The responses to last week's Fun Online Poll were as follows:
If you had been the US President in August 1945, what would you have done?
Ended the war and allowed Japan to get away with it - 10%
Allowed the war to drag on for another few months or years - 1%
Dropped The Bomb on Hiroshima then given them a couple of weeks to surrender - 52%
Dropped The Bomb on Hiroshima and another one on Nagasaki out of spite - 36%
So a clear winner here, and I was with the majority on this. A good turnout of 77 voters, thank you everybody who took part.
My view is, as the US President, you have to think about
a) what's best for the American people as a whole (and sod the Japanese) and
b) what will get you elected President in a three years' time. Harry Truman was of course not elected President the first time, he took over when FDR died.
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This week's Fun Online Poll.
"Who will/would you vote for as new leader of the Labour Party?"
Vote here or use the widget in the sidebar, multiple selections allowed if you're in two minds.
I'm in several minds about this (although luckily I am not registered vote so I'm not losing sleep over this).
On the one hand, he is likeable, has principles and I agree with some of his policies while the other three are just faceless mishmash self-promoting machine politicians. I don't agree with any of their policies for the simple reason they don't actually have any.
But Corbyn's policies miss the point and he will make life more difficult for the Young People's Party by offering superficially attractive solutions to our core voters which will not actually address the underlying issues.
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