It’s been a year of momentous events and rapid change worldwide across the political, media and cultural divides.
Trump defying all odds, Syria delivering horror after horror and Brexit exposing deep fissures in not just the Conservative Party but the whole country… 2016 was the year the music died, with Bowie, Prince and Leonard Cohen departing us, although Ed Balls’ popularity was resurrected with a Gangnam Style salsa and a piano set ablaze.
We’ve seen corporate scandals with train strikes, doping investigations and Sir Philip Green becoming a national villain; sporting triumphs for Andy Murray and Team GB and the odd disaster, Iceland defeating us in the knock-out stage of the Euros, if it’s not too painful to recall.
2016, while it will become the trusted response to many a pub quiz chin scratcher, is hard to sum up. Luckily, we have asked five of Pagefield’s friends, who also happen to be some of Britain’s brightest commentators, to take up the challenge by answering five quick-fire questions on the year that was and what happens next. We will publish one each day.
So far we’ve had both Phillip Collins and Jon Snow share their thoughts. Today we are delighted to have Debbie Wosskow, CEO of Love Home Swap, founding Chair of Sharing Economy UK and member of the Mayor of London’s Business Advisory Board, giving her take.
2016 in 5 words
Mad, bad, dangerous to know
Biggest political surprise
Boris in Foreign Office post referendum
PR win / PR flop
Farage in the golden lift of Trump Towers / Andrea Leadsom on the topic of motherhood
Wild card prediction
Crowdfunded legal case to hold Katie Hopkins to her promise to move to USA if Trump POTUS
New Year resolution
To develop more vices – I’m such a goody two shoes
