Three years ago, newly elected British Prime Minister David Cameron was seen as a possible model for Republicans here looking to update their party after losing the 2008 presidential election. Today, he provides an object lesson in the stumbling blocks that can lie in wait. [cont.] Dan Balz, Washington Post Read more »
People in UK more likely to sympathise with poor than Americans, French and Germans
Britons are less inclined than the French to regard the workless as indulged, readier than the Germans to pay taxes to help them, and decidedly less relaxed about top salaries than the Americans, according to a major transnational study by the academic thinktank YouGov-Cambridge, which put identical questions to voters […] Read more »
Far More Affection for Thatcher in U.S. than U.K.
In the first survey of American public opinion since the passing of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, YouGov reveals that fully 62% of Americans have a positive impression of Margaret Thatcher’s time as Prime Minister and only 8% have a negative impression. This compares to a YouGov poll released […] Read more »
The Great British class calculator
People in the UK now fit into seven social classes, a major survey conducted by the BBC suggests. It says the traditional categories of working, middle and upper class are outdated, fitting 39% of people. It found a new model of seven social classes ranging from the elite at the […] Read more »
Most Britons back assassination of terrorists in UK or abroad, poll finds
A majority of Britons support the “targeted killing” of terrorists, both overseas and at home, according to a YouGov poll. The survey, carried out for the defence policy thinktank RUSI and launched in London on Tuesday, finds 54% of the public support assassinating individual terrorists abroad, against 31% who object. […] Read more »
Germany Ties U.S. Again in Leadership Approval Ratings
The U.S. and Germany tied for the highest leadership approval ratings for the second straight year in 2012, with a median of 41% worldwide approving of each country’s leadership. The approval ratings of all major powers declined in 2012, and for the sixth straight year, Russia had the lowest ratings […] Read more »