From Nobel Peace Prize winner to British
heathens in 21 steps.
Number of the 111 Nobel peace prize winners who
have come to the US 18
Number of the 111 Nobel peace prize winners who
have come to the UK 9
Years since Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace
Prize, an event which prompted the American satirist Tom Lehrer to remark:
"It was at that moment that satire died. There was nothing more to
say." 30
Number of Hungarian Nobel prize winner 16
Number of time that this year's Nobel Peace
Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, awarded the prize for fighting for democracy and the
right of women and children', has been jailed on charges of slandering Iranian government
official. 2
Number of year in jail faced by asylum seeker to
Britain if they destroy their travel documents on the way to UK 2
Number of prisoners in the UK jail who are
forced to double up in a prison cell designed for just one inmate 14,000
Number of the 111 Nobel Peace prize winner who
have been female 11
Number of the 111 winner who have been Muslim -
previous winner include Palestinian president Yasser Arafat,in 1994, and
Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, 1978 3
Number of the seven major British army campaigns
of the past 100 years - First world war, Second World war, Korea, Falkland,
Kuwait, Afghanistan, Iraq in which the US has been involved on our side. 6
% of the global British expat community that
lives in the US 8
Estimated % of the global US expat community
that lives in the UK 6
% of the US population that is white 70
% of the UK population that is white 92.1
% of the US population living in poverty according
to world bank figure 13.2
% of the UK population living in poverty according
to world bank figure 6.7
Average worker's number of day until tax freedom
day in the US 109
Average worker's number of day until tax freedom
day in the UK 155
% of Americans who think they are in the top 1 %
of US earner 19
% of UK lottery winners who are very confident
of winning again 21
% of Briton who can't name one of the four New
testament Gospel 45
Compiled by Tom Templeton
1-4 Nobel committee 5 Observer research 6,7
Home Office 8,9 Nobel committee 10 MoD 11 FCO 12 New York Time 13 US census
Bureau 14 ONS 15-16 World Bank 17 Tax foundation 18 Adam Smith Institute 19 Time
20 National Lottery 21 Mori
Observer Magazine (14/12/2003)