IN my next Fair Point, next week, I will be making my predictions for 2018 but before that I thought I would have a look back at how I got on last year.

I made four predictions and the majority were wrong – which often happens with my predictions.

For example, on Donald Trump I wrote he would become the “compromising president”.

I wrote: “After making many controversial and at times bizarre claims about what he will do when he takes office, I actually can’t see many of them becoming a reality after Trump’s inauguration.”

Instead this year Trump has pushed ahead with many controversial policies including the travel ban on six Muslim-majority countries and banning transgender people from serving in the US military.

These policies have been damaging – his job approval rating hitting a record-low of just 41 per cent in a recent poll.

Another of my predictions was in technology, where I forecast that the popularity of 2016’s Pokemon Go would lead to a growth in virtual reality.

Although headsets are still selling for consoles and phones, it has yet to catch on to the mass population as much as industry experts first forecast.

Although 2017 wasn’t really the breakthrough year, there is still time - but I’m not as sure as I was before. Could virtual reality even go the way of Betamax, Minidiscs and 3D television – an expensive flop?

My big successful prediction a year ago was that Prime Minister Theresa May – despite ruling it out a number of times – would call a snap general election.

I wrote a year ago: “Odds have shortened on a 2017 election, particularly after Brexit changed the political landscape.

“May 4 would be a possible date – you heard it here first.’

The date I said it would happen ended up being wrong of course, but I was one of the few who saw the snap election coming.

However I let myself down on my final prediction, confidently predicting that Leicester would win the Champions League at a price of 50/1.

They did manage to beat the odds and reach the quarter finals, but they never looked a threat to eventual champions Real Madrid who triumphed in the Cardiff final.