the Tories after the local elections this year. Gaining from Lib Dems and the Tories. Well the coalition did do badly in the local elections as expected. Well wrong here, Labour did gain 900 seats but the Tories did very well with most of the gains coming from the Lib Dems.

 

3.The No's will win the vote on AV - The yes campaign really needs to step up its game. Indeed and the Yes campaign never did, hence a beating of 3 to 1. Oh well there is always a next time or maybe not. Right here unfortunately.

 

4.North Korea will do something crazy, again resulting in loss of life. Well a certain leader of North Korea did die, but I'm not sure I can claim this as North Korea doing something crazy. Surprisingly there was no attacks on the South Korea Navy or bombardments of South Korea islands.

 

5. A premiership football club will go into administration. Nope, Portsmouth was in administration in 2010 so I guess this has already happened.

 

6. Ed Miliband will still be Labour leader throughout the year and will lead in the polls all year. Well mostly right, Ed is still there but in some polls he has been less popular than Nick Clegg and the Tories actually went ahead of Labour in the December polls due to David Camerons action in Europe.

 

7. No matter what happens to the AV vote. The coalition will stick together. Yep, Got a bit nasty but it's all forgotten, for now anyway.

 

8. No Lib Dem MP's will walk the floor and join Labour. Of course this is the case same again for 2012 I think.

 

9. There will not be a double dip recession in the UK. Not yet anyway, so correct for 2011. The economy is just hanging on in there.

 

10. Again, Bracknell Town centre will still not have the new town centre it so needs. Correct again, no real surprise here, same again for 2012.

 

6/10 not bad.

 

2012 predictions will of course follow.

 

My predictions for 2011

This years predictions is a little tricky as there is no general election to speculate on (I hope). But lets see how I get on this time.

 

1. Piersmorgan will win his twitter war with Lord Sugar and gain more followers on twitter. Because of his new job hosting the US talk show on CNN, replacing Larry King.

 

2.Labour will have more council seats than the Tories after the local elections this year. Gaining from Lib Dems and the Tories.

 

3.The No's will win the vote on AV - The yes campaign really needs to step up it's game.

 

4.North Korea will do something crazy, again resulting in loss of life.

 

5. A premiership football club will go into administration.

 

6. Ed Miliband will still be Labour leader throughout the year and will lead in the polls all year.

 

7. No matter what happens to the AV vote. The coalition will stick together.

 

8. No Lib Dem MP's will walk the floor and join Labour.

 

9. There will not be a double dip recession in the UK.

 

10. Again, Bracknell Town centre will still not have the new town centre it so needs

My 2010 predictions. How did I do?

Last Year I made my predictions for 2010. Later I will be making my predictions for 2011.

 

So how did I do;

 

1. Both the Greens and UKIP will have there first MP's after the election in Caroline Lucas and Nigel Farage. < Really two predictions, one of which was right. I was surprised at how badly Nigel Farage did. I really thought he was a more popular politician. Nigel Farage came 3rd (17.4%) in the end behind John Stevens who ran for Campaign for Democracy (21.4%), No mean feat for Stevens. John Bercow won with 47.3% of the vote.

2. Lib dems will lose a number of seats in the South West but will gain others ending up with about the same number of MP's (63). < Well I was kind of right. Lib Dems lost 3 seats in the South West. but despite increasing their vote by 1% managed to lose 5 seats overall.

3. The Tories will win the next general election with a very small majority. <Wrong, 36 short of a majority.

4. England will lose on penalties in the Simi final of the World Cup.<ha ha ha, why did I bother, see my blog Fundamental change required for English.

5. A premiership football club will go into administration. <Portsmouth, almost. I'm going to put this on into 2011. Its got to happen sooner, surely.

6. A major Conservative blogger will stop blogging after the general election. <Well in the end there was plenty, not least Iain Dale. It took some a why. A better prediction would of been a made on the Libertarian blogger front.

7. A singer from one of Simon Cowells shows will be number one again for Christmas. <step forward Matt Cardle, winner of the Xfactor.

8. The general election will be in May. < Not a shock really.

9. The new Doctor Who actor, Matt Smith will help Doctor Who become even more popular than it was with David Tennant. <It appears I was wrong, see here.

10.Bracknell Town centre will still not have the new town centre it so needs. <Well a dead cert. I will keep this prediction to, I can't see it ever happening.

10 Predictions for 2010

Many predictions for 2010 have already been made by bloggers and I can't resist adding my own. So here are my predictions for 2010;


1. Both the Greens and UKIP will have there first MP’s after the election in Caroline Lucas and Nigel Farage

2. Lib dems will lose a number of seats in the South West but will gain others ending up with about the same number of MP’s (63)

3. The Tories will win the next general election with a very small majority.

4. England will lose on penalties in the Simi final of the World Cup.

5. A premiership football club will go into administration.

6. A major Conservative blogger will stop blogging after the general election.

7. A singer from one of Simon Cowells shows will be number one again for Christmas.

8. The general election will be in May.

9. The new Doctor Who actor, Matt Smith will help Doctor Who become even more popular than it was with David Tennant.

10.Bracknell Town centre will still not have the new town centre it so needs.

Whatever happens I hope you all have a good new year.