Traditionally at this time I look back at my achievements and engagement (or, more usually the lack of it) over the past year. However I’m not going to do so this year.

Why?

For the simple reason that the year has been such rubbish with the ongoing plague having shut down the ability to do much, or otherwise scuttled most of the things one had vaguely hoped to achieve.

Which means there is effectively nothing to say other than a big fat “Bah! Humbug!”.

Similarly I usually document how well I did against the predictions I made for 2021. Again, I’m not going to do it: partly because of the rubbish year but also as I just don’t have the stomach to plod through it all – that’s at least in part down to my depression.

However suffice it to say that I maintained my track record of getting the majority of my predictions wrong, with the exception of some of the Brexit fallout (and anyone could have foreseen that!).

Normal service may, or may not, resume next year.