Fun Online Polls: England's Future & Fergie

Thanks to everybody who took part in last week's Fun Online Poll, there was a good turnout of 158 voters.

As we do these things by simple majority, there appear to be only two supra-national organisations of which England would remain a member:
The United Kingdom - 99 votes (although possibly as a looser federation)
European Free Trade Association - 90 votes

England/the UK will be leaving the following (the number of votes are votes to stay in):
NATO - 69 votes (I'm surprised, but pleasantly so)
United Nations - 46 votes
G7 to G20 - 44 votes
World Trade Organisation - 42 votes (I don't agree on this one, but that's democracy)
IMF and World Bank - 31 votes
European Union - 13 votes

England/the UK will not be joining:
Schengen Area - 9 votes
Euro-zone - 5 votes

The computer was playing up when I set up the poll, so in my rage and frustration I missed off 'Commonwealth', i.e. a putative 'Commonwealth Free Trade Area'. Seeing as the UK alone dwarfs EFTA, I suppose it wouldn't so much be a question of the UK joining EFTA but the Commonwealth Free Trade Association concluding a mutual free trade agreement with EFTA. Details, details.
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It appears that Fergie is in trouble again. What puzzled me is that she says she will repay the $40,000 that the undercover reporter gave her. In her position I'd make the best of a bad job and keep it.

What would you do?

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Number crunching

Planned increase in fuel bills per household per week to pay for a "£100bn plan to boost renewable energy": £5.59

Amount of food wasted per household per week according to the Cabinet Office, which could be avoided to help "combat rising living costs": £8

Increase in weekly food bill over last year due to various factors = £15

Increase in food prices due to "bio fuels" targets = 75%*

Additional greenhouse gas emissions created by bio-fuels compared to fossil fuels = 50% to 70%

* It's not entirely clear if they mean that agricultural prices are 75% higher than what they would be in the absence of the bio-fuels nonsense; or whether 75% of the overall increase is due to the bio-fuels nonsense. Either way, this is not good.