Five terrible things which could mean 2017 is even worse than this year
It’s become fashionable to complain about 2016, with its seemingly never-ending stream of political upsets and celebrity deaths.
But could next year be even worse?
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Sadly, there are already a couple of signs that 2017 is going to continue the trends of this year – in other words, doom, despair and disturbance of the status quo.