Poll

Poll Started 4 September 2007. Do you want less tax or more spend? With all the political shenanigans at the moment over tax v spend; for fun I want to test people’s attitudes. Assume the system actually works and changing spending really changes service. You can choose to increase taxes, specifically to go towards four popular areas: health, education, policing and transport (a 1% tax increase roughly increases spending by 2.5%). Alternatively you can cut taxes impacting spending across the board impact (as tax you’d be unlikely to focus spending reductions on the popular areas). Which option would you prefer… for the poll’s sake assume increased or decreased spending actually increases/decreases service!

You’ve just paid for your shopping in a busy supermarket, and by mistake you’re handed an extra £20 note in the change. You only notice as you’re walking out of the store pushing a heavy trolley. Now, be honest about what you’d do – not what you hope you’d do… Which of these is nearest your reaction?

Poll Started: 20 August 2007. Would a £35m lottery win make you happy? Last week, a woman in Scotland won £35 million on the Euro lottery; when asked if this would make her happy, she said “no it’d make me more secure.” Which of the following is the nearest to your view?

Poll Started 13 August 2007: Would you pay higher taxes for NHS drugs for all? Modern super-drugs are getting more expensive, and the funds to pay come from taxpayers' money, which of course pays for the NHS. Yet last week there was uproar when it was decided a family of new Alzheimer's drugs wouldn’t be made available for all; this follows a similar reaction to the decision on breast cancer drug Herceptin. So how do we balance this out? Focusing, for clarity, purely on the NHS drugs budget rather than the NHS itself.... How much more tax would you be willing to pay to make all drugs available to all?

Poll Started 30 July 07 Is global warming happening? The world is warmer, and many scientists believe there’s overwhelming evidence that humans are the main cause. Yet many also believe that natural effects are at work, and there’s no great cause for concern. Which of the following stark options is closest to your opinion? Is global warming happening...

Poll Started 31 July 2007: Is the BBC licence fee worth it? The TV licence fee costs £135.50 a year for any home with a colour TV, and pays for the BBC - that's TV, radio, regional programmes and BBC online. Is it worth it? Which of these is nearest to your view?

Poll Started 24 July 2007. Can you be a second class friend? Are you snobby about what stamp you get? Is second class more literal than economic? If someone posted you a birthday card with a second class stamp on it, Which of the following would be your view?

Poll Started 17 July 2007. Will house prices crash? Will the march of house prices continue? What will happen to UK house prices over the next year? Remember your view is as important as the property pundits'; public sentiment has a huge effect on prices.

Poll started 10 July 2007. Credit reference agencies know a huge amount about us; and the info held informs almost every financial product application we make. One small error can cause havoc. There are three reference agencies Callcredit, Equifax and Experian. So how often do you check? Which is the nearest to your situation? IMPORTANT WARNING!. It's important to check your files, for more info, after voting, read your credit rating: check for free and improve it

Poll Started 26 June 2007. Will our new Chancellor be brave enough to change what the old one did? Who knows. Yet for a bit of fun, let's pretend you're Gordon's Darling and need to raise more tax. If it were in your power, which of the following would you raise? So what should be most heavily taxed?