Sept.5, 2018.
Ayana Pressley: African-American woman wins Massachusetts primary
Ayanna Pressley beat 10-term representative Michael Capuano on Tuesday
Ayanna Pressley is set to become the first African-American woman elected to the US Congress in Massachusetts, following a primary upset.
The 44-year-old Boston city councillor beat House veteran Michael Capuano to secure the Democratic nomination.
She will not face a Republican opponent in November's mid-term election.
It is the latest in a series of victories for progressive, young and minority candidates representing the opposition party.
2018 has also seen a historic amount of female candidates run for Democratic nominations.
In a speech after her win, Ms Pressley said: "Change is coming and the future belongs to all of us."
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She also referred to President Donald Trump as "a racist, misogynist, truly empathy bankrupt man" and hit out at wealth inequality in her seventh congressional district.
It is the only in the state to have a majority non-white population.
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An emotional video of her finding out she had won has been shared thousands of times online.
Her 66-year-old opponent has represented the district for two decades, and had not faced a primary challenger since he first won the nomination in 1998.
Conceding on Tuesday, Mr Capuano said: "Clearly the district wanted a lot of change. But so be it, that's the way life goes."
Mr Capuano (right) was endorsed by Boston Mayor Marty Walsh
Both he and Ms Pressley are seen as progressives - but she advocated for a more "activist" style of leadership.
She also supports measures deemed radical by many, including abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a federal agency that has enforced President Trump's crackdown on illegal migrants.
Before becoming a councillor she worked for Senator John Kerry and Congressman Joe Kennedy - whose grandfather, John F Kennedy held the seat Ms Pressley is set to win before he became president.
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Ms Pressley's victory comes two months after a similar win against a 10-term opponent by 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York.
Ms Ocasio-Cortez congratulated Ms Pressley on Twitter and said the two had bonded over having people doubt their capability and experience.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
✔
@Ocasio2018
US House candidate, NY-14
This photo was taken months ago.
.@AyannaPressley + I bonded over running while constantly told it’s “not our turn,” that we “weren’t ready,” “good enough,” or “experienced” enough.
We kept going anyway.
In June, I won my primary. Tonight, she won hers.
Here’s to November.🚀
12:50 PM - Sep 5, 2018
Elsewhere in the state, Congressmen Joe Kennedy, 37, won a comfortable victory in his primary and fellow Democrat Richard Neal, 69, fended off a younger challenger.
Political analysts predict all nine of the state's House seats will remain Democratic in the November vote.
Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren, a favourite to run in the 2020 Presidential election, was uncontested for the state's Democratic nomination.
She will face Republican Geoff Diehl in November after he beat two other Republican candidates on Tuesday.
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Britain would now vote 59-41 to stay in the EU - new poll shows - Reuters
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Britain would now vote 59-41 to stay in the EU - new poll shows
LONDON (Reuters) - British voters would vote 59-41 to stay in the European Union if given the option after a six-point swing away from Brexit, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday, the highest recorded support for EU membership in such a survey since the 2016 referendum.
In the June 23, 2016 referendum, 17.4 million voters, or 51.9 percent of the votes cast, backed leaving the EU while 16.1 million voters, or 48.1 percent of votes cast, backed staying. Many opinion polls were wrong about the result.
Polling showed 59 percent of voters would now vote to remain in the bloc, versus 41 percent who would vote to leave. The findings were published in an academic-led report on Wednesday by research bodies NatCen and The UK in a Changing Europe.
That is the highest recorded support for ‘remain’ in a series of five such surveys since the 2016 referendum and a large reversal of the actual 52-48 percent vote to leave.
The author of the report, polling expert John Curtice, added a note of caution, saying that their panel of interviewees reported they had voted 53 percent in favour of remain in the original vote - a higher proportion than the actual vote.
“Nevertheless, this still means that there has apparently been a six-point swing from Leave to Remain, larger than that registered by any of our previous rounds of interviewing, and a figure that would seemingly point to a 54 percent (Remain) vote in any second referendum held now,” Curtice said in the report.
Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29, 2019 but has yet to secure an exit agreement to define future relations with Brussels and manage the economic impact of ending over four decades of integration with the world’s largest trading bloc.
The government has ruled out holding a second referendum.
The survey interviewed 2,048 subjects between June 7 and July 8. That means the survey does not fully reflect any change in opinion brought about by the publication of Prime Minister Theresa May’s negotiating strategy, published in early July.
That negotiating strategy has split May’s party at every level and drawn heavy criticism from both Brexit supporters and those who want to retain close ties to the EU.
Nevertheless, the poll shows voters thought the negotiations were going badly even before the publication of May’s so-called Chequers plan.
“Both Remain and Leave supporters have become markedly more critical of how both the UK government - especially - and the EU - somewhat less so - have been handling the negotiations,” Curtice said. “They have also become markedly more pessimistic about how good a deal Britain will get.”
Curtice said the results of the polling showed that the most influential factor over whether voters will support the conclusion of the negotiations is their perception of its economic effect rather than the details of any deal.
Reporting by William James; editing by Stephen Addison/Guy Faulconbridge
Britain would now vote 59-41 to stay in the EU - new poll shows
LONDON (Reuters) - British voters would vote 59-41 to stay in the European Union if given the option after a six-point swing away from Brexit, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday, the highest recorded support for EU membership in such a survey since the 2016 referendum.
In the June 23, 2016 referendum, 17.4 million voters, or 51.9 percent of the votes cast, backed leaving the EU while 16.1 million voters, or 48.1 percent of votes cast, backed staying. Many opinion polls were wrong about the result.
Polling showed 59 percent of voters would now vote to remain in the bloc, versus 41 percent who would vote to leave. The findings were published in an academic-led report on Wednesday by research bodies NatCen and The UK in a Changing Europe.
That is the highest recorded support for ‘remain’ in a series of five such surveys since the 2016 referendum and a large reversal of the actual 52-48 percent vote to leave.
The author of the report, polling expert John Curtice, added a note of caution, saying that their panel of interviewees reported they had voted 53 percent in favour of remain in the original vote - a higher proportion than the actual vote.
“Nevertheless, this still means that there has apparently been a six-point swing from Leave to Remain, larger than that registered by any of our previous rounds of interviewing, and a figure that would seemingly point to a 54 percent (Remain) vote in any second referendum held now,” Curtice said in the report.
Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29, 2019 but has yet to secure an exit agreement to define future relations with Brussels and manage the economic impact of ending over four decades of integration with the world’s largest trading bloc.
The government has ruled out holding a second referendum.
The survey interviewed 2,048 subjects between June 7 and July 8. That means the survey does not fully reflect any change in opinion brought about by the publication of Prime Minister Theresa May’s negotiating strategy, published in early July.
That negotiating strategy has split May’s party at every level and drawn heavy criticism from both Brexit supporters and those who want to retain close ties to the EU.
Nevertheless, the poll shows voters thought the negotiations were going badly even before the publication of May’s so-called Chequers plan.
“Both Remain and Leave supporters have become markedly more critical of how both the UK government - especially - and the EU - somewhat less so - have been handling the negotiations,” Curtice said. “They have also become markedly more pessimistic about how good a deal Britain will get.”
Curtice said the results of the polling showed that the most influential factor over whether voters will support the conclusion of the negotiations is their perception of its economic effect rather than the details of any deal.
Reporting by William James; editing by Stephen Addison/Guy Faulconbridge
Lord Mervyn King attacks 'incompetent' Brexit approach - BBC News
Sept. 5, 2018.
Lord Mervyn King attacks 'incompetent' Brexit approach
Simon Jack
Business editor
@BBCSimonJack on Twitter
Lord King laments Brexit 'incompetence'
Former Bank of England governor Lord King has blasted Brexit preparations as "incompetent".
The Brexit supporter said it "beggared belief" that the world's sixth-biggest economy should be talking of stockpiling food and medicines.
This left the government without a credible bargaining position, he said.
A spokesperson for the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) said that getting a good deal with the EU was "by far, the most likely outcome".
Lord King said that "a government that cannot take action to prevent some of these catastrophic outcomes illustrates a whole lack of preparation".
"It doesn't tell us anything about whether the policy of staying in the EU is good or bad, it tells us everything about the incompetence of the preparation for it."
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Lord King: Brexit brings real opportunities
In a BBC interview to discuss the 10 years since the economic crisis - due to be aired next week - Lord King spent a significant amount of time saying the 11th hour preparation for a no-deal Brexit has undermined the government's negotiating position.
He added: "We haven't had a credible bargaining position, because we hadn't put in place measures where we could say to our colleagues in Europe, 'Look, we'd like a free-trade deal, we think that you would probably like one too, but if we can't agree, don't be under any misapprehension, we have put in place the measures that would enable us to leave without one.'"
