Predictions for 2011

Eight UK political predictions for 2011:

1. Labour will make huge gains at the local elections in May, mostly at the expense of the Lib Dems.

2. Labour will use their gains to start to question the legitimacy of the Coalition to govern, the BBC will provide them with a platform

3. The Coalition will not last the whole year. The local election results will prove too much for many LibDems

4. At least one LibDem MP will join Labour

5. Following the Coalition split the Conservatives will govern as a minority government and will thus be blamed for all the economic woes of the country

6. The Conservative government will fall and at the subsequent general election Labour will be the largest single party. The resultant horse-trading will be very lengthy

7. David Cameron will not survive as Conservative leader beyond the general election

8. Nick Clegg will not survive as Lib Dem leader beyond the general election, he will be replaced by Simon Hughes



Three foreign political predictions for 2011:
1. Barack Obama's popularity will continue to wane but the US media will rally around

2. The Republicans in the US Congress will gather strength but Sarah Palin's increasing popularity will cause them problems with the media

3. The Irish general election will result in a large increase in votes for Sinn Fein

4. The South of Sudan will vote in the 9 January referendum to secede from Sudan; the result will be bloody



Five economic predictions for 2011:
1. The UK economy will worsen: unemployment up, inflation up, growth negative, debt up

2. The EuroZone economy will worsen: unemployment up, inflation up, growth negative, debt up

3. The US economy will worsen: unemployment up, inflation up, growth negative, debt up

4. The Pound, Euro and US Dollar will all weaken against the Swiss Franc, Japanese Yen and Chinese Yuan

5. Gold will increase in price to reach USD 2000 by the end of 2011


Five BBC related predictions for 2011:
1. The BBC will become ever more blatantly biased in favour of the Labour party, the Conservatives will finally realise how serious a problem this is but do nothing to address the problem

2. The BBC will continue to push for the withdrawal of British armed forces from Afghanistan

3. The BBC will continue to vilify Israel at every opportunity and revel in further attacks on Israel

4. The BBC will continue to favour Islam over any other religion

5. The BBC will continue to support Barack Obama and push his successes whilst minimising his setbacks


10 Miscellaneous predictions for 2011:
1. An Islamic jihadist attack in 'the West' will succeed and hundreds will die but still 'the West' will not acknowledge the reality of the threat from Islam

2. Iran will continue its move to become a nuclear power and the UN will take no significant action

3. The Man Made Climate Change religion adherents will become more vocal in their claims and will increase their hold on the western world's politics, despite the increasing evidence to the contrary

4. The Sun will reach Solar Max and some of the Earth's communication systems will be adversely affected

5. The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is disrupted by malcontents

6. Simon Cowell decides that he now has enough money, gives up his dreadful shows and retires; TV immediately gets more watchable (more of a hope than an expectation, this one)

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8. England will get to the final of the Rugby World Cup but lose there

9. Andy Murray will not win the Wimbledon title

10. NotaSheep will continue to blog