Lord Freud said the government was not expecting "dramatic perceptible increases in homelessness".

BBC: London's homeless families could rise by 5,000

Such an impact would surely have had a perceptible effect on the world, but the rocks from 214m years ago do not record one.

ECONOMIST: The rise of the dinosaurs

There is not, as yet, much sign that this will happen, although some blurring of differences was perceptible in this week's flurry of diplomatic activity.

ECONOMIST: No end in sight