As for PPL instrument flying, my opinion is that the IMC is OK for cruising in warm cloud with a large space between the bottoms and the green bit, but the only safe option is a full current CAA/JAA or whatever IR.
Please describe the physical mechanism via which the weather can determine whether the pilot has an IR. Nobel prize stuff, that would be for sure...
IMC holders will crucify me, but I read about them all the time....... in the monthly AAIB reports.
Please list a few where the IMCR v. IR paperwork was relevant.