ComRes interviewed 1,000 UK adults by telephone between the 14th and 17th July 2016 for BBC Radio 5 Live to ask them how they felt about Brexit a month after the referendum. Amongst other findings, 61% of those asked did not think referendums should be used to make major decisions about Britain’s future. 68% of …
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“I put lipstick on a pig. I feel a deep sense of remorse that I contributed to presenting Trump in a way that brought him wider attention and made him more appealing than he is. I genuinely believe that if Trump wins and gets the nuclear codes there is an excellent possibility it will lead …
More than 100 suspected drug dealers have been killed – either shot dead by police or murdered by unidentified vigilantes – since the election of Rodrigo Duterte as the Philippines’ president. On a recent weekend police officers killed eight known “drugs personalities” in the southern town of Matalam. Duterte was elected in May, having promised …
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Americans throw away almost as much food as they eat, inflicting a heavy toll on the environment. Vast quantities of fresh produce grown in the US are left in the field to rot, fed to livestock or sent to a landfill, because of unrealistic and unyielding cosmetic standards. High-value and nutritious food is being sacrificed …
The above headline must seem a bit strange, but bear with me. Total UK credit card debt in May 2016 stood at £67 billion. Per household this amounts to £2,397 per household for credit cards bearing the average interest. It would take 25 years to repay this if you only made the minimum payment every …
