What can we expect in 2026? Toby Neal shares his predictions for British politics, royals and public life |
Another year over, a new year just begun. So what can we expect in 2026?
There are some years that are a bit rubbish, like 2025, and some that are all peace and love, like 1967. Past performance is no guide to future performance, but based on the way things have been going, here are a few predictions for the coming 12 months.
January: There are dawn raids across Britain by hate crime police on the homes of members of the Royal Variety Performance audience suspected of booing when Sir Keir Starmer's name was mentioned. A Government spokesman/woman/other says: "Let this be a message that there is no room for hate in modern Britain and those who show intolerance will be met by the full force of the law."
February: Alastair Campbell is appointed special government adviser on Brexit affairs.
March: A royal formerly known as Prince is spotted roaming free on estate land in north Norfolk. Hordes of photographers descend in an attempt to get a shot in what is declared the only legal form of hunting left in........