- General Election in UK – Labour landslide. PM – Sir Keir Starmer. (No great change in policies from the Tory government that Labour will replace).
- US politics will continue to be dominated by Donald Trump
- In the US Presidential election in November there will be victory for the Republican Party.
- AI/Deepfakes have a significant effect in electoral politics.
- Conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine unresolved by end of 2024.
- No progress for those wanting marriage equality in the Church of England.
- Twitter goes bust or is sold or both.
- The world will be warmer in 2024 than ever before.
- Another country will join Nato.
- A new agreement is reached between the UK and Greece on the Elgin/Parthenon Marbles that opens the door for at least some of them to be displayed in Athens.
One response to “Wars and rumours of wars”
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Another beautiful and eminently sensible blogpost, Kelvin. Though, I’m trying to think of Scottish values. “Fair play, cricket and a stiff upper lip” being famous *English* prep school virtues (though Anglo-Saxon territory was mostly won through betrayal of hospitality anathema to the Celts, countries the English colonised beat them at their own game, and the Japanese have a lot more self-control than English football hooligans abroad and loutish lords throughout history). It’s just not on to rewrite UK cultural/ colonial history in this manner. The ancient rivalries on these islands have been devious and twisted and the evils we’ve done to each other are only outweighed by the havoc we’ve combined to wreak abroad. And all of our history only proves your main point: attempt to counter values with the sword and they will thrive despite you. For good, or for ill.
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