Thank you to all 221 people who took part in my poll - about a quarter of those invited. Yes, it was imperfect. Yes, it did imply that disarming Iraq was the objective. No, it didn't give you all the choices you might have wanted.
But, in the end, the results seem to indicate that there were enough options to get a real feel for opinion. And I really appreciate the many emails that I received with VERY different viewpoints expressed. We are fortunate to be able to hold such an open, public debate.
Title: War with Iraq
Question: How should we disarm Iraq?
1. War, even without UN sanction 112 (50%)
2. War, only with UN sanction
44 (19%) Combined 'for war'
156 (70.6%)
3. Covert removal of the WMDs
4 (1%)
4. Open, defended removal of WMDs 3 (1%)
Combined 'remove WMDs' 7 (3.1%)
5. Covert removal of Saddam
13 (5%)
6. Open removal of Saddam
9 (4%)
7. Help Iraqis overthrow Saddam
22 (9%) Combined 'remove Saddam' 44 (19.9%)
8. Some other solutions
9
(4%) Combined 'non war' 60 (27.1%) *
9. I really don't know
5 (2%)
221 Total votes
* Total excludes "don't know" but I recognise that almost all the "non-war" solution might well involve military action.