Nerd Notes: Time to Argue -- "What is the Worst Mistake in British History?"

What was the worst mistake ever made in British history?

The Times newspaper is asking for your opinion, and plenty of people are piping up!

I have to say, though, that "greatest mistake" is not necessarily the same thing as "greatest disaster."

So! What do you think?

I also have to point out the most utterly stupid response yet:

". . . the worst mistake in the history of the human race, let alone Britain, was the replacement of hunter-gathering by agriculture, which fuelled rapid population growth, urbanisation and disease."

Sheer idiocy.