“Scotland was the region that scored the worst on the test overall with 20 per cent of the 1,426 sample failing and the south of England (excluding London) coming out top with a 78 per cent pass rate.”
So, a 78% pass rate in the south of England is better than an 80% pass rate in Scotland?
Japan’s forces had invaded Hong Kong, Thailand and Malaya in December 1941, following the country’s surprise attack on the American base at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii. The British commander in Singapore surrendered in February 1982 and some troops managed to escape to the islands of Java and Sumatra, part of modern Indonesia.