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Judges Doctors Your neighbours Generally speaking do you think of yourself as… Gender Age Social Grade Total Con Lab Lib Dem Male Female 18 to 34 35 to 54 55 + ABC1 C2DE All GB Adults 1301 349 439 139 623 678 373 467 461 701 597 Unweighted Sample 1301 389 428 133 603 698 350 426 525 741 557 % % % % % % % % % % % Trust a great deal 16 18 18 22 19 13 22 13 13 19 12 Trust to some extent 55 57 58 57 53 56 51 60 53 56 53 Do not trust much 18 17 17 15 18 18 13 19 22 16 20 Do not trust at all 7 6 3 4 6 7 5 5 9 5 9 Don’t know 5 2 4 2 4 6 9 3 3 4 6 Trust a great deal 34 35 40 39 37 32 38 32 33 35 33 Trust to some extent 55 55 51 54 53 56 49 58 55 55 54 Do not trust much 7 8 6 5 7 7 6 7 8 8 7 Do not trust at all 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 Don’t know 3 1 2 0 2 3 5 2 1 2 4 Trust a great deal 23 25 25 25 20 25 16 22 30 22 24 Trust to some extent 52 53 54 51 57 47 48 54 53 56 47 Do not trust much 12 13 12 10 9 14 14 11 11 11 13 Do not trust at all 6 2 4 9 5 6 9 6 3 4 8 Don’t know 8 7 5 5 8 7 14 7 4 7 8 Which two or three of these are the most important issues facing Britain these days? [Please tick up to 3 options] Immigration 60 68 57 40 56 63 50 61 66 56 64 Crime 49 48 47 43 47 50 45 48 52 47 51 The economy generally 31 35 30 38 35 27 31 29 32 36 25 Health care 31 28 31 39 25 35 33 31 28 30 31 Terrorism 27 28 33 19 28 26 22 27 31 26 29 Personal morality 24 26 22 27 25 23 22 23 27 27 20 Education 23 21 23 37 25 22 29 25 16 25 21 Global warming 19 13 21 31 21 17 21 19 18 20 18 Taxation 16 19 13 7 20 13 22 17 12 15 18 Iraq 7 4 7 7 7 6 7 6 7 7 7 Not sure 2 0 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 Thinking about Iraq do you think the UNITED STATES should… Withdraw all its troops from Iraq immediately 15 12 12 16 13 17 14 17 14 13 17 Withdraw all its troops by the end of 2008 Set a firm date now to withdraw all troops by 2009 or 2010 Stay as long as it takes to achieve security and stability in Iraq 20 28 28 19 30 34 21 32 27 25 34 20 17 29 37 23 28 20 18 21 35 19 31 24 23 31 26 20 32 29 20 24 26 Don’t know 9 6 7 5 5 13 13 10 6 7 12 Thinking about Afghanistan do you think BRITAIN should… Withdraw all British troops from Afghanistan immediately 22 18 19 21 19 26 18 24 24 21 24 Withdraw all its troops by the end of 2008 Set a firm date now to withdraw all troops by 2009 or 2010 Stay as long as it takes to achieve security and stability in Afghanistan 20 21 28 21 23 34 19 25 30 23 25 25 17 20 39 22 23 18 16 18 35 20 22 26 22 23 25 20 22 31 19 21 25 Don’t know 8 4 7 6 5 12 13 8 5 7 11 © 2008 YouGov plc. All Rights Reserved www.yougov.com
Do you think the British Government should if necessary be prepared to take military action against Iran to prevent Iran acquiring nuclear weapons? In future in what circumstances if any should Britain take military action against another country? Generally speaking do you think of yourself as… Gender Age Social Grade Total Con Lab Lib Dem Male Female 18 to 34 35 to 54 55 + ABC1 C2DE All GB Adults 1301 349 439 139 623 678 373 467 461 701 597 Unweighted Sample 1301 389 428 133 603 698 350 426 525 741 557 % % % % % % % % % % % Should 26 30 29 21 24 27 31 28 19 23 29 Should not 48 47 48 54 56 39 41 42 58 52 43 Don’t know 27 23 23 25 19 34 28 30 23 25 29 Whenever it feels it is in the interests of Britain to do so, regardless of whether other countries or the United Nations approve 17 23 17 12 21 14 16 23 13 16 19 Only if Britain can act jointly with its allies 11 14 13 8 12 11 14 11 10 12 11 Only if the United Nations approves Britain should never take military action against another 26 23 30 42 31 22 27 26 25 31 20 country, other than in response to a military attack on 37 36 32 34 30 43 30 32 47 34 40 Britain Don’t know 9 5 7 4 6 11 14 8 5 7 10 Thinking about the provision of services such as health and education which of these options do you favour most for the British Government over the next few years? The Government should have a bigger role in the provision of services to the people, and increase taxes if necessary 27 18 40 32 28 27 22 30 28 28 27 The Government should have a smaller role in the provision of services to the people, and reduce taxes 36 53 22 29 39 34 35 33 40 36 36 The present balance is about right 21 16 26 30 24 18 22 20 21 24 17 Don’t know 16 14 12 8 10 22 21 17 12 13 20 If the Government was able to reduce taxes should it… Concentrate on reducing taxes on the poor to help reduce poverty 38 19 49 46 41 36 36 36 42 33 44 Concentrate on reducing taxes on middle-income working families 21 24 19 21 18 23 23 26 13 23 18 Concentrate on reducing taxes on the better off to help encourage entreprise 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 Spread the tax cuts across all groups 37 54 28 31 38 36 36 33 42 41 33 Don’t know 3 2 3 0 3 4 3 4 2 2 4 Thinking about the role of private companies in Britain these days, do you agree or disagree with the following statements? ‘In general I admire the people who run large successful companies’ Strongly agree 8 11 7 7 9 7 15 4 6 9 7 Tend to agree 38 51 36 36 38 38 36 37 40 42 34 Neither agree not disagree 33 25 36 33 30 35 28 38 32 31 35 Tend to disagree 12 7 11 18 14 10 10 12 14 12 12 Strongly disagree 6 3 7 6 8 4 5 6 6 5 7 Don’t know 4 3 2 0 2 5 6 3 2 2 5 © 2008 YouGov plc. All Rights Reserved www.yougov.com
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