Supremely exciting
The nation awaits with bated breath the decision of the Supreme Court on whether the government can exercise Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty without parliamentary approval. This is more exciting than the first day of the US Supreme Court in 1791, when six judges sat around all day waiting for a case. It was not until the following year that they finally got down to action:
— A farmer, William West, had held a lottery to try to pay off his mortgage. The winner, David Leonard Barnes, was paid in bank notes but demanded gold or silver. The case was decided on a procedural issue, not exactly boosting the court’s reputation, and West lost his farm.
Leader of the packs
A number of wolves were reported to be living near Paris. How many are estimated to live in Europe?
| Northern Greece/Macedonia | 5,000 |
| Baltic states/Western Russia | 4,300 |
| North-west Spain | 2,400 |
| Italian/Swiss/French Alps and the Apennines | 600-900 |
| Slovakia/Romania/Western Ukraine | 500 |
| Eastern Germany/West Poland | 150 |
| Sweden/Norway | 150 |
Source: EuroNatur
Middle wages
Mark Carney said the past decade has been the worst for real UK incomes in the past 150 years.
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