For anyone following events in Puerto Rico, this was the year, of course, that Puerto Rico formally voted to reject its status quo identity as a commonwealth of the US while simultaneously voting in as governor a leader of the PPD, the party most closely identified with defending the status quo.

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"If reports that the government is set to reject proposals for a graduate tax turn out to be true, that is good news for the UK's status as a world leader in higher education, " said Wendy Piatt, the Russell Group's director general.

BBC: Pat McFadden