Some thoughts about 2013

1. Implementation of Leveson report
2. Implementation of gay marriage
3. The crowbarring of the legalisation of drugs
4. The continuing marginalisation of those out of work, disabled, or families with more than 2
children
5. The never ending Euro debt
6. The use of doublespeak to present leaving the EU but actually wanting to stay
7. Strengthening of Corporation Tax anti avoidance
8. Increasingly more people being classed as bigots or not getting with the programme or
zombies
9. More disabled people committing suicide or dying as a result of the DWP declaring them fit
for work.
10. The ubiquitous use of the words fairness, global, taxpayer, transparency, proportionate
11. The development of smartphones, tablets, laptops, game consoles, social media, 4G,
internet TV
12. The new Archbishop of Canterbury
13. Will Women Bishops be voted for?
14. UKIP increasingly influencing the political debate and the continuing reduction in power of
the traditional ruling elite, with the result that the traditional ruling elite finding newer ways to
hold onto power 'for the good of the nation'
15. Corporations increasingly influencing the world wide and local political debate
16. Increasing discussion of separating the Church from the State
17. More scandals in the police,media, banks, politicians, police commissioners
18. Results of the review of the Liverpool Care Pathway
19. Increasing intrusion of legalised euthanasia for the elderly
20. Results of the Iraq war inquiry.
21. Dealing with cyberbullying and trolling
22. Consequences of low morale in the NHS, in the Police and amongst teachers and social
workers
23. Weakening economy
24. Rising religious, spiritual and belief polarisation
25. Increasing use of censorship online
26. Introduction of minimum price per unit of alcohol
27. Government to assist with cost of childcare
28. Increasing number of homeless and foodbanks
29. More schemes to extract more money from motorists
30. Impact of capped housing benefit
31. Further development of Julian Assange
32. More targeted advertising on the internet
33. Reform of the banking system
34. Further indoctrination of Britainism into our schools,of what it means to be "British".
35. Implementation of porn prevention filters on the internet
36. High council tax rises
37. Increased shift towards a united world.
38. More frenzy and methods to increase sales at Christmas time
39. Introduction of judges deciding which cases to be heard in secret courts
40. More stories of rising crime with less people in prison
41.Reduction of workers rights such as less notice and no fault firing whilst giving staff shares
42. Implementation of death league tables for surgeons
43. Reforming the judicial review system
44. Privatisation of 'failing' schools
45. More children in poverty as food prices increase beyond inflation whilst benefits rise by 1%
46. More people in fuel poverty and fuel prices increase beyond inflation
47. Church of England forced to conduct gay marriage
48. Further laws to make our country safer
49. Osborne to introduce bazaar incentives for companies to pay corporatio tax in our country,
such as giving online gambling companies tax concessions.
50. Closure of many charities due to government cuts and fewer donations
51. Implementation of NHS reforms
52. Increasing loneliness and isolation
53. More government borrowing
54. More use of drones
55. Implementation of 4 cheapest tarriffs by energy companies
56. Further politicisation and indoctrination of Britainism into our public services.
57. Further reduction of power by residents to challenge planning decisions
58. More pressure on NHS
59. Charity Commission bans more religious charities from having religious status
60. Results of enquiry into why there was a low turnout for the Police Commissioner elections
61. Keep in check :Cameron to send his children to state school
62. Privatisation of Royal Mail is a possibility
63. Rising immigration and rising immigration back log
64. Government to stop aid to India
65. Nurses to be taught how to care for patients, just like the politicians know how to be virtuous
in the Commons
66. Welfare Work Programme continues to fail but shrouded in doublespeak
67. More ludricous health and safety stories
68. EU may push to ban more unPC books
69. Results of child sex abuse cases and proposed new regulations
70. Abolition of magistrates court committal hearings
71. Case over English GCSEs to continue
72. Financial Conduct Authority to be new financial regulator
73. More people suffering from mental illness
74. More of the poor in debt problems with payday loan companies
75. Universal Credit to begin
76. Privatisation of Probation Service.
77. Possible full inquest into Hillsborough tragedy
78. More targets in our public services.

Some things to hope for
1. BBC beginning to show more impartiality, objectivity, truth seeking and studious and
tenacious journalism
2. New political thought based on truth and principles and virtuous arguments and language
3. New ways of assessing the economic health of the nation in the light of more people working
part time, people working for less than they used to, people holding down numerous part time
jobs, and the population growing.
4. Increasing exposure of sweat factories
5. Consideration of lowering the maximum number of weeks for when an arbortion is allowed
6. New debate about the impact of Islam and atheism in our society
7. More people becoming savy at testing the veracity of what they see and hear in the
mainstream
8. The expanding numbers of Christians reaching out to those increasingly being marginalised
and suffering the consequences of the recession and this government's actions and words.