How to sell snake oil
Ex-cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell accused Brexiteers of ‘selling snake oil’. How do you sell snake oil? Some eBay listings:
— Original snake oil. £11.99 for 125ml. ‘Natural hair treatment. No chemicals. Feeds the hair and protects from precipitation. Free from alcohol. Country or region of manufacture: Saudi Arabia.’
— Snake oil strengthening hair mask with mamushi snake oil. £25.22 for 500g. ‘The effective remedy of supplementary hair care. The mask is perfect for dry and damaged hair.’ Some listed ingredients: aqua, cetearyl alcohol, paraffinum liquidum, cetrimonium chloride, mamushi oil, parfum’ (no actual snake oil).
Women’s march
Which countries beat Britain to granting women the vote?
| 1755 | Corsican Republic |
| 1838 | Pitcairn |
| 1856 | Norfolk Island |
| 1881 | Isle of Man (unmarried women with property) |
| 1893 | New Zealand |
| 1902 | Australia (South Australia from 1895) |
| 1906 | Finland |
| 1913 | Norway |
| 1915 | Denmark |
| 1917 | Russia, Armenia, Estonia, Canada |
The Brexit brain gain
There was an increase in overseas students applying to study at UK universities (contrary to claims that Brexit would dissuade applicants).
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