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  • Predictions 2025

    1. Good results for Nigel Farage following the English local elections in May. Terrible results for Conservative Party.
    2. No progress towards the marriage of same-sex couples in the Church of England
    3. Turbulent year for WordPress, which powers about half of the internet.
    4. 2025 will be the hottest year on record.
    5. No trade deal for UK with US. Increasing talk of re-aligning economy closer to EU.
    6. Ceasefire in Russia-Ukraine war but no long term solution.
    7. “Assisted Dying” aka doctor assisted suicide becomes legal in at least one of the jurisdictions of the British Isles.
    8. Turbulent year for economy but stock market higher at end of year than beginning. (FTSE currently at 8,173)
    9. There will be fewer Commonwealth Realms (ie countries which share the monarchy) by the end of 2025 than there are now.
    10. Philip Mountstephen.

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