The end-of-year soothsayer, that perennial fixture of December: prophets, star-gazers and forecasters, fell conspicuously silent as 2025 drew to a close. Many expected the usual parade of triumphant and confident predictions about celebrity politicians and celebrity pastors, markets, geopolitics, an
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