The bits of Magna Carta that David Cameron won’t want taught in schools

The not-so-great charter

David Cameron wants every child to be taught about Magna Carta. Some bits he might want to leave out:
— ‘If one who has borrowed from the Jews any sum, great or small, die before that loan be repaid, the debt shall not bear interest while the heir is under age.’
— ‘No one shall be arrested or imprisoned upon the appeal of a woman, for the death of any other than her husband.’

Foul play

Is there a correlation between bad behaviour from a country’s football team and violence in the country as a whole?

WORST-BEHAVED TEAMS IN EUROPE
	Homicides per 100,000 people
Ukraine	4.3
Romania	1.7
Croatia	1.2
Iceland	0.3
Bulgaria	1.9
	Fouls in World Cup qualifying
Ukraine	186
Romania	164
Croatia	156
Iceland	153
Bulgaria	148
Germany	0.8
Spain	0.8

BEST-BEHAVED TEAMS IN EUROPE
	Homicides per 100,000 people
Georgia	84
Italy	79
Northern Ireland	76
Germany	70
Spain	58
	Fouls in World Cup qualifying
Georgia	4.3
Italy	0.9
Northern Ireland	1.0
Germany	0.8
Spain	0.8

Source: Fifa/Nationmaster

Baby steps

Labour wants to introduce four weeks’ paid paternity leave. Here’s how paid maternity leave compares in developed countries:

Czech Republic	4 years
Sweden	16 months
Germany	12 months*
UK	12 months
Canada	50 weeks
Italy	22 weeks
France/Spain	16 weeks
Japan	14 weeks
USA	None†

*14 months for single parents
†Except in California, New York and a handful of other states

Suffering for their art

Harrison Ford was injured by a spaceship door while making a Star Wars film. These were the accidents on film sets reported over four years to consultants Actsafe: