Law changes that would win referenda, but no mainstream party could ever suggest.

Famously, British membership of the EU would end pretty instantly if it were ever polled, though no major party would take the country down that particular economic suicide.

The death penalty would be another one in the UK, I think.

How about the US? Would homosexuality be recriminalised?

There must be lots of these.

I think some kind of heavy tax on the super-rich would pass in the US. People get nervous when you talk about taxing the rich, but if you put a hard number on income/wealth they'd be like "oh, okay."

you really think the british public would vote in favour of a return to the death penalty??

thomp - 67%, it says here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/apr/27/ukcrime13

democracy works.

GP that's depressing if true, but i'm not sure i trust the survey

Would you support or oppose the introduction of a national ID card?

Support 86%
Oppose 14%

Sure - that seems to be a high high figure, but this 2008 YouGov (http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/half_of_britons_would_reinstate_death_penalty/) gives it as 50% for, 40% against.

ah, i was just about to link to this -

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1506834/Less-than-50pc-back-death-penalty.html

- similar results, similarly dodgy yougov survey. also i am kind of amazed that support for it stood at 70-80% in the 60s. simon jenkins in the grauniad the other day wrote something about how if we hadn't gotten around to it then no current leader would have the balls to get rid of it.

gallup, 2003:

http://media.gallup.com/GPTB/religValue/20040316_1.gif

2006:

http://media.gallup.com/POLL/Releases/pr060220i.gif