The Yorkshire Post says: Should we be worried about Google searches like 'what is a general election?'

But the fact that people also asked in their millions the question – “What is a general election?” – does raise a worrying eyebrow about the level of our national debate these days.

Google’s list of its most searched-for terms this last year does not tell us, sadly, who searched for what: it would have been fascinating to know how many of those questions about the DUP came from within Downing Street.

We do know, however, that the most looked-up name of the year was that of Meghan Markle, fiancée of Prince Harry.

It was, until just two-and-a-half weeks ago, a name almost unheard outside the gossip columns, and that it should have outstripped all others in such a short time is a welcome reminder

that even on the shifting sands of time, the Royal Family is still a rock.