Repeat until fade
More than three million voters disappointed by the result of the EU referendum have signed a petition demanding a re-run.
— They may have in mind the Danish referendum on the Maastricht Treaty in 1992, rejected by 50.7% of voters. A year later, after exemptions were offered to Denmark, the country voted again and approved the treaty by 56.7%.
— Or it could always go like the 1997 Winchester by-election. Having lost his seat by two votes in the general election, Conservative MP Gerry Malone challenged the result. In the re-run, Lib Dem Mark Oaten won with a majority of 21,556.
Jam yesterday
Concert-goers on the way to Glastonbury were stuck in a five-hour traffic jam. They were the lucky ones.
— In August 2010 motorists on National Highway 110 from Inner Mongolia to Beijing were caught in a 60-mile jam caused by roadworks.
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