It has been said that Britain and America are two nations separated by a common language. Now a new YouGov Omnibus survey reveals how Americans might find themselves in a pickle for having failed to understand what Britons really mean when they make certain statements. … The most notable variation […] Read more »
For Farage and Brexit Pollster, a World of Gamblers and Gambling
… Based on Bloomberg’s investigation of Brexit polling, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority said in October that it is examining the secret relationships between pollsters and hedge funds. The FCA, which is the U.K.’s financial prosecutor and regulator, is specifically looking at whether such arrangements could violate laws or regulations […] Read more »
How Trump and Brexit united Europe
Emanuel Deutschmann, European University Institute and Lara Minkus, Universität Bremen Europeans across the English Channel are nervously watching Britain’s debate over Brexit, fearful of what the United Kingdom’s divorce from the European Union will mean for their decades-old economic and political bloc. British Prime Minister Theresa May on Dec. 11 […] Read more »
UK: Brexit study finds significant decrease in diehard leave backers
Britons are growing ever more pessimistic about the state of Brexit negotiations, with even diehard leavers angry with how the past year has gone for their cause, a wide-ranging new study has found. The research by Britain Thinks found a significant decrease in the strongest supporters of Brexit and an increase […] Read more »
Agents of doubt: How a powerful Russian propaganda machine chips away at Western notions of truth
The initial plan was a Cold War classic — brutal yet simple. Two Russian agents would slip onto the property of a turncoat spy in Britain and daub his front door with a rare military-grade poison designed to produce an agonizing and untraceable death. But when the attempted assassination of […] Read more »
Revealed: the stark evidence of everyday racial bias in Britain
The extent of racial bias faced by black, Asian and minority ethnic citizens in 21st-century Britain has been laid bare in an unprecedented study showing a gulf in how people of different ethnicities are treated in their daily lives. A survey for the Guardian of 1,000 people from minority ethnic […] Read more »