In fact, September 2016

In the US, there have been 1,516,863 gun-related deaths since 1968, compared to 1,396,733 cumulative war deaths since the American Revolution.

politifact.com, 27th August 2015

In the first quarter of 2016, $1.2bn was held in Starbucks cards, more than some US banks hold in deposits.

Marketwatch.com, 11th June 2016

Since 1987, Donald Trump has been a Republican, then an independent, then a Democrat, then a Republican, then “I do not wish to enroll in a party,” then a Republican.

The Atlantic Last year

In the UK, 1,041 children were referred by schools for deradicalisation.

The Times, 21st June

97 per cent of publicly owned art in England is not on display.

The Spectator, 2nd July In London

The average one-bedroom new home is now the size of a Jubilee line tube carriage (495 sq ft).

ES Homes & Property, 6th July

At two years and four months, the US House committee probe into the attack on the US embassy in Benghazi was longer than the probes into 9/11, Watergate, the JFK assassination or Pearl Harbor.

ajc.com, 28th June