The general election attracted the lowest ever turnout of voters and, if any further proof of apathy were needed, audiences for election results programmes have plummeted over the past decade, according to new research.
Hard currency reserves have plummeted to less than $4bn, and staples such as vegetable oil and sugar began vanishing from stores.
Many investors will have died in the 20 years since Polly Peck plummeted from the FTSE 100 to ruin faster, and rather less predictably, than Icarus.
As dejected Andy Murray fans filed away from SW19, leaving empty bottles of Pimm's and discarded Union flags in their wake, prices immediately plummeted on websites that had been offering men's final tickets at up to £8,500.
That has plummeted from 63% in 2005 to just 17% in 2010.
Her classwork plummeted, her school test scores sank and she regularly burst into tears in the classroom.
While Peña Nieto's approval rating has plummeted, polls suggest the PRI may keep the thin majority it musters with its allies in the lower house, partly due to weakness and splits in the opposition.
It is testimony to the Greeks' enduring faith in hope that Syriza is still leading in the polls even if support for its negotiating strategy has plummeted and diehards speak of crushing concessions being made.
Stability and continuity are likely to be his guiding principles, at a time of alarm over the rise of Isis in Iraq and Syria, turmoil in neighbouring Yemen, the kingdom's rivalry with Iran and controversy over its resisting calls for Opec production cuts as the price of oil has plummeted.
On Thursday, YouGov's BrandIndex, which records the strength of companies' brand identity, revealed Starbucks has plummeted in the past few days.
Since the trebling of fees under the coalition government, Clegg's approval ratings have plummeted – a recent Lord Ashcroft poll suggested a 2% point Labour lead over the Liberal Democrats in Sheffield Hallam.
