Jamaicans would have been better off British - poll

[DavidDvorkin]

A survey for a Jamaican newspaper suggests most islanders believe the country would have been better off if it had remained a British colony.

The poll, commissioned by The Gleaner, found that 60% of respondents backed this view. But 17% disagreed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13952592

60%! That's remarkable.

[Loudmxr]

1. As an American and an Irish citizen I would tend to disagree.

[DavidDvorkin]

3. So you'd be one of the 17%?

:)

[malaise]

2. It's bullshit

Here's the original source
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110628/lead/lead1.html
I have no doubt they polled listeners to Mutty Perkins crying for his queen every fugging day of the week.

[DavidDvorkin]

4. The original source says the same thing as the article I quoted

What makes it bullshit?

[malaise]

6. The pollster's credibility plus the facts

The majority of the population never lived under the British

[JI7]

5. isn't this like the former soviet nations where most say communism or some dictator

get majority support ? it says more about the struggles they are facing right now .

years have gone by and the yuounger don't know or remember how it was back then. and of course many from those days were killed.

[Nye Bevan]

7. Quite possible. Bermuda seems to be doing OK, and doesn't seem to be pushing for independence.

Just like Puerto Rico seems to be more than happy to be a US colony.

[Johnny Harpo]

8. IMHO..A Lot Of 'Nations' Would Have Been Better Off Not Becoming Nations

n/t