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To many of us it seems like the world fell off its axis in 2016. The vote for Brexit, Trump and the triumph of Leicester City in the premier league seemed to signal the end of the world. And it's been all down hill since then: a pandemic, a war in Ukraine, high inflation, an energy crisis, the Chinese baring their fangs towards Taiwan, a stock market meltdown, political polarisation and a culture war in the west, and with the possible return of Trump - or the reelection of Biden - it seems like we won't have to wait long for the…
So you thought 2020 was bad? Welcome to 2021. The new year has certainly started with a blast. The Covid numbers are rising faster than the Qatari skyline. Here in Ireland we've had more cases in the first few weeks of January than in the entire first wave. With the whole country on lockdown again and our hospitals overflowing things look as bleak as ever. In America, a deeply fractured nation became even more radicalised when a defiant President Trump provoked a mob to storm Capitol Hill and desecrate the hallowed halls of their democracy. It was a shocking and…