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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 3h

As Alan Shearer and Michael Caine join calls to ban parents from smacking children, most Britons believe the practice should be legal, though this has fallen in recent years

Should be legal: 52% (-12 from Aug 2019)
Should not be legal: 32% (+8)

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 20h

A nation of inbetweeners: Britons tend to recall being neither cool nor uncool when they were at school, following news that The Inbetweeners is set to return to screens

Cool: 10%
Uncool: 32%
Inbetween: 49%

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 20h

The public's belief that business taxes are too high is accompanied by an awareness they have increased in recent years

Have increased: 57%
Stayed about right: 11%
Have decreased: 3%

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 20h

Britons tend to believe that businesses are already taxed too much, as the Chamber of Commerce urges Rachel Reeves not to raise business taxes in next month's budget

Too high: 41%
About right: 18%
Too low: 14%

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 23h

Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 11-13 October 2025

Approve: 14% (+1 from 4-6 Oct)
Disapprove: 69% (=)
Net: -55 (+1)

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

YouGov most important issues tracker, 11-13 October 2025

Immigration: 56% (-1 from 4-6 Oct)
Economy: 53% (+1)
Health: 32% (+2)
Crime: 22% (-2)
Housing: 18% (+3)
Defence: 18% (-3)
Environment: 16% (-1)
Tax: 15% (+1)
Welfare: 14% (+2)
Europe: 13% (=)

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

Our latest Westminster voting intention (12-13 Oct) has the Greens on their highest figure ever recorded by YouGov

Reform UK: 27% (no change from 5-6 Oct)
Labour: 20% (=)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Lib Dems: 16% (-1)
Greens: 13% (+1)
SNP: 3% (-1)

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

To what extent do Gen Z menhold misogynist views in cluster? Out of 12 potential misogyny markers from our survey, 45% of Gen Z hold 0, compared to 39% of Millennial men, 45% of Gen X and 48% of Boomer men

28% of Gen Z men hold 1-2 /12 views. Only 7% hold 6 or more

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

Gen Z men are also more likely to see traditionally positive gender-neutral traits like being hard-working, reliable, and honest as being specifically masculine

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

Gen Z men are more likely than older generations to see traits often associated with 'toxic masculinity' - like being strong, competitive, emotionally reserved, and dominant - as positive traits

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

Our survey picks up clear differences between Gen Z men and their attitudes to masculinity compared to older generations

% saying masculinity is a good thing
Gen Z men: 46%
Millennial men: 42%
Gen X men: 31%
Boomer men: 30%

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

When it comes to potential misogynist dating tropes... (2/2)

-11% think women are hardwired to be attracted to dominant men
-6% think a man who pays for dinner/drinks is owed sex
-5% think it is wrong for a woman to have had lots of sexual partners (while saying it is ok for a man to have done so)

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

When it comes to potential misogynist dating tropes...

-28% of Gen Z men believe the '80/20' rule that most women only want to date the top 20% of men
-22% think women only want to date 'high value men'
-14% think a woman shd dress the way her partner finds attractive

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

11% of Gen Z men have a more positive view of men than women - however only 6% have an outright negative view of women, and this is only 3% when it comes to those with a negative view of women AND a positive or neutral view of men

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

… but Gen Z men (along with Millennials) are also the most likely to say misandry is widespread in the UK

Gen Z men: 38%
Millennial men: 39%
Gen X men: 33%
Boomer men: 24%

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

Gen Z men are less likely to reject the idea that misogyny is not widespread in the UK...

Gen Z men: 31%
Millennial men: 44%
Gen X men: 50%
Boomer men: 43%

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

13% of Gen Z men like Andrew Tate - but 71% dislike him

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

Gen Z men are likewise not more likely than older generations to think the purpose of feminism is to put men down

Gen Z men: 15%
Millennial men: 21%
Gen X men: 19%
Boomer men: 13%

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

… and likewise Gen Z men are not more likely than older generations to think progress for women has been bad for men

Gen Z men: 15%
Millennial men: 23%
Gen X men: 20%
Boomer men: 15%

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

Gen Z men are less likely than older generations to think women have it better than men in society...

Gen Z men: 18%
Millennial men: 28%
Gen X men: 26%
Boomer men: 22%

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

🧵/ Our major new study on young men, masculinity, and misogyny questions the extent to which Gen Z men are really more likely to hold misogynist views than older generations of men

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

On the centenary of her birth, Margaret Thatcher is Britons' top choice for best PM of the last 50 years

Margaret Thatcher: 29%
Tony Blair: 12%
Harold Wilson: 6%
Boris Johnson: 4%
Gordon Brown: 3%
David Cameron: 3%
John Major: 2%

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

Full results on the UK's international influence available here: yougov.co.uk/topics/inter...

How influential, if at all, do you think the United Kingdom is in world affairs? | Daily Question

How influential, if at all, do you think the United Kingdom is in world affairs?

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

With the US ambassador to Israel accusing education secretary Bridget Phillipson of being 'delusional' for suggesting the UK was key in the Israel-Hamas peace deal, Britons tend to see the UK as not influential in world affairs

Very / fairly influential: 33%
Not very / not at all influential: 55%

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

63% of Britons its unlikely think the peace deal between Israel and Hamas will hold, as both sides exchange hostages and prisoners three days after the deal came into effect

Likely: 17%
Unlikely: 63%

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