On 1 January I made predictions for the coming year. Time to see how I got on.
1 – General Election in the second half of the year.
Well, no we didn’t and the government linger on. Not right
2 – “…and as the polls close, our exit poll predicts that the Conservative Party is unlikely to be able to form a new government…”
Well, the government did linger on of a fashion. N/A
3 – The next but one leader of the Conservative Party becomes Ruth Davidson MP.
Too soon to tell. Not right yet.
4 – The hipsters get bored of vinyl and discover cameras with actual, you know, film.
In September, I happened upon three or four hipster types from Denmark in the cathedral grounds taking photographs for a fashion shoot in Belgium. They had stopped shooting for a moment…. to reload film canasters. Right – but likely to become more common yet.
5 – No date for a new referendum on Scottish Independence.
No date for a new referendum and no great call for one either. Right.
6 – No progress for LGBT affirming Anglicans in England.
Sadly correct. Right
7 – Progress for LGBT affirming Anglicans elsewhere, particularly Brazil.
Stunning progress in Brazil – marriage agreed by huge majority on synod floor. (And who else saw that coming!) Right.
8 – Increasing realisation that sexual abuse is part of church culture. #churchtoo #metoo.
Yes – meetings happening all over the place trying to work out how to respond. Few coherent policies yet. Right.
9 – FTSE lower at the end of 2018 than it is at the beginning. (7687)
As I write this the FTSE is at 6728 – worst year in a decade. Right
10 – The end of the beard.
Those with style, manners and culture have seen the error of their ways and shaved. A few young and misguided types cling on. Completely and utterly right.
Not a bad year, I think.
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