'Significant progress'
In response, the government said it was "focused on negotiating a deal of unprecedented scope and ambition".
"We have already made significant progress," the DExEU spokesperson added. "The vast majority of the Withdrawal Agreement has now been agreed, and we are making further progress on the outstanding separation issues".
But Lord King predicts that we will find ourselves with what's been dubbed as Brino - Brexit in name only - which he said was the worst of all worlds. It's also a state of affairs that he fears could drag on for years.
"I think the biggest risk to the UK, and this is what worries me most, is that this issue isn't going to go away, you know the referendum hasn't decided it, because both camps feel that they haven't got what they wanted."
'Depressing' debate
Lord King expressed regret and surprise that it was more difficult for a single country to present a united front than the other 27 EU members.
He said: "They must have been really worried that they had 27 countries to try to corral, how could they have a united negotiating position, they were dealing with a country that was one country, made a clear decision, voted to leave, it knew what it wanted to do, how on earth could the EU manage to negotiate against this one decisive group on the other side of the Channel?
"Well, the reality's been completely the opposite. The EU has been united, has been clear, has been patient and it's the UK that's been divided without any clear strategy at all for how to get to where we want to go."
He also said he found the current level of debate around Brexit "depressing" and said it obscured the real challenges ahead.
"The biggest economic problems facing the UK are, we save too little, we haven't worked out how to save for retirement, the pension system is facing I think a real challenge, we haven't worked out how to save enough for the NHS and finance it, we haven't worked out how we're going to save enough to provide care for the elderly.
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"These are the big economic challenges we face, but are they being discussed at present in an open way?
"No, because the political debate has been completely taken up by Brexit," he said. "It's a discussion where both sides seem to be throwing insults at each other."
Lord King might argue he is being much more even-handed, with stinging criticism for all involved.
His comments come as Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham calls for Brexit to be postponed, if a no-deal scenario seems likely.
In a speech on Wednesday, the former Labour minister will say that although "a price would undoubtedly be paid in terms of social cohesion," a suspension of the process would be necessary to avoid damaging jobs.
Lord Mervyn King attacks 'incompetent' Brexit approach
Simon Jack
Business editor
@BBCSimonJack on Twitter
Lord King laments Brexit 'incompetence'
Former Bank of England governor Lord King has blasted Brexit preparations as "incompetent".
The Brexit supporter said it "beggared belief" that the world's sixth-biggest economy should be talking of stockpiling food and medicines.
This left the government without a credible bargaining position, he said.
A spokesperson for the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) said that getting a good deal with the EU was "by far, the most likely outcome".
Lord King said that "a government that cannot take action to prevent some of these catastrophic outcomes illustrates a whole lack of preparation".
"It doesn't tell us anything about whether the policy of staying in the EU is good or bad, it tells us everything about the incompetence of the preparation for it."
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Lord King: Brexit brings real opportunities
In a BBC interview to discuss the 10 years since the economic crisis - due to be aired next week - Lord King spent a significant amount of time saying the 11th hour preparation for a no-deal Brexit has undermined the government's negotiating position.
He added: "We haven't had a credible bargaining position, because we hadn't put in place measures where we could say to our colleagues in Europe, 'Look, we'd like a free-trade deal, we think that you would probably like one too, but if we can't agree, don't be under any misapprehension, we have put in place the measures that would enable us to leave without one.'"
'Significant progress'
In response, the government said it was "focused on negotiating a deal of unprecedented scope and ambition".
"We have already made significant progress," the DExEU spokesperson added. "The vast majority of the Withdrawal Agreement has now been agreed, and we are making further progress on the outstanding separation issues".
But Lord King predicts that we will find ourselves with what's been dubbed as Brino - Brexit in name only - which he said was the worst of all worlds. It's also a state of affairs that he fears could drag on for years.
"I think the biggest risk to the UK, and this is what worries me most, is that this issue isn't going to go away, you know the referendum hasn't decided it, because both camps feel that they haven't got what they wanted."
'Depressing' debate
Lord King expressed regret and surprise that it was more difficult for a single country to present a united front than the other 27 EU members.
He said: "They must have been really worried that they had 27 countries to try to corral, how could they have a united negotiating position, they were dealing with a country that was one country, made a clear decision, voted to leave, it knew what it wanted to do, how on earth could the EU manage to negotiate against this one decisive group on the other side of the Channel?
