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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 2d

If you were offered food that you did not like, for reasons unrelated to allergies or dietary restrictions, would you eat it?

Eat it all: 5%
Eat some of it: 22%
Refuse it with an excuse: 11%
Refuse it and say why: 57%

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 2d

Despite speculation, Donald Trump has not been awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. And 69% of Britons say he should not be awarded it in future

He should: 14%
He should not: 69%

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 2d

Britons are more likely to think that the Nobel Peace Prize goes to deserving individuals than not, amid Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado being awarded the 2025 prize

Does go to deserving individuals: 40%
Does not go to deserving individuals: 19%

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 2d

11 Oct is World Zombie Day. A 2017 YouGov study found that 11% of Britons had a zombie plan - here's what their plans entailed 👇

Hole up somewhere: 45%
Gather supplies: 43%
Relocate (e.g. escape city): 29%
Acquire weapons: 23%
Rescue/meet friends/family: 15%

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 3d

63% of Britons support abolishing stamp duty on the purchase of main homes, as Kemi Badenoch pledged yesterday

Only 13% are opposed

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 3d

Have you turned the heating on yet?

I have: 45%
I have not: 53%

By region
Scotland: 61% have
North: 51%
Midlands: 47%
London: 42%
Wales: 40%
South: 39%

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 3d

Which party do Britons trust most in key areas?

Reform UK
Immigration: 31% (+22 lead)
Crime: 20% (+8)
Represent you: 19% (+9)
Run councils: 16% (+4)
Keep promises: 15% (+7)

Conservatives
Support business: 20% (+6)

Labour
NHS: 17% (+5)

Greens
Environment: 34% (+24)

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 3d

Reform UK are the party Britons most associate with being patriotic, but also being weird and extreme

Extreme: 58% (+50 lead)
Offer change: 37% (+26)
Setting agenda: 36% (+27)
Patriotic: 35% (+27)
Likely win next election: 35% (+20)
Weird: 35% (+15)
Understands problems: 25% (+15)
Normal: 17% (+4)

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 3d

Labour voters are significantly more likely to trust the Greens than Labour on the environment, poverty, keeping promises and protecting minority groups

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 3d

Conservative voters are more likely to trust Reform UK on immigration than the Conservatives, with both parties having similar levels of trust among Tory voters on keeping promises, poverty, crime, representing people like you and the NHS

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 3d

Reform UK voters trust the party significantly more than they trust the other main parties in every area polled

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 3d

Which party are Britons most likely to trust in key areas?

Reform UK
Immigration: 41% (+18 lead)
Crime: 34% (+11)
Form effective govt: 27% (+4)

Greens
Environment: 54% (+21)
Protect minorities: 38% (+4)
Keep promises: 32% (+5)

Conservatives
Support business: 36% (+5)
Defence: 35% (+6)

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 3d

Which party do Britons trust most in key areas?

Reform UK
Immigration: 31% (+22 lead)
Crime: 20% (+8)
Represent you: 19% (+9)
Run councils: 16% (+4)
Keep promises: 15% (+7)

Conservatives
Support business: 20% (+6)

Labour
NHS: 17% (+5)

Greens
Environment: 34% (+24)

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 3d

Reform UK are the party Britons most associate with being patriotic, but also being weird and extreme

Extreme: 58% (+50 lead)
Offer change: 37% (+26)
Setting agenda: 36% (+27)
Patriotic: 35% (+27)
Likely win next election: 35% (+20)
Weird: 35% (+15)
Understands problems: 25% (+15)
Normal: 17% (+4)

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 3d

Britons are most likely to see the Greens as best representing younger people

Greens: 20% (33% of 18-24s)
Reform UK: 12% (7%)
Labour: 9% (13%)
Lib Dems: 6% (5%)
Conservatives: 2% (0%)

None: 24% (16%)

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 3d

Britons are most likely to see the Tories as best representing older people

Conservatives: 29% (21% of over 65s)
Reform UK: 15% (16%)
Labour: 5% (4%)
Lib Dems: 4% (4%)
Greens: 1% (1%)

None: 23% (36%)

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 3d

Britons living in working class households are more likely to see Reform UK than Labour as best representing working class people, though more say that no party does

C2DE 'working class' Britons
Ref: 22%
Lab: 15%
None: 30%

All Britons
Lab: 22%
Ref: 19%
None: 28%

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 4d

How many browsing tabs do you typically have open?*

1: 6%
2-5: 54%
6-10: 14%
11-20: 8%
21-30: 2%
More than 30: 3%

*across all windows, on desktop/laptop

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 4d

How many browsing tabs do you typically have open?*

1: 6%
2-5: 54%
6-10: 14%
11-20: 8%
21-30: 2%
More than 30: 3%

*across all windows, on desktop/laptop

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 4d

With Hollywood actors criticising the creation of new AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood, 60% of Britons say they would be less likely to watch a live-action movie with an AI-generated actor

More likely: 5%
Less likely: 60%
No difference: 21%

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 4d

With Celebrity Traitors kicking off tonight, our study of 35,000 Britons found that 20% would prefer to be a Traitor versus 55% a Faithful - but how do the two groups differ in terms of politics and personality? 👇

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · Jan 22

"I don't mind being ruthless to get what I want": how do the personalities of Britain's traitors and faithfuls differ?

YouGov Profiles data shows traitors have more ruthless, deceptive, money-oriented, risk-taking and rule-breaking tendencies than faithfuls 👇

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 4d

With Kemi Badenoch pledging to abolish stamp duty if the Tories win the next election, our tracker polling shows that 40% of Britons see it as an unfair tax

Fair: 21%
Unfair: 40%
Neither: 21%

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How fair is stamp duty?

How fair or unfair do you think the following types of taxation are? Stamp duty

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 4d

Kemi Badenoch has told the Conservative party conference that Britain needs the Tories "back in charge", but just 9% of Britons believe the party is ready for government

Ready for government: 9% (-1 from 11 August)
They are not ready for government: 71% (+1)

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 4d

Current Conservative and Reform UK voters are more likely to think leaving the ECHR would have a positive impact - and a majority in both parties think doing so would be positive *or at least not negative*

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 4d

Britons are most likely to say withdrawing from the ECHR would have a NEGATIVE impact on...

UK reputation with other countries: 48%
Security co-operation with Europe: 39%
Minority rights in UK: 34%

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