Is it okay for the Government to change its mind?

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44522

Total votes

14887

5-11 votes

29635

11-16+ votes

With the UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak recently introducing a new policy around maths education, our voters considered the impact of government policy U-turns. They discussed whether people feel positively or negatively about the government changing its mind and explored reasons why the government might do so.

Primary

"As long as the Government doesn't change their mind all the time then changing their decision shows that they listen to you."

Secondary

"Decisions should be better thought through so they don’t need to change their minds.”

College

"[We] support the Government changing their mind, but not if they do it too much."

67% of those who voted said that 'Yes', it is okay.

All of our age groups had a majority 'Yes' vote, deciding that it is okay for the Government to change its mind.
We had a total of 44,522 votes for this VoteTopic.

36% of 11-16 year olds voted 'No', which was the highest 'No' voting age group

Despite a majority 'Yes' vote, we still had significant numbers of students voting 'No'.
The highest 'No' vote came from our Secondary students.
Many comments from these students said that the Government should think carefully before making a decision, so that they do not need to change their minds.

Year 2 had the highest 'Yes' vote last week, with 80% believing that it is okay for the Government to change its mind

Our Primary pupils had the highest 'Yes' vote and Year 2 had the highest within that age range.
The lowest 'Yes' vote came from Year 11 for this VoteTopic.