"Well, the reality's been completely the opposite. The EU has been united, has been clear, has been patient and it's the UK that's been divided without any clear strategy at all for how to get to where we want to go."
He also said he found the current level of debate around Brexit "depressing" and said it obscured the real challenges ahead.
"The biggest economic problems facing the UK are, we save too little, we haven't worked out how to save for retirement, the pension system is facing I think a real challenge, we haven't worked out how to save enough for the NHS and finance it, we haven't worked out how we're going to save enough to provide care for the elderly.
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"These are the big economic challenges we face, but are they being discussed at present in an open way?
"No, because the political debate has been completely taken up by Brexit," he said. "It's a discussion where both sides seem to be throwing insults at each other."
Lord King might argue he is being much more even-handed, with stinging criticism for all involved.
His comments come as Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham calls for Brexit to be postponed, if a no-deal scenario seems likely.
In a speech on Wednesday, the former Labour minister will say that although "a price would undoubtedly be paid in terms of social cohesion," a suspension of the process would be necessary to avoid damaging jobs.
How your heart age is key to heart attack or stroke risk - BBC News
How your heart age is key to heart attack or stroke risk
4 September 2018
Public Health England is urging people over 30 to take an online test to find out their heart age, which indicates if they are at increased risk of suffering a heart attack or a stroke.
They predict about 80% of heart attacks and strokes in people under 75 could be prevented if heart health was improved.
Unhealthy lifestyles put four in five adults at risk of early death, they estimate.
People should quit smoking, eat a healthy diet and get enough exercise.
The test is not diagnostic - it will not tell you whether you are going to have a heart attack - but it can be a wake-up call to make healthy changes.
David Green, who is 59, took the test.
"The worst moment was being told my heart is 10 years older than me and that my life expectancy was shortened," he told the BBC.
"That took some digesting for sure, but I flipped it to a positive statement to do something to reverse that scenario."
David took the test after he struggled to keep up with rehearsals for his role in The Full Monty with his local theatre company in Plymouth.
He had never heard of heart age, but said he would have guessed he was only a few years off.
"I'm 59 now so I thought 'oh maybe it'll be 62 or 63', so a whole 10 years - that was a real shocker.
"They told me that 'you really need to do something otherwise you're not going to see that much of your pension'.
"I think that was the main thing for me, I'd just retired, I'd like to live a bit longer thank you very much."
Obesity, poor diet, a lack of exercise and high blood pressure are significant risk factors for the heart that can be changed.
How to improve your heart health:
Give up smoking
Get active
Manage your weight
Eat more fibre
Cut down on saturated fat
Get your five a day fruit and vegetables
Cut down on salt
Eat fish
Drink less alcohol
Read labels on food and drink packaging
Source: NHS Choices
Almost two million people have taken the heart age test and 78% of participants have a heart age higher than their actual age, putting them at greater risk of an early death. Of those, 34% were more than five years over their actual age and 14% at least 10 years higher.
More than 84,000 people die from a heart attack or stroke each year in England.
Dr Matt Kearney, from NHS England, said the test has the "potential to help millions of people".
The test is being backed by the British Heart Foundation and the Stroke Association.
Juliet Bouverie, chief executive at the Stroke Association, said: "We believe that across the UK there are around six million people who are undiagnosed and untreated for high blood pressure or atrial fibrillation, two of the biggest risk factors for stroke.
"However, treatment for these conditions can significantly reduce your risk of stroke and the devastation it causes."
The test asks 16 simple physical and lifestyle questions and gives an estimation of your heart age, and a prediction of the risk of having a heart attack or stroke by a certain age.
It also gives suggestions on lifestyle changes to help people reduce their heart age.
One year after quitting smoking, a person's risk of heart disease is about half that of a smoker's
Doing the recommended amount of weekly exercise - at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise, such as cycling or brisk walking - can reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke
Increasing the amount of fruit and veg from three portions daily to more than five can lower the risk of heart disease or stroke
You can do the test here.
David joined the gym, cut down on his alcohol intake and is eating much more healthily. He says taking control of his health and knowing what he's dealing with is very satisfying and empowering.
So far David has lost two stone and his BMI has come down by six points.
"I want to have a long and happy and healthy retirement and that's what it's about now - I've worked for 40 years continuously and I want to be enjoying things, I don't want to be hobbling around on a stick, which I could have easily been doing by now.
"I know when I've had those temptations to have an extra pint of beer or glass of wine I know I've got to do something about that as a forfeit - it's good, it's an empowering thing to do."
