10 predictions for 2013 - Rolf Harris, Oasis, royal baby and more - Editor's Eye comment

11:36am Wednesday 2nd January 2013 in News By Andrew Parkes, News Shopper editor

2012 was a big year for London Mayor Boris Johnson - will 2013 be even bigger for him though? 2012 was a big year for London Mayor Boris Johnson - will 2013 be even bigger for him though?

A VERY happy and prosperous New Year to one and all. Here’s hoping 2013 brings you everything you wish for.

Of course, this year will be no different to previous ones and resolutions to lose weight will be lost under a pile of doughnuts long before the month is out.

Just as any resolve to cut down on the booze and fags will be waning even before the tinsel and lights are back in the loft. So, what will the New Year really bring?

Assuming the rest of us are as fat and boozed up as ever, what’s really going to change? For what it’s worth here are a few predictions from me:

1. Boris Johnson will continue his relatively unchallenged progress to become the Conservative leader and ultimately PM.

2. West Ham will lose the FA Cup final to Everton.

3. I’m not a fan of morbid predictions of death, but if I have to guess, and despite the fact I think he’s great, I’ll go for Prince Philip.

4. It’ll be a big year for everyone’s favourite all-rounder Rolf Harris.

5. The ever-more disgraced BBC is forced to drop Newsnight.

6. The Gallagher brothers get over their differences and Oasis reform.

7. The royal baby will be male, weigh 7lb 2ozs and be called James.

8. Greece are finally, and deservedly, kicked out of the Euro.

9. Ellen MacArthur faces her biggest challenge yet.

10. Golfer Rory McIlroy ditches tennis player Caroline Wozniacki and hooks up with Cheryl Cole.

Well, for what they’re worth, there are my 10 top predictions for 2013.

What would yours be? Feel free to write and let me know in the comments box below.

Have a great New Year.

Comments(15)

Johnnyredsox says...
12:02pm Wed 2 Jan 13

Why is it abig yr for Rolf? Is he panting ur pic?

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Len Kivingstone says...
12:30pm Wed 2 Jan 13

I predict that the royal baby will not be born into poverty, unlike millions of others.

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the wall says...
2:25pm Wed 2 Jan 13

Johnnyredsox wrote:
Why is it abig yr for Rolf? Is he panting ur pic?
I can see spelling getting worst and that if you use text speak you are a moron.



Thatcher will go before Phil the Greek.

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davejs says...
3:12pm Wed 2 Jan 13

the wall wrote:
Johnnyredsox wrote:
Why is it abig yr for Rolf? Is he panting ur pic?
I can see spelling getting worst and that if you use text speak you are a moron.



Thatcher will go before Phil the Greek.
When correcting someone probably best to use correct grammar, it's 'worse' not 'worst'.

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Erith chap says...
4:34pm Wed 2 Jan 13

Wish I was as good looking as Boris

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the wall says...
4:38pm Wed 2 Jan 13

davejs wrote:
the wall wrote:
Johnnyredsox wrote:
Why is it abig yr for Rolf? Is he panting ur pic?
I can see spelling getting worst and that if you use text speak you are a moron.



Thatcher will go before Phil the Greek.
When correcting someone probably best to use correct grammar, it's 'worse' not 'worst'.
The twunt is using text speak, like they would know the feckin diffrence. Also I'm correcting spelling and not grammar. So wind your neck in.

Have you anything to add to the above article........No didn't think so!

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Johnnyredsox says...
4:45pm Wed 2 Jan 13

m8 u need to get bac to scool,, u cnt even spell grammar - it has two ares at da end!? Grammarr.

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the wall says...
4:47pm Wed 2 Jan 13

davejs- just so you feel you have something to do there is a spelling mistake in the above comment.......... There's a prize for spotting it.

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ron.1952 says...
12:23pm Thu 3 Jan 13

What an 'andsome man BoJo is. I'd love to make him wince like that.


Ronny.

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goldenbroomboy says...
12:52pm Thu 3 Jan 13

OK then.

1). Boris Johnson will be photographed hugging a woman, & The Scum will run the headline "BoJo's Mojo".

2). Charlton will lose in the FA Cup final to Man Utd after a penalty in the fifteenth minuite of added time, after three of their players have been sent off for the same foul.

3). Thatch will pop her clogs, and large numbers of people will be arrested for holding ad hoc street parties.

4). The Commissioner of the Met Police will be replaced by Cressida "Trigger" Dick.

5). There will be rumours that the Duchess of Cambridge has had fertility treatment, all of which will be quickly extinguished by a national media gush following the birth of Princess Prudence.

6). Little Mix will split, and then reform, with their "Greatest Hits" turned into a musical.

7). Stephen Carr will attempt to organise a "Why its Greater to be a Londoner" jolly, but will be barred from entering because he refuses to wear a pearly hat.

8).Jack Jones will reach No.1 with a rap version of "Wives and Lovers".

9). St Peter & St Paul Bromley will have new tenants, Rev Wrighton & her wife Paul.

10). There will be more roadworks in Orpington High Street.

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smurf4568 says...
12:56pm Thu 3 Jan 13

the wall wrote:
Johnnyredsox wrote:
Why is it abig yr for Rolf? Is he panting ur pic?
I can see spelling getting worst and that if you use text speak you are a moron.



Thatcher will go before Phil the Greek.
"I can see spelling getting worst" - sort of shot yourself in the foot right there.

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the wall says...
3:11pm Thu 3 Jan 13

smurf4568 wrote:
the wall wrote:
Johnnyredsox wrote:
Why is it abig yr for Rolf? Is he panting ur pic?
I can see spelling getting worst and that if you use text speak you are a moron.



Thatcher will go before Phil the Greek.
"I can see spelling getting worst" - sort of shot yourself in the foot right there.
WOW. Did you think that one up all by yourself?

But please do point out the
'spelling mistake' that would be the word that is spelt wrong. Not the grammar.

Or maybe put these words in the correct order:
"foot right yourself in the shot there".

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D.D.S.B says...
5:27pm Thu 3 Jan 13

"I was correcting spelling, not grammar. Therefore as long as all my words are in the dictionary it doesn't matter if I use them incorrectly." - at no point in the history of the English language has that been a valid defence.

Whilst you're all arguing amongst yourselves everyone seems to be overlooking the point that somehow this article has been published online despite being the least interesting thing anyone has ever written.

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the wall says...
9:52am Fri 4 Jan 13

D.D.S.B wrote:
"I was correcting spelling, not grammar. Therefore as long as all my words are in the dictionary it doesn't matter if I use them incorrectly." - at no point in the history of the English language has that been a valid defence.

Whilst you're all arguing amongst yourselves everyone seems to be overlooking the point that somehow this article has been published online despite being the least interesting thing anyone has ever written.
Ditto!

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EverardEdbutt says...
11:30am Wed 9 Jan 13

Johnnyredsox wrote:
Why is it abig yr for Rolf? Is he panting ur pic?
Because he has been arrested under operation Yewtree for sex offences.

This comment will be removed for voicing the truth

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