Red Wales
Labour lost power in the Welsh Assembly for the first time since it was set up in 1999. Labour’s domination in Wales began early. The party’s founder, Keir Hardie, was born in Lanarkshire and made his name as a trade union activist in the Scottish coalfields. He first won election for the constituency of West Ham South. Yet it was during his second Commons stint, as MP for Merthyr Tydfil, that he established the Labour party in 1900. In the 1922 general election Labour won a majority of seats in Wales, a feat it has repeated in every one of the 27 general elections since – a run unparalleled among political parties in the world’s genuine democracies, but which is unlikely to be extended.
Space oddity
Donald Trump declassified many files relating to UFOs. Which countries are aliens most interested in watching (or rather which countries have the highest number of UFO sightings since 1995)?
US 141,276
Canada 6,353
UK 3,992
Australia 1,122
India 597
Mexico 571
Brazil 394
Germany 267
South Africa 260
Source: National UFO Reporting Center
Frequent flyers
Airlines have been cancelling flights due to a lack of jet fuel. Which overseas airports received the most flights from UK airports in 2025?
Dublin 21,189
Amsterdam 19,912
Paris Charles de Gaulle 10,124
Alicante 9,298
Tenerife 8,580
Malaga 8,279
Source: CAA
Vegging out
How many of us are getting our five a day? The percentage of the adult English population self-reporting the consumption of at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day:
2020/21 34.9
2021/22 32.5
2022/23 31.0
2023/24 31.3
2024/25 31.4
Source: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
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