Maureen Talbot, Senior Cardiac Nurse at British Heart Foundation, said: "The goal of the Heart Age Tool is not to diagnose any heart conditions but to make people more aware of risks to their heart health and give them the incentive to make simple lifestyle changes.
"If you are concerned about your heart age, you should speak to your GP."
4 September 2018
Public Health England is urging people over 30 to take an online test to find out their heart age, which indicates if they are at increased risk of suffering a heart attack or a stroke.
They predict about 80% of heart attacks and strokes in people under 75 could be prevented if heart health was improved.
Unhealthy lifestyles put four in five adults at risk of early death, they estimate.
People should quit smoking, eat a healthy diet and get enough exercise.
The test is not diagnostic - it will not tell you whether you are going to have a heart attack - but it can be a wake-up call to make healthy changes.
David Green, who is 59, took the test.
"The worst moment was being told my heart is 10 years older than me and that my life expectancy was shortened," he told the BBC.
"That took some digesting for sure, but I flipped it to a positive statement to do something to reverse that scenario."
David took the test after he struggled to keep up with rehearsals for his role in The Full Monty with his local theatre company in Plymouth.
He had never heard of heart age, but said he would have guessed he was only a few years off.
"I'm 59 now so I thought 'oh maybe it'll be 62 or 63', so a whole 10 years - that was a real shocker.
"They told me that 'you really need to do something otherwise you're not going to see that much of your pension'.
"I think that was the main thing for me, I'd just retired, I'd like to live a bit longer thank you very much."
Obesity, poor diet, a lack of exercise and high blood pressure are significant risk factors for the heart that can be changed.
How to improve your heart health:
Give up smoking
Get active
Manage your weight
Eat more fibre
Cut down on saturated fat
Get your five a day fruit and vegetables
Cut down on salt
Eat fish
Drink less alcohol
Read labels on food and drink packaging
Source: NHS Choices
Almost two million people have taken the heart age test and 78% of participants have a heart age higher than their actual age, putting them at greater risk of an early death. Of those, 34% were more than five years over their actual age and 14% at least 10 years higher.
More than 84,000 people die from a heart attack or stroke each year in England.
Dr Matt Kearney, from NHS England, said the test has the "potential to help millions of people".
The test is being backed by the British Heart Foundation and the Stroke Association.
Juliet Bouverie, chief executive at the Stroke Association, said: "We believe that across the UK there are around six million people who are undiagnosed and untreated for high blood pressure or atrial fibrillation, two of the biggest risk factors for stroke.
"However, treatment for these conditions can significantly reduce your risk of stroke and the devastation it causes."
The test asks 16 simple physical and lifestyle questions and gives an estimation of your heart age, and a prediction of the risk of having a heart attack or stroke by a certain age.
It also gives suggestions on lifestyle changes to help people reduce their heart age.
One year after quitting smoking, a person's risk of heart disease is about half that of a smoker's
Doing the recommended amount of weekly exercise - at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise, such as cycling or brisk walking - can reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke
Increasing the amount of fruit and veg from three portions daily to more than five can lower the risk of heart disease or stroke
You can do the test here.
David joined the gym, cut down on his alcohol intake and is eating much more healthily. He says taking control of his health and knowing what he's dealing with is very satisfying and empowering.
So far David has lost two stone and his BMI has come down by six points.
"I want to have a long and happy and healthy retirement and that's what it's about now - I've worked for 40 years continuously and I want to be enjoying things, I don't want to be hobbling around on a stick, which I could have easily been doing by now.
"I know when I've had those temptations to have an extra pint of beer or glass of wine I know I've got to do something about that as a forfeit - it's good, it's an empowering thing to do."
Maureen Talbot, Senior Cardiac Nurse at British Heart Foundation, said: "The goal of the Heart Age Tool is not to diagnose any heart conditions but to make people more aware of risks to their heart health and give them the incentive to make simple lifestyle changes.
"If you are concerned about your heart age, you should speak to your GP."
Uber to block low-rating riders in Australia and New Zealand - BBC News
Sept. 5, 2018.
Uber to block low-rating riders in Australia and New Zealand
Uber asks passengers and drivers to review each trip to form a personal user rating
Uber is to block customers in Australia and New Zealand from its ride service if they have a low passenger rating.
Riders rated four-out-of-five stars or lower will be banned for six months. Ratings are based on feedback left by drivers after each journey.
The move is aimed at improving passenger behaviour, the company said.
