Money Saving Polls - results & discussion

A question about : HIGH STREET KING?

12 July 2004: Which store is the real gem in the British Retailing establishment. Marks & Spencer was once uncontested champion, yet now it looks like it may be sold. Is it still our best and most trusted store? Who would you pick? (for past poll results and to discuss, see Money Saving polls in the Chat Forum)

A question about : Slogan Contest

Poll Title: Poll Started 1 September 2004: Slogan Contest. This Christmas, we may make some MSE.com T-shirts and then auction them for charity Site users were asked to suggest slogan, which Andrea has shortlisted. What's your favourite?

A question about : A New Name for Revenge

16 July 2004: What's the name for revenge? I'm due to start a new board in the Chat Room based on my 'Revenge. How to get free cash from credit cards article'. The discussion is that we need a snappy name to call the process. People have been making the suggestions please vote on your favourite. (to discuss this or see past polls click here)

Beeting (BTing)
Snaffling
Sponging
Stoozing
Super-tarting

A question about : Fantasy Prime Minister: Take a 'Chance-llor'

Poll Started 8 September. Let's play Fantasy Prime Minister. If you were Tony Blair, which of the following would you do with Gordon Brown? Your decision should be based on personal, public and political expediency. (to discuss this or view past poll results go to the Money Polls section in the Chat Forum)

Demote him to Foreign Secretary
Drop him from the Cabinet entirely
Keep him as Chancellor full stop
Keep him as Chancellor, but dump him after then next election

A question about : TV Channel Idol

Poll Started 17 August 2004: Well reality votes are all the rage, so let's turn the table; this is TV Channel Idol. If TV were rationed and it was pay per channel, but you could only afford one, which would you pick (listed alphabetically)?

Another Channel
BBC News 24
BBC1
BBC2
BBC3
Bid Up TV
Channel 4
Don't Watch TV
E4
Five
ITV News Channel
ITV1
ITV2
QVC
Sky News
Sky One
Sky Sports 1
Sky Sports 2
Sky Sports 3

A question about : Should I Worry About … Spending?

Should I Worry About … Spending? Is a new programme I'm taking part in which is one of a new autumn series presented by Richard Hammond which investigates various headline issues.

The programme makers are looking for participants in a focus group at a top London Ad Agency to help creatives come up with a campaign to make us more savvy spenders.

A question about : MoneySaving Poll: Would you vote for a Ј14.66 minimum wage?

Poll started 20 May 2014

In Switzerland this week, a referendum to introduce a 22 Swiss franc (c.Ј14.66) per hour minimum wage, proposed by trade unions to promote “fair salaries for workers in the lowest-paid professions”, was rejected by the population on grounds that it was state intervention and may hurt the economy. If you were setting the minimum wage in the UK, what would you set it at?

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A question about : Money Moral Dilemma: Should I pay my friend's speeding fine?

Here's this week's hypothetical situation for you to cogitate on:

Should I pay my friend's speeding fine?

A friend of mine was giving me a lift one night, and was caught by a fixed camera and given a speeding fine. As he was going out of his way to drop me off, should I pay his fine?