And if in 2019 you had done a survey of who thinks there should be a 10pm curfew, and nightclubs and casinos should be shutdown, I would hypothesis that you would have had very similar results.
I certainly don't believe that 20% of people want a curfew. In all my life I've never heard anyone suggest we should have a curfew, except in very specific circumstances such as the 2011 riots and, of course, during global pandemics (and even during the pandemic, I've not really heard many people calling for actual curfews, although the matter does seem to have become rather mixed up with pub closing times)
I thought that it might be a misunderstanding, however I've just checked and this is the option offered:
I thought that it might be a misunderstanding, however I've just checked and this is the option offered:
"Having a curfew against leaving home after 10pm without good reason".
So yeah, according to IPSOS 19% of British people want a 10pm curfew.....
They would probably love it, some might even have '999' on speed dial to make sure they can call in 5-0 the moment they spot a miscreant walking around outside at 22:01.
I'd say it's probable. Because they don't really interact with people, they spend their days at home filling in surveys online, so are over-represented compared to those who have active social lives.
I'd honestly hope you were both wrong, but if there really are that many people not only never going out but determined to stop everyone else I'd say we have an impending mental health crisis.
It doesn't need to be a lot to distort the results. The point is the 20% is 20% of people who had the time and inclination to fill in the survey, not 20% of the population.
Ah yeah I see what you're saying, and kind of goes to show that sometimes these polls have to be taken with a pinch of salt.
I rarely interact with anyone outside work but the last thing I want is to be stuck in the house. I like to get out and about whether that be walking, cycling or riding on trains. Admittedly only the latter will happen late in the evening.
Yes I can see what you're saying. I intend to be active as long as I can but I can see that many people are not like that.
The state mandates all sorts of restrictions on personal freedom for reasons of public health and safety.
I don’t know about others, but one impact of Covid restrictions is that I have rapidly had my views changed on points (2) and (3) - as well as things like the sugar tax.
Difference is these have obvious reasons behind them with plenty of scientific evidence for most of them or financial implications for others in case of number 5. Many of these current restrictions don't as for every so call expert claiming one thing there's another giving the opposite view.
You've reminded of the "The Crash detectives" TV series. Stupid boy racer didn't wear his seat belt and even replaced the airbag steering wheel with one that had a few pointless buttons on it. He hit a stationary lorry at 50 mph and killed himself! I'll always wear a seatbelt but I don't care if other people do, unless they're sitting behind me of course.
Do you really not?
It's not the basis for anything other than clickbait.
Of course there is that, yes.
With seat belts there are decades of research that pretty much unambiguously shows they save lives. There is a huge upside and extremely little downside to seat belts.
I think it will last until enough people don't bother. It's basically unenforcable on driver only trains. They'd have to employ hundreds of extra people to enforce it and they cannot afford that because they're living on handouts. The government won't fund it.