Uber told the BBC that Australia and New Zealand had been identified as a place to bring in the rule after feedback from drivers.
The same policy was introduced in Brazil earlier this this year, Uber said, but it's the first time the control has been rolled out in an English-speaking market.
An Uber spokeswoman declined to be drawn on exactly how many of its 2.8 million users in Australia and New Zealand currently had ratings of below 4.0 - but conceded it was only "a few thousand".
The "vast majority" - believed to be more than 90% - had ratings of at least 4.5, the company said.
The policy will kick in on 19 September and passengers will receive several warnings before they are banned.
What lowers your score?
Susan Anderson, general director of Uber in Australia and New Zealand, said riders with a 4.0 rating or below would have received a number of one-star reviews from drivers.
"These are the small percentage of riders who are persistently not treating drivers with respect," she told Channel Seven's Sunrise programme on Wednesday.
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She said drivers expected basic courtesy from riders. Poor behaviour included users not being at their pick-up spot, or organising pick-ups in unsafe areas on the road.
"Be polite and considerate. Take your rubbish with you and don't make a mess in the car," Ms Anderson said.
The company sent out a number of tips to users last month aimed at improving customer scores.
Uber to block low-rating riders in Australia and New Zealand
Uber asks passengers and drivers to review each trip to form a personal user rating
Uber is to block customers in Australia and New Zealand from its ride service if they have a low passenger rating.
Riders rated four-out-of-five stars or lower will be banned for six months. Ratings are based on feedback left by drivers after each journey.
The move is aimed at improving passenger behaviour, the company said.
Uber told the BBC that Australia and New Zealand had been identified as a place to bring in the rule after feedback from drivers.
The same policy was introduced in Brazil earlier this this year, Uber said, but it's the first time the control has been rolled out in an English-speaking market.
An Uber spokeswoman declined to be drawn on exactly how many of its 2.8 million users in Australia and New Zealand currently had ratings of below 4.0 - but conceded it was only "a few thousand".
The "vast majority" - believed to be more than 90% - had ratings of at least 4.5, the company said.
The policy will kick in on 19 September and passengers will receive several warnings before they are banned.
What lowers your score?
Susan Anderson, general director of Uber in Australia and New Zealand, said riders with a 4.0 rating or below would have received a number of one-star reviews from drivers.
"These are the small percentage of riders who are persistently not treating drivers with respect," she told Channel Seven's Sunrise programme on Wednesday.
Uber plans shake-up of driver ratings
How to avoid surge pricing
What's wrong with doing make-up on a train?
She said drivers expected basic courtesy from riders. Poor behaviour included users not being at their pick-up spot, or organising pick-ups in unsafe areas on the road.
"Be polite and considerate. Take your rubbish with you and don't make a mess in the car," Ms Anderson said.
The company sent out a number of tips to users last month aimed at improving customer scores.
Donald Trump condemns Bob Woodward book as 'con' - BBC News
Sept. 5, 2018.
Donald Trump condemns Bob Woodward book as 'con'
Trump said of Woodward's work: "It's just another bad book"
US President Donald Trump has condemned a book on his White House by renowned Watergate journalist Bob Woodward as a "con on the public".
Mr Trump's chief of staff and defence secretary, in responses posted by the president on Twitter, described the book as "pathetic" and "fiction".
In the book, senior aides are quoted as saying they hid sensitive documents to prevent Mr Trump signing them.
They are quoted as calling him an "idiot" and a "liar".
The book - Fear: Trump in the White House, scheduled for release on 11 September - reveals a chaotic administration having a "nervous breakdown of executive power".
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Woodward is a widely respected and veteran journalist who helped expose President Richard Nixon's role in the Watergate scandal in the 1970s.
How has the president responded?
He sent out a series of tweets carrying his own views, along with statements from Defence Secretary Jim Mattis, chief of staff John Kelly and White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Donald J. Trump
✔
@realDonaldTrump
The Woodward book has already been refuted and discredited by General (Secretary of Defense) James Mattis and General (Chief of Staff) John Kelly. Their quotes were made up frauds, a con on the public. Likewise other stories and quotes. Woodward is a Dem operative? Notice timing?
9:18 AM - Sep 5, 2018
Mr Trump says quotes attributed to Mr Mattis and Mr Kelly were "made up frauds, a con on the public. Likewise other stories and quotes".
