New polling just dropped from TV’s channel 5, conducted by More in Common, about a range of topics that fall under the umbrella, “every little thing”. Would people use a weight-loss jab if it were free on the NHS? (Yes, if they wanted to lose weight.) Do people, nevertheless, think weight-loss jabs are cheating? (Over a third of people said yes, which is to say, nearly two-thirds don’t think that.) Should grandparents be paid for doing childcare? (A third think so, which again leaves quite a hefty majority who think, “No, don’t be silly”.) Two-thirds think that adult children living with parents should pay rent; I’d like to have seen the wording of that question. Because if there isn’t an option, “it really depends on the income distribution within the family, plus the personalities, relationships and history of all concerned, and even if I knew all these things, it still wouldn’t be any of my business”, then surely some respondents will have been misrepresented.
Quite a sizeable majority (nearly two-thirds) think wills should always be split equally between children, which I guess is moderately interesting, as a snapshot of how people feel about wealth transfer and its impact on family dynamics, but it’s hardly what you’d call the pressing issue of the day.
