New Year predictions

After some off-line prodding/provoking by a regular correspondent, I have decided to don my psychic hat and put down some hostages to fortune. They range across all matters of interest to me, from national to parochial, but have one thing in common....if I am wrong, you won't stop reminding me.

Here goes.

1. The General Election will be on 25 March
2. The Tories will win (this is an easy one!) with between 300-350 seats
3. If they don't have an overall majority (323 seats) they will not form a formal coalition with the LibDems, but will work as a minority Government
4. Labour will do better than the polls predict
5. The SNP will win 8-14 seats at the General Election (if pressed, I'd estimate 11)
   
6. The Western Isles will not be held by the SNP
7. Alex Salmond will announce that he will stand down as SNP leader after the Holyrood elections in 2011 (arise, Lord Salmond???)
   
8. Tesco will announce their plan for a much larger new, additional, superstore in Stornoway
9. The Lewis Sports Centre won't open on Sundays - but will in 2011
10. The Council will be seriously reprimanded for their mishandling of certain commercial matters, and the public will be shocked when the facts are in the public domain :-)
    

Best wishes to you all for 2010, and I hope to entertain as much as I infuriate during the coming 12 months.