He says the book is "already discredited" with "so many lies and phony sources", rejecting an allegation that he had used the terms "mentally retarded" and "dumb Southerner" to describe Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
The statement from Mr Mattis describes the book as "a product of someone's rich imagination" and adds: "The contemptuous words about the president attributed to me in Woodward's book were never uttered by me or in my presence."
Jim Mattis: "[Woodward's] anonymous sources do not lend credibility"
The statement from Mr Kelly says: "The idea I ever called the president an idiot is not true... He always knows where I stand and he and I both know this story is total BS... This is a pathetic attempt to smear people close to President Trump."
Ms Sanders said the book was "nothing more than fabricated stories, many by former disgruntled employees, told to make the president look bad".
In an interview with the Daily Caller, Mr Trump said that "it's just another bad book", adding that Woodward "has a lot of credibility problems".
What are the allegations in the book?
One of the main claims is that current and former aides kept sensitive documents off his desk to prevent him from signing them, or took different actions to those demanded by the president.
This amounts to an "administrative coup d'état", Woodward says.
The book says Mr Trump had ordered the Pentagon to arrange the assassination of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
"Let's [expletive] kill him! Let's go in. Let's kill the [expletive] lot of them," Mr Trump is reported to have told Mr Mattis.
Trump allegedly says on Assad: "Let's [expletive] kill him!"
The book says Mr Mattis acknowledged Mr Trump's request but then, after the conversation, told an aide he would not do "any of that".
Mr Mattis is also quoted as saying Mr Trump had the understanding of "a fifth- or sixth-grader" - the age of 10 or 11 - in understanding foreign affairs.
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Woodward says chief economic adviser Gary Cohn and White House staff secretary Rob Porter removed documents from the president's desk to keep Mr Trump from signing them.
The documents would have allowed the president to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement and a trade deal with South Korea.
"It felt like we were walking along the edge of the cliff perpetually," Mr Porter is quoted as saying.
In other excerpts:
The book quotes Mr Kelly as saying: "We're in Crazytown... This is the worst job I've ever had"
Ex-Trump lawyer John Dowd calls the president "a [expletive] liar"
Mr Trump compares his first chief of staff, Reince Priebus, to a rat. "He just scurries around"
Mr Trump tells Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross he does not trust him, saying: "I don't want you doing any more negotiations. You're past your prime"
Mr Trump's relationship with Rex Tillerson never recovered after reports the ex-secretary of state had called the president "an [expletive] moron"
Is Bob Woodward credible?
It would be hard to find a journalist with greater credentials. After all, his investigations with Washington Post colleague Carl Bernstein helped bring down Richard Nixon and he has written books on many leaders, including George W Bush and Barack Obama.
He is certainly one of the most respected and well-informed political analysts.
The BBC's North America reporter Anthony Zurcher says that Woodward has unrivalled access to the corridors of power, and the general Washington consensus is that it is better to talk to him than not, since colleagues - and enemies - are certainly giving him their side of the story.
Back in 2013, Mr Trump had responded to a row between Woodward and the Obama administration with a tweet saying: "Only the Obama WH can get away with attacking Bob Woodward."
Did the president speak to Woodward?
The Washington Post released an audio recording and transcript of a call the president made to Woodward in early August.
In it, the president says to the reporter "I think you've always been fair" and claims he was never contacted for an interview or informed of Woodward's soon-to-be-published work.
The assertion is rebutted by the reporter, and the transcript suggests White House aides, including adviser Kellyanne Conway, were aware of requests for Trump-Woodward talks.
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Woodward says he has "gained a lot of insight and documentation" and that his book will be a "tough look at the world and your administration and you".
"I assume that means it's going to be a negative book," the president replies. "So I have another bad book coming out. Big deal."
Woodward says: "I believe in our country, and because you're our president, I wish you good luck."
Donald Trump condemns Bob Woodward book as 'con'
Trump said of Woodward's work: "It's just another bad book"
US President Donald Trump has condemned a book on his White House by renowned Watergate journalist Bob Woodward as a "con on the public".
Mr Trump's chief of staff and defence secretary, in responses posted by the president on Twitter, described the book as "pathetic" and "fiction".
In the book, senior aides are quoted as saying they hid sensitive documents to prevent Mr Trump signing them.
They are quoted as calling him an "idiot" and a "liar".
The book - Fear: Trump in the White House, scheduled for release on 11 September - reveals a chaotic administration having a "nervous breakdown of executive power".
