2021 predictions

[JanetSnakeholeMacklin]

Inspired by the 2020 predictions thread, in which NO ONE predicted a global pandemic , and Prince Philip didn't die, here's a place for your 2021 predictions:

I'll come back after I've had a think and tried very hard to be psychic.

Prince Philip will remain hale and hearty and full of beans.

Okay here's mine:

Boris won't be PM by the end of the year

The Tories will try and roll out some kind of austerity and will bugger everything up

Prince Philip will not die

Loads of businesses will move to the EU. And more will go bust.

We'll get loads of snow in the new year. Loads!

Trump will die.

Trump will die.

I hope he ends up in prison first. There are so many people queuing up to sue him for various things, including sexual assault.

Ooh, Trump will die - interesting. He’s not a well man, and he has a lot of venal enemies.

I think Phillip might not make it much longer.

I predict a heart attack for Farage, he’s going to be rich come January but unable to enjoy it (if the man enjoys anything).

I think the SE will be closed due to covid, just as Brexit hits it properly.

The Arctic won’t stop melting and I wonder if we’ll get a couple of truly severe weather events back to back, flooding where we don’t expect it, that sort of thing. Cliffs falling into the sea.

As we’re now political outsiders (no EU protection or interest from the US) I wonder if we’ll see heightened terrorism, opportunists taking advantage of problems in information sharing between intelligence agencies.

A lot more burglary, inevitably.

There was one Psychic recently claiming that a world leader would be assassinated next year, but wouldn’t say who.

In the UK, April will be hot and reach 32 degrees for four consecutive days in the Thames Valley and south-east to London, Sussex and Kent. The rest of the summer will be wet and hotter than average. The west coast of Scotland will see record sunshine and tourism.

There will be a third wave of coronavirus. Hospitalisations will be greater than the previous two waves and will peak in the fourth week of February. Deaths will be much lower.

A terrorist attack on the scale of 9/11 in Europe will be thwarted by the joint operations of EU and UK security forces, despite Brexit.

Boris will announce his retirement in October. The bookies will shortlist the favourites: Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel and Matt Hancock though the leadership election will take place in 2022.

Prince Philip will still be alive. The Queen will still be the monarch. Prince Charles will host Joe Biden on his visit to the UK.

A new disease affecting European tree species will be identified in wood imported to Germany from Brazil. It will have the capacity to wipe out the European Oak within 40 years.

A major global IT business will move its HQ to West Wales having looked at the Mull of Kintyre.

Furious Autumn storms will remove large quantities of sand from popular beaches on the north coast of Cornwall and Devon and change the landscape for at least 8 years.

There will be mass legal actions against the Government and NHS for Covid deaths that could have been avoided.

Major scandals involving house-builders will dominate the press in July and August. A formal enquiry will be launched.

There will be three notable deaths but I will not say here.

Someone will be along soon to say Prince Philip has been dead for months
Boris will not be PM much longer. He's been bored with it for ages.

Have you got a link for the 2020 predictions thread? I could do with a laugh!

Johnson will resign.
Possibly Sunak in place? I think he'd be the public's choice though I suspect Johnson would prefer Patel.
More austerity.
Student riots. Big ones.
Another Scottish Indy Ref. I think this one will have a majority in favour of it.

Here's a link to the 2020 thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/3778889-2020-Predictions

@manolinette they're really specific!

Boris will resign in March or April, once we're all well and truly fucked off with covid, Brexit, and the resulting recession. He'll blame it on his health after having covid and wanting to get married/raise his latest baby, Carrie might have to take one for the team and get pregnant again to help sell the image of him being the weary captain of a ship, safely steered through the storm, and now slipping off gracefully into retirement with his family so that another can take the healm. Expect lots mixed metaphors and soundbites from the resignation speech quickly followed by a vicious leadership contest.

Greasy Gove will take over as PM because it was decided long ago that he was next in line after BoJo. He'll last a year or two while Rishi gets groomed up for the top job, they'll lose the next election in a few years time, Gove will resign, and then Rishi will be leader.

Philip and Queenie will carry on kicking about, no changes there. There'll be pregnancy announcements from Harry/Meghan and William/Kate.

Third lockdown in January, will possibly include universities and/or schools this time.

Beckhams split up due to Victoria found out having a longtime affair.
Cliff Richards dies.
And Keith Richards.
Prince Andrew arrested!.
Scandal involving Katie price.
Young American popstar commits suicide.
Diane Warwick very ill/dies.
Corona virus gets much worse.
Much loved actor dies in car crash.
Camilla has life threatening illness.
A cure for a deadly disease.
Daughter of a Hollywood star murdered.
Some country goes to war with China.
M&S really struggling.. May close.
Major health scare involving UK pork.
Boris sacked! Has another love child.
Plane crash in Greece.
Robbie William divorce.
The crown taken off TV due to lawsuit.
Prince Harry has a breakdown.
Wettest year on record.
Piers Morgan sacked from gmb.
Former celebrity Big brother star dies after drug overdose.
Huge Hollywood couple divorce.
Liz hurleys son in the news

@JanetSnakeholeMacklin

Here's a link to the 2020 thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/3778889-2020-Predictions

@manolinette they're really specific!

The OP of that thread was right about people flying less 😂

Wow there were some very close predictions in that last thread - about Caroline Flack

We'll have a new PM by the end of February the year once the opportunity for good publicity surrounding the vaccine has gone.

The south east will be the priority of the government.

There won't be a general election this year unfortunately

Brexit will happen and it won't be as bad as people think.

I will continue to be foolishly optimistic that Brexit won't be as bad as I think it will be. (I didn't vote for it).

Placemarking

• BJ gone in June, citing family reasons. Leadership contest close between Patel, Sunak, Hancock & Gove with the latter winning
• a No Deal Brexit proves to be shite, and within the first half of January, idst rusing anger at food/medicine shortages and huge freight queues BJ quickly "saves" us by agreeing to things he could have already and getting a deal
• nevertheless unemployment will hit 15 or even 20%
• a major health crisis for the Queen or Prince Philip
• a mild winter without much snow
• UK tourism industry does well as people don't want to go abroad, but at least one flight/overseas holiday operator goes bust
• more celebrities come out as non-binary, including at least one major daytime TV/Saturday night TV type person
• pregnancies announced by Harry/Megan, William/Kate and Boris/Carrie
• another high street chain to close. Next maybe? New Look? I don't think M&S cos they do ok on the food stuff. But maybe they will shut the clothes side?

@Manolinette any clues as to who the three deaths will be? I’ve always had this weird gut feeling that the Queen would outlive Charles? Don’t know why I think that. But there you go, probably bollocks.

@Rhine

1. A well loved naturalist.
2. A controversial author.
3. A prominent US music artist (R&B)

Charles will live to over 100.

Ahh noooooo! Not the naturalist!!!!😢

Loved reading the last thread. Not many predictions though. So for 2021:

Wet, drab summer
Little Mix will split up properly
The shock death will be Elton John (no reason apart from a song of his was just on TV as I was thinking of who to put)
I also think Charles will die before the queen (but possibly not until 2022)
Brooklyn Beckham will become a dad
Boris will stay being PM
Tom and Giovanna Fletcher will divorce as will Tess and Vernan (again just picking random couples - no reason for any of them)
Christmas number one (in a years time) will be Spice Girls.

All these have no reason for them, just thinking of random things. You never know.

I’m going all out: contact with an alien lifeform. After 2020, I figure anything goes. 🤷‍♀️