Members reject war referendum, school holiday cuts and the Robbins payout

Sunday's ballot was a day of lopsided verdicts, and the most telling came on the question of war. refnation members overwhelmingly rejected a referendum before the UK goes to war unless it is attacked first. The best-rated line was a rebuke ("you lost the election, get over it.!"), and even members suspicious of the elite conceded that war won't wait for a ballot.

Elsewhere, members were in no mood to indulge the government or the school calendar, but they were happy to lean on banks and a foreign regime.

The verdicts

Was the government right to pay Sir Olly Robbins a six-figure settlement after sacking him over Mandelson's vetting? Members overwhelmingly said no. The top No case simply declared "Something stinks" and demanded to know who authorised the dismissal, while Yes voters answered in the cold language of litigation risk.

Should the UK stop issuing visas to all Eritreans until Eritrea takes back failed asylum seekers? Yes won overwhelmingly. Its most-respected voice found it "extraordinary that this doesn't happen already", though the best No case replied that the Home Office had already hit the regime while sparing ordinary Eritreans.

Should the tax surcharge on bank profits be raised from 3% to 8% in the Budget? This was the day's closest result, though still a comfortable Yes, carried by a bailout memory. No voters countered that "banks are not atms for profligate governments" and that any levy lands on customers.

Should everyone keep the right to vote by post? Yes won comfortably. The No side pressed the sharper accusation, with one voter insisting there is "no evidence" only "because there's been no effort", but Yes voters stressed disenfranchisement and rare convictions.

Should the UK accept higher prices to produce more of its own food, energy and steel? Yes won comfortably, though many on both sides rejected the premise that self-sufficiency must cost more. One No voter called it a "poorly worded question"; the top Yes case wanted tariffs so "buying local is cheaper".

Should school holidays be cut to match the 28 days of paid leave most working parents get? Members overwhelmingly said no. The most-respected No case conceded the parents' problem before insisting "schools aren't simply childcare facilities", and childhood, not logistics, set the tone.

Should trans women be allowed to use women's toilets and changing rooms? Members overwhelmingly voted against. One No voter told the other side to "use the gents lads and leave the ladies in peace", while Yes voters called it "culture war nonsense designed to deflect attention".

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