From Russia's invasion of Ukraine to the cost of living crisis, there have been enough problems to paint a very dark picture of 2022. But there are also glimmers of hope, offering some reasons to be cheerful as we head into a new year.
has been driven by soaring inflation and interest rates.Unprecedented political instability in the governing Conservative Party means there have been three different prime ministers in the same year.
No one should minimise the horror of the war in Ukraine, which has claimed tens of thousands of lives on both sides and is still enduring the deliberate destruction by an aggressor of a modern European state. Russia's superiority in size may still mean that Ukraine never gets back all its territory.calculations and shattered the dreams of dictatorial regimes elsewhere. Russia did not conquer in a few days.
If the ruling party does not adapt and address these issues, opinion polls and recent local and by-elections suggest that the electorate may be ready to make a change. In an era of modern communications, the world should not and cannot de-globalise. The knock from the loss of Russian energy has led, however, to increased emphasis on the importance of producing our own green energy and trading with friendly and stable partners.
Neither was dramatic, but both re-affirmed commitments already moving in the right direction. Crucially, at both summits, richer nations agreed to remove one of the biggest obstacles to moving faster.
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