One reason for this is that marriage is a large – probably much too large – part of the immigration admissions formula in the United States. Of the million or so legal immigrants each year, fully 300,000 arrive as a direct result of marriage to a U.S. resident. I am not talking about the arrival of married couples as immigrants — that is an additional number. What is described here are the 300,000 new immigrants a year (on average) who are newly married to, or about to be married to, 300,000 U.S. residents.

- Straws in the Wind Suggest Immigrants Marry More than Natives, CIS.org, September 7, 2017.

2. David Cameron’s dream of elected mayors in Britain's major cities looks to be in tatters after the idea was rejected in referendums.

Manchester, Nottingham and Coventry have voted No, and there are signs that Birmingham and others have also dismissed the plan.

The results are embarrassing for the Prime Minister, who had thrown his weight firmly behind the changes in a series of speeches and interviews.

Mr Cameron had attempted to use the example of London Mayor Boris Johnson, saying he wanted a “Boris in every city”.

However, critics argued that the proposals were unnecessary and would add another expensive layer of bureaucracy....

Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington Jack Dromey admitted the city’s voters were likely to have rejected an elected mayor.

“The straws in the wind are that it is likely to be a No vote, but we will see,” he said.

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