Small boat crossings
The UK should expand authorised routes for seeking asylum as part of its response to small-boat crossings.
NoYes
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24 questionsAbortion
Abortion should be legal on request during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
NoYes
Has America gained power?
Since 20 January 2025, United States foreign policy has, on balance, increased the country's power to shape international outcomes in its favour, including when other major powers resist.
NoYes
Wealth tax
The UK should impose an annual tax of 1% on each UK-resident individual's worldwide net wealth above £10 million, including property, pensions, financial assets and private-business interests, after deducting debts.
NoYes
Vaccinating children
Parents should vaccinate their children against serious infectious diseases.
NoYes
Death penalty
The death penalty should be abolished for all federal and state crimes in the United States.
NoYes
Global warming
Human activities—especially burning fossil fuels and deforestation—have been the main cause of the rise in global average temperature since 1950.
NoYes
Socialism and US democracy
If the United States replaced predominantly private ownership of large businesses with predominantly public or worker ownership, its democratic institutions would be substantially weaker twenty years later.
NoYes
Nature of ME/CFS
ME/CFS is primarily a psychological or behavioural disorder rather than a biomedical disease.
NoYes
Social impacts of artificial intelligence
Over the next 20 years, the expanding use of artificial intelligence will have a net positive effect on societies worldwide.
NoYes
Minimum wage
The standard US federal minimum wage for covered, non-tipped workers aged 20 or older should be increased to at least $15 per hour within five years of enactment.
NoYes
Gaza war
The military and security gains achieved by Israel's campaign in Gaza from 7 October 2023 to the ceasefire beginning 10 October 2025 justified the resulting harm to Palestinian civilians.
NoYes