Jamaica Better off as a Colony

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Nope, I am not going off on some rant about the benefits of the British Empire, or how Churchill was right.

I am talking about survey results, from Jamaica.

When asked whether Jamaica would have been better off as a colony of the UK, 60% of respondents agreed and 17% disagreed.

A thousand people took part in the survey, out of a population of 2.7m. The poll has a reported margin of error of plus or minus 4%.

The survey was undertaken because Jamaica is due to celebrate 50 years of independence next year... I am not quite sure this was the answer Jamaica was looking for.

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