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Woodward is a widely respected and veteran journalist who helped expose President Richard Nixon's role in the Watergate scandal in the 1970s.
How has the president responded?
He sent out a series of tweets carrying his own views, along with statements from Defence Secretary Jim Mattis, chief of staff John Kelly and White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Donald J. Trump
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@realDonaldTrump
The Woodward book has already been refuted and discredited by General (Secretary of Defense) James Mattis and General (Chief of Staff) John Kelly. Their quotes were made up frauds, a con on the public. Likewise other stories and quotes. Woodward is a Dem operative? Notice timing?
9:18 AM - Sep 5, 2018
Mr Trump says quotes attributed to Mr Mattis and Mr Kelly were "made up frauds, a con on the public. Likewise other stories and quotes".
He says the book is "already discredited" with "so many lies and phony sources", rejecting an allegation that he had used the terms "mentally retarded" and "dumb Southerner" to describe Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
The statement from Mr Mattis describes the book as "a product of someone's rich imagination" and adds: "The contemptuous words about the president attributed to me in Woodward's book were never uttered by me or in my presence."
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The statement from Mr Kelly says: "The idea I ever called the president an idiot is not true... He always knows where I stand and he and I both know this story is total BS... This is a pathetic attempt to smear people close to President Trump."
Ms Sanders said the book was "nothing more than fabricated stories, many by former disgruntled employees, told to make the president look bad".
In an interview with the Daily Caller, Mr Trump said that "it's just another bad book", adding that Woodward "has a lot of credibility problems".
What are the allegations in the book?
One of the main claims is that current and former aides kept sensitive documents off his desk to prevent him from signing them, or took different actions to those demanded by the president.
This amounts to an "administrative coup d'état", Woodward says.
The book says Mr Trump had ordered the Pentagon to arrange the assassination of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
"Let's [expletive] kill him! Let's go in. Let's kill the [expletive] lot of them," Mr Trump is reported to have told Mr Mattis.
Trump allegedly says on Assad: "Let's [expletive] kill him!"
The book says Mr Mattis acknowledged Mr Trump's request but then, after the conversation, told an aide he would not do "any of that".
Mr Mattis is also quoted as saying Mr Trump had the understanding of "a fifth- or sixth-grader" - the age of 10 or 11 - in understanding foreign affairs.
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Woodward says chief economic adviser Gary Cohn and White House staff secretary Rob Porter removed documents from the president's desk to keep Mr Trump from signing them.
The documents would have allowed the president to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement and a trade deal with South Korea.
"It felt like we were walking along the edge of the cliff perpetually," Mr Porter is quoted as saying.
In other excerpts:
The book quotes Mr Kelly as saying: "We're in Crazytown... This is the worst job I've ever had"
Ex-Trump lawyer John Dowd calls the president "a [expletive] liar"
Mr Trump compares his first chief of staff, Reince Priebus, to a rat. "He just scurries around"
Mr Trump tells Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross he does not trust him, saying: "I don't want you doing any more negotiations. You're past your prime"
Mr Trump's relationship with Rex Tillerson never recovered after reports the ex-secretary of state had called the president "an [expletive] moron"
Is Bob Woodward credible?
It would be hard to find a journalist with greater credentials. After all, his investigations with Washington Post colleague Carl Bernstein helped bring down Richard Nixon and he has written books on many leaders, including George W Bush and Barack Obama.
He is certainly one of the most respected and well-informed political analysts.
The BBC's North America reporter Anthony Zurcher says that Woodward has unrivalled access to the corridors of power, and the general Washington consensus is that it is better to talk to him than not, since colleagues - and enemies - are certainly giving him their side of the story.
Back in 2013, Mr Trump had responded to a row between Woodward and the Obama administration with a tweet saying: "Only the Obama WH can get away with attacking Bob Woodward."
Did the president speak to Woodward?
The Washington Post released an audio recording and transcript of a call the president made to Woodward in early August.
In it, the president says to the reporter "I think you've always been fair" and claims he was never contacted for an interview or informed of Woodward's soon-to-be-published work.
The assertion is rebutted by the reporter, and the transcript suggests White House aides, including adviser Kellyanne Conway, were aware of requests for Trump-Woodward talks.
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Woodward says he has "gained a lot of insight and documentation" and that his book will be a "tough look at the world and your administration and you".
"I assume that means it's going to be a negative book," the president replies. "So I have another bad book coming out. Big deal."
Woodward says: "I believe in our country, and because you're our president, I wish you good luck."
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