Britain tells WEF to get lost and backs scrapping net zero

Britain spent Monday in a defiant mood, delivering one of the clearest repudiations of elite orthodoxy seen on the platform. Should you own nothing and be happy? produced the day's most striking consensus: the country said no by a crushing 74-point margin, with no meaningful age or gender splits at all. The same blunt scepticism carried Should the UK abandon its net zero target by 2050?, which passed almost three to one across every generation.

The verdicts

Should individual political donations be limited to £10k? and Would a one-year £100,000 cap on donations from new overseas voters curb foreign influence? both passed comfortably, though each exposed sharp generational divides; younger voters were far keener on the caps than their elders. Britain also agreed, by two to one, that Is US Vice President JD Vance right that British politics is broken?, a grudging verdict that felt all the more pointed for coming from the audience itself.

On welfare and education the country split almost down the middle. Is removing the supported housing benefit cliff edge the right way to encourage residents into work? and Should the government tighten daily living assessments for new PIP claimants? both scraped narrow yeses, with working-age voters and older cohorts carrying the day against strong youth opposition. Does the current student loan repayment system unfairly hold back career progression? passed, but only because those long clear of debt backed it heavily while the graduates themselves were more divided.

Is voting pointless when no major party addresses the UK's core fiscal and demographic crises? produced the day's richest irony: a bare 53 per cent yes that barely carried, neatly undercutting its own claim. Should the forces stay out of pride month? also passed, with middle-aged voters most opposed to uniformed marches while the youngest split evenly. Four in five said the government Has the UK government listened to its indigenous people and their concerns over the last 30 years? — a rare cross-demographic consensus. Even the provocative claim that most British non-Muslims believe the prophet Muhammad was a rapist pedophile warlord secured a yes, though confidence collapsed at retirement age.

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