With political parties in transition, something will come out of ‘left’ field in 2015

CHRISTMAS is traditionally when we reflect on the past 12 months and speculate about the future. What feels different about the 2014 political review/scene setter is that there is so much happening that it is difficult to make a prediction of any accuracy about next year.

I wrote, last week, about the amount of political teasing that a new political party would be set up. Surely, the first few months of 2015 will bring just that.

But will it be just one party, or a few, and what will they be offering and how will they fare?