No sex, please
Several friends of the late Sir Edward Heath asserted that he could not be guilty of sexually assaulting children because he was asexual. How many adults do not experience sexual attraction?
— A 2004 study by Anthony F. Bogaert, of Brock University, Ontario, Canada, analysed responses to a British questionnaire ten years earlier. Of 18,000 respondents, 195, or just over 1%, had agreed with the statement ‘I have never felt sexually attracted to anyone at all’.
— A 1983 study by a student at the University of Michigan classified 5% of males and 10% of females as asexual.
Unaccountable spending
The EU declined to offer a breakdown of the £86m spent by staff on EU credit cards. What are the most error-strewn and corrupt areas of EU spending, according to the EU Court of Auditors?
| % of spending found irregular in 2013 | |
| Regional policy, energy and transport | 6.9% |
| Rural development, energy and transport | 6.7% |
| Research; other internal policies | 4.6% |
| Agriculture — direct support | 3.6% |
| European development funds | 3.4% |
| Employment and social affairs | 3.1% |
| External relations, aid and enlargement | 2. |
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