Predictions for 2024 General Chat

[Franco Pinion]

What are you predicting for 2024?

In politics I am boldly saying:

Election in the first half of the year
Labour to win at least 300 seats and probably a majority
Sadiq Khan to win a third Mayoral term

In football Man City will win the Premier League again and France will win Euro 2024

 

[Sad Professor]

Donald Trump will return to the White House
2024 will be a hotter year than 2023
Oppenheimer will win the Best Film oscar
Liverpool will win the Premier League

 

[Crabtree]

Venezuela will invade Guyana, and/or another war involving a Putin ally will be started somewhere in the world in the hope it distracts from Ukraine further and makes electing Trump more likely.

 

[David76]

Politically:

Labour to win a thin majority in a midsummer General Election, on a nevertheless large swing. Sunak to be replaced as Tory leader by Mordaunt. An improved showing by the Lib Dems and a poor result for the SNP.

Biden to withdraw from the presidential race, with Gavin Newsom becoming the Democrat nominee. He beats Trump in a landslide, but Trump behaves exactly the same as in 2020, with similar results. By the end of the year, Trump has been found guilty in at least one of his criminal cases and receives a prison sentence.

That may be wishful thinking. If Biden runs, I predict a result similar to 2016. Trump wins, before embarking on a crusade of politically-motivated prosecutions. The bright economic future Americans predict will happen under Trump fails to occur, and growing public tension leads to a split in the Republican Party, with protests and riots, and Trump's reaction to them, forcing the impeachment of Trump within months. This also engulfs his vice president, causing a political crisis.

(OK I think I've gone slightly into 2025 with that, sorry!)

In sport:

The European Championship is won by Croatia, who defeat France 1-0 in the final.

A four-way race for the Premier League ends in a tight victory for Liverpool.

San Francisco 49ers beat the Baltimore Ravens to win Super Bowl 58

 

[Ginger Ted]

GE in October (probably earlier in the month to avoid mega election week with the US)
Neck and neck between Labour and Tories for overall seats - both short of overall majority (people are desperate for change but increasingly clear Labour is just offering more of the same).
SNP not largest party in Scotland.
Sunak replaced by Badenoch

Economy continues to stagnate but avoids technical recession
Interest rates fall to 3.5% by end of year.

Trump drops out of GOP race after Super Tuesday and does a deal to avoid jail.
Biden wins second term.

Liverpool win either the Premier League or Europa League.
Man City retain the Champions League.
GB finish 5th in Paris Olympics medal table.

 

[Crabtree]

Labour wins the General Election in May 2024, Sunak steps down with a Tory leadership battle between Badenoch and Mordaunt which doesn't get announced until September.

Joe Biden wins the presidential election, but with a lower number of votes.

In science, astronmers find signs that there was more than one "big bang" in the creation of our universe.