The responses to last week's Fun Online Polls were as follows:
Which of Cameron's three Big Ideas would you consider to be populist right wing crap? Multiple selections allowed.
Blame the immigrants - 65 votes
Blame the welfare claimants - 64 votes
Blame the Human Rights Act - 64 votes
None of the above - 19 votes
Total 93 voters.
Thanks to everybody who took part, it looks like I'm in the majority on this.
Caveat: I agree that our immigration and welfare systems are in need of putting on a more rational basis (i.e. a points system and a flat-rate Citizen's Income scheme respectively) or that the HRA is being completely misinterpreted in some cases. But if you invent stupid laws, then some people (a surprisingly small minority, actually) will abuse them. There's no point throwing out the baby with the bath water, and trying to blame our economic woes on the unemployed is like blaming World War I on people who died in the trenches.
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It's started snizzling again where I am, which is to proper snowing what drizzling is to proper raining. You can see it coming but it doesn't really settle and you can ignore it to all intents and purposes, you don't need an umbrella or anything.
So that's this week's entirely subjective Fun Online Poll, has the weather in the UK changed over the last ten or fifteen years?
Vote here or use the widget in the sidebar.
It's a crowded field
3 hours ago
3 comments:
Talking of snowing. I have been in Montreal, Canada since last June. Way before Christmas it started snowing and has been off and on since with falls of one foot or more not unusual. What amazes me is despite all that snow there is no disruption and everything carries on as usual. There was one exception on one day when for half of it the buses were running half an hour late. It appears the thaw has now set in except I see snow forecast again for Friday. Just saying....
A, they get the right kind of snow. Being able to cope with snow requires a lot of investment and preparation, and that investment and preparation is only worth while if you get a lot of fairly predictable snow. And in the UK, it is cheaper for everybody to take a day off work every now and then.
Canadians also have the right kind of cars (lots of four-wheel drive) and the right kind of tyres. Snow tyres make a big difference and most people who can afford them fit them. So it's not too difficult to keep going even with the roads covered in snow.
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