Reply to: Your predictions for the New Year

[Doggy Styles]

Chelsea in crisis as Roman Abramovich goes bust.

Gordon Brown calls a general election, and wins it on the "not our fault/you need an experienced man" ticket.

Income tax is raised by 5p in the pound.

Gerrard gets injured, so Liverpool's title challenge fades away.

The IMF goes bust, until it implements Gordon Brown's advice and goes to itself for a handout.

[Cheshire Cat]

a) state funeral for Thatcher, as she finally shuffles off the mortal coil.
b) state execution for Brown, as he finally scuttles the sterling coin.

[DiscoStu]

A senior judge, with a meteoric rise under new labour, to commit suicide after being implicated in a scandal involving drugs, prostitution and politics, which then leads to several major cases being reopened, convictions quashed, and eventually the government losing a vote of confidence.

I do love a scandal Tell more!!

[Purple Dalek]

A senior judge, with a meteoric rise under new labour, to commit suicide after being implicated in a scandal involving drugs, prostitution and politics, which then leads to several major cases being reopened, convictions quashed, and eventually the government losing a vote of confidence.

[SantaClaus]

- Euro and pound reach parity
- Recession gets worse
- We win the BN66 judicial review
- SantaClaus becomes a millionaire forex trader

[MrMark]

Going to go out on a limb and say two general elections this year! A spring one, which will result in a hung Parliament, and an autumn one after that collapses, in which the Conservatives will win big.

Interesting prediction - A repeat of 1974, in which the roles are reversed? Could well happen. All we need now is for the government to force us onto a 3 day week (and this doesn't look beyond them) and the comparison is complete.

[deano]

Man. Utd will win the Premiership and Champions League again.

Going to go out on a limb and say two general elections this year! A spring one, which will result in a hung Parliament, and an autumn one after that collapses, in which the Conservatives will win big.

Sasguru will have poor health this year as potato blight becomes rife.

[ace00]

b) Real Madrid to beat Liverpool
.

Ridiculous. Torres will put them to the sword, along with their 3rd rate new manager.

It should be:

b) Liverpool to win the premier league

[AtW]

Northern Rock shareholders win their court case on Jan 13th but also go to the European Court of Human Rights for proper compensation in 2030

[Cyberman]

Labour will call an election in February

Official Unemployment will reach 3 million by the end of 2009

House prices will stabilise by the end of 2009

Interest rates will fall to 0.25% by February 2009

The pound will improve against the Euro by the end of 2009

Aston Villa to finish second in the Premiership to Man Utd

Labour will go the IMF for a bail-out if they win the election

Northern Rock shareholders win their court case on Jan 13th but also go to the European Court of Human Rights for proper compensation

[pmeswani]

a) guru will be out of his City job
b) most hedge funds will be closed
c) Labour won't call the elections
d) SKA will reach definitive success

c) AndyW will become Prime Minister in 2009.

HTH.

I go for c every time.

[swamp]

a) El Gordo to call a Summer election... and win
b) Liverpool to beat Real Madrid, in last minute of extra time
c) House Prices to tank in Tory-shire
d) BOE to be taken over by Starbucks

[Platypus]

We shall find out next year, I might be wrong on one of them though...

Your best hope is to be right on (c)

[AtW]

Wrong x4

We shall find out next year, I might be wrong on one of them though...

[Platypus]

a) guru will be out of his City job
b) most hedge funds will be closed
c) Labour won't call the elections
d) SKA will reach definitive success

Wrong x4