High hopes: what will the new year bring?

Prospect polled the great and good for their predictions for 2010—carefully anonymised for maximum honesty. A selection are below. Your contributions are welcome too (or e-mail 2010@prospect-magazine.co.uk.) We’ll publish the best suggestions:

• Ed Balls moves to the IMF, while Harriet Harman leads Labour.

• Kim Jong-il, a Castro and a Rolling Stone die. Lockerbie bomber Mohmed Al Meghari is in rude health come 2011.

• David Cameron’s popularity dips below 30 per cent by Christmas. David Davis throws down a gauntlet: casus belli to be decided.

• Spotify goes bust, 1m Kindles are sold, and an iPhone virus spreads.

• Frank Field leads a Tory “broken society” review, while two senior Labour cabinet members accept Cameron roles.

• Cliff Richard’s final Christmas number one sets the Koran’s medina sura to a traditional melody. Effigies are burned.

• Republicans retake the House,