Previous Polls

Was the TUC right to invite David Cameron to address Congress?

July - August, 2010

Who do you expect to win the Labour leadership contest?

June - July, 2010

Can England win the 2010 football world cup in South Africa?

June 2010

Do you think there will be another general election in the next 12 months?

May 11 - 28, 2010

Do you think the government handled the aviation crisis caused by the Icelandic volcano effectively?

April - May, 2010

Should "legal highs" like miaow miaow (mephedrone) be banned?

March/April 2010

Do you agree with government plans to make dog owners pay insurance for their pets?

March 2010

Do you think Alastair Campbell was genuine when he cried during a TV interview about the Iraq war?

February 12 - 26, 2010

Were you convinced by Tony Blair's performance at the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war?

January 30 - February 12, 2010

Should the government do more to protect British businesses like Cadbury's from hostile foreign takeovers?

Jan - Feb, 2010

Do you think the Copenhagen climate change summit was a success or failure?

December 21, 2009 - January 20, 2010

Was the government right to sack drugs adviser David Nutt for warning that alcohol and cigarettes can cause more harm than cannabis?

November/December 2009

Should BNP leader Nick Griffin have been invited onto BBC Question Time?

October 26 - November 4, 2009

Do you believe media reports that Britain is emerging from recession?

October 2009

On balance do you believe that modern technology such as the Internet is a blessing or a curse?

August - September 2009

Forty years after the Moon landing should mankind be aiming to send an astronaut to Mars?

July 22 - August 12, 2009

Can England's cricketers win back the Ashes this summer?

July 6 - 22, 2009

Did you vote in the European elections?

June 7 - July 6, 2009

Are you worried about swine flu?

May 20 - June 5, 2009

Do you agree with government plans to lower the speed limit on roads?

April 20 - May 20, 2009

Do you think the G20 summit achieved anything?

April 7 - 20, 2009

Do you believe that Google Street View represents an invasion of privacy?

March 27 - April 3, 2009

Do you agree with the proposal from the chief medical officer to put a minimum price on sales of wine, beer and spirits as part of a campaign against alcoholism?

March 16 - 27, 2009

Should the government act to reduce former Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Sir Fred Goodwin’s £693,000-a-year pension?

March 2 - March 16, 2009

Do you agree with former MI5 chief Stella Rimington that anti-terror legislation risks turning Britain into a police state?

February 18 - March 1, 2009

Do you think the response of the authorities to the heavy snow has been adequate?

February 5 - 18, 2009

Do you think Barack Obama's presidency will see an end to the so-called “special relationship” between Britain and the USA?

January 22 - February 5, 2009

How do you rate George W Bush's eight years in office?

January 13 - 21, 2009

Should the assisted suicide of motor neurone disease sufferer Craig Ewert have been shown on TV?

December 2008 - January 2009

Are you offended by the amount of bad language on TV and radio?

November 24 - December 11, 2008

Do you feel positive about Barack Obama winning the US presidency?

November 7 - 21, 2008

Do you agree with government plans for compulsory sex and relationships education in all schools?

October 27 - November 7, 2008

Was the government right to bail out the banks with taxpayers money?

October 10 - 26, 2008

Do you believe that plans to introduce ID cards are a threat to liberty and privacy?

September 26 - October 10, 2008

Do you agree that the school leaving age should rise to 17?

September 5 - 26, 2008

Should people who illegally download music owned by the big record companies face prosecution?

August 22 - September 5, 2008

Which country do you think will top the Olympic medal table?

August 8 - 22, 2008

Should the government impose a windfall tax on the energy companies to cut fuel poverty?

July 29 - August 8, 2008

Do you support the chief medical officer's call for a zero per cent limit on teenage drink drivers?

July 15 - July 29, 2008

Do you believe that Britain is heading for economic recession?

May/July 2008

Do you support the cloning of human embryos for stem cell research in the fight against disease?

Do you support the cloning of human embryos for stem cell research in the fight against disease?

Should mobile phones be banned from school classrooms?

March 27 - April 11, 2008

Do you believe that Barack Obama will become the first black President of the USA?

February 27 - March 14, 2008

Do you agree with plans to host competitive English Premier League football in cities like Miami, Sydney and Tokyo?

February 8 - 22, 2008

Should MPs be allowed to employ family members in their Parliamentary work?

February 1 - 8, 2008

Is the spray-painting of public buildings by guerrilla artist "Banksy" an act of vandalism?

January 25 - February 1, 2008

Will the return of Kevin 'King Kev' Keegan as Newcastle manager bring the glory days back to St James Park?

January 18 - 25, 2008

Are government plans for a new generation of British nuclear power plants the answer to combating climate change?

January 11 - January 18, 2008

What was the worst-ever Xmas No 1?

December 14 - 28, 2007

Do you agree with or oppose government plans to extend detention without charge from 28 to 42 days?

December 7 - 14, 2007

Who would you like to see as the next England football manager?

November 23 - December 7, 2007

Should Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair resign over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes?

November 9 - 23, 2007

Should there be a referendum on the revised EU constitution?

October 19 - November 2, 2007

Do you believe Gordon Brown ‘bottled’ plans to call an early general election?

October 12 - 19, 2007

Will Chelsea enjoy continued success without Jose Mourinho?

September 21 - October 5, 2007

Was Gordon Brown right to host Maggie Thatcher at 10 Downing Street?

