British public wrong about nearly everything, survey shows

[MKR&*42]

Didn't you post something like this a short while ago or has like so much time flown by for me?

Anyway I knew that crime was falling and that a ginormous amount was spent on pensions as opposed to JSA. Knew immigrants didn't make up 30 percent christ, knew about the foreign aid - surprised about the teenage pregnancy figure though, expecting it to be a lot higher.

[GommeInc]

Isn't it pretty obvious more money goes towards pensions, seeing as we have a large, ageing population that probably worked in the large public sector we once had as well as those that gave up work or made redundant when the public sector shrunk and/or industries were discouraged? Also, the fact that people thought 15% of teenage girls were getting pregnant each year is always funny

[FlyingJesus]

Why would warnings where you're just moved along and not charged with anything at all be included in crime stats

[Inseriousity.]

vote for educated officials? Most of these false public perceptions are fuelled by political discourse.
People don't vote based on facts (and let's face it you can manipulate stats any which way to tell a story), they go with what they feel (and let's face it you can manipulate feelings any which way to tell a story). Ultimately, deciding the electorate are too misinformed to vote because of their lack of knowledge about statistics seems to me to be a bizarre argument. Perhaps we should just move away from democracy altogether and have an elite rule over us, we vote them all in anyway, might as well just get rid of the whole voting sham!

[FlyingJesus]

Works for me, only allow people with high rep vote