The Doomsday Clock - 2 Minutes To Midnight

Seventeen minutes to midnight - the world enters a new era, nuclear arsenals reduce as peace creeps ever nearer. Fourteen minutes to midnight - our hopes begin to fade, as we discover no new world order, just the powder keg we've made. Twelve minutes to midnight - there's tests on bombs non stop, we need to sign a peace treaty to end this agitprop. Ten minutes to midnight - Eastern Europe leaves the block, shattering communism, the world stares back in shock. Nine minutes to midnight - nuclear armament gathers pace, nation challenging nation to win the world arms race. Seven minutes to midnight - we're officially nucleoholic, each missile's the last one, each threat of peace symbolic. Five minutes to midnight - global warming walks on stage, ironically nuclear power will usher in the world's new age. Three minutes to midnight - world tensions are renewed, disarmament grinds to a halt as superpowers obtrude. Two and a half minutes to midnight - fake news is on the rise, with fabricated statements, politically calculated lies. Only two minutes to midnight - the whole world's breath is bated, the doomsayer counting down, a holocaust long awaited. In those two cold minutes to midnight - doomsday's knell is ringing, announcing Armageddon, not the end but its beginning. 19th Feb 2018