September 14 - 21, 2007

Who do you think will win the rugby world cup?

September 7 - 14, 2007

After a Lancet study showed that British cancer survival rates are among the lowest in Europe, are more government funds now needed for research into the disease?

August 24 - 31, 2007

Thirty years after his death, is Elvis still the King of rock and roll?

August 16 - 24, 2007

Following Gordon Brown’s visit to Washington, is Britain to remain joined at the hip to the USA?

July 31 - August 7, 2007

Do you think the government was unprepared for the recent floods?

July 23 - 30, 2007

Do you agree with a police bid to ban off-licence sales to under-21s?

July 6 - 13, 2007

Do you agree with the smoking ban?

June 29 - July 6, 2007

Is it right for Gordon Brown to offer Liberal Democrats like Lord Ashdown a place in government?

June 22 - 29, 2007

Will you be glad to see the back of Tony Blair?

June 1 - 15, 2007

Do you agree with government plans to build a new generation of nuclear power stations?

May 24 - 31, 2007

Does the establishment of a new Northern Ireland assembly herald a permanent end to conflict?

May 8 - 18, 2007

Will hosting the 2012 Olympic Games be good for Britain?

April 24 - April 30, 2007

Can England win the Cricket World Cup?

April 10 - April 16, 2007

Should there be state funding of political parties?

March 16 - 23, 2007

Should there be a public inquiry into the fatal train crash at Grayrigg, Cumbria?

March 1 - 9, 2007

Is gun crime out of control?

Feb 16 - 23, 2007

Following Friday’s fatal crash between a train and car near Invergordon, is it time for level crossings on Britain’s rail network to be phased out?

February 2 - 9, 2007

Are government plans for Las Vegas-style supercasinos a good thing for Britain?

January 26 - February 2, 2007

Are the recent storms a sign of global warming?

January 19 - 26, 2007

Do you agree with plans to raise the school leaving age to 18?

January 12 - 18, 2007

Is Labour Cabinet minister Ruth Kelly justified in sending her child to private school?

January 5 - 12, 2007

Is the government justified in its plans to axe 2,500 post offices?

December 15 - 22, 2006

Do you trust Tony Blair's latest NHS reforms?

December 8 - 15, 2006

Who poisoned former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko?

December 1 - 8, 2006

Can England's cricketers retain the Ashes?

November 24 - December 1, 2006

Do violent video games need greater regulation?

November 20 - 24, 2006

Do you wear a remembrance day poppy with pride?

November 10 - 17, 2006

Are ASBOs working?

November 3 - 10, 2006

Twenty years after bus deregulation, has the Tory policy been a success or failure?

October 27 - November 3, 2006

Is it right for a rich pop star like Madonna to adopt a child from an impoverished African country?

October 17 - 23, 2006

Was the BBC irresponsible to stage the high-speed car stunt which saw Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond hospitalised in a 300mph smash?

October 5 - October 13, 2006

Are parents at Rawmarsh school in Yorkshire justified in feeding their children junk food through the school gates?

September 22 - 29, 2006

Has the world become more secure or less secure in the five years since 9/11?

September 11-18, 2006

Should Tony Blair give a date for his departure as prime minister?

September 1 - 8, 2006

Are A-Level and GCSE exams becoming too easy?

August 29 - September 4, 2006

Did the airport authorities overreact in the light of the alleged terror threat?

August 21-28, 2006

Was new England manager Steve McClaren right to drop David Beckham?

August 14 - 21, 2006

Should Britain demand an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon?

Should Britain demand an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon?

Are you fed up with TV's Big Brother?

July 28 - August 4, 2006

Is the current heatwave a sign of global warming?

July 21 - July 28, 2006

Do we need a new national anthem to replace God Save the Queen?

July 14 - July 21

Should terminally ill patients be given the right to die?

June 30 - July 7

Does Britain need Gordon Brown's proposed new £20 billion nuclear weapons system?

June 23 - June 30

Should junk food advertising be banned from children's TV?

June 16 - June 23

Should Britain's 'home nations' support England in the World Cup?

June 9 - June 16

Should metal detectors be introduced in schools to combat knife crime?

June 2 - June 9

Should Britain join the euro?

May 26 - June 2

Following World Debt Day on May 16, should Britain now drop its remaining debts owed by African nations?

May 19 - May 26

Should there be a public inquiry into intelligence failures on the 7/7 London bombings?

May 12 - May 19

Is Steve McClaren the right choice to be England football manager?

May 5 - May 12

Should the government restore the link between pensions and average earnings, axed by the Tories in the 1980s?

April 20 - April 28

How concerned are you about bird flu?

April 7 - April 14

Were public sector workers right to strike over pensions?

March 31 - April 7

Will Gordon Brown's Budget be good for Britain?

March 24 - 31

Is is right that British police be sent to Germany to help police this summer's football World Cup?

March 15 - 24

Should water meters be made compulsory?

March 3 - March 10, 2006

Should the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay be closed?

Feb 24 - March 3

Is the government right to ban smoking in workplaces and pubs?

Feb 17 - 23, 2006

Does the Child Support Agency need reform?

Feb 10 - 16, 2006

Has the NHS got better or worse over the past decade?

Feb 3 - 10, 2006

Was George Galloway right to enter the Celebrity Big Brother house?

Jan 27 - Feb 2, 2006

Public ownership

Jan 19 - 26, 2006