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New post-Madrid UK poll: War still OK, but lefties prepared to scatter like vermin
Almost half British voters believe it was right to go to war in Iraq despite the Madrid attacks, but most believe we are now more vulnerable to terrorism, a Sky News/YouGov poll says. The poll is the first to be carried out since Thursdayâs bombings, and since Spainâs ruling Popular Party lost power in Sundayâs General Election. A total of 1,532 voters were questioned online on Monday. The poll suggests that the Madrid attacks have had little impact on voting intentions. The Conservatives still have 39%, five points ahead of Labour on 34%. The Liberal Democrats have 20%.Internet pollsters - biased towards the technologically-competent. Unfortunately, this may bias against lefites. Not sure whether YouGov operates to eliminate out bias though, based on respondeesâ profiles... When asked if the US and Britain were right or wrong to take military action against Iraq, 48% said they were right - 41% they were wrong. That result is similar to other YouGov polls in recent months. If, however, there was a terror attack, a fifth of Labour voters at the last election said they could desert the party. Labour voters: hey terrorists, theyâre stimulus-response trainable, like rats! The poll asked whether a terrorist attack in Britain, like the one in Madrid would make them more likely or less likely to support Labour in the next general election. Eight percent said more likely, 20% said less likely. It seems the war in Iraq is likely to be more of a vote loser with more than a quarter - 27% - of Labour supporters in 2001 saying it could make them switch sides. Eight percent said they would be more likely to vote Labour. When asked whether Britainâs role in the Iraq war had made the country more vulnerable or less vulnerable to attack by Islamic terrorists, 75% said it made the country more vulnerable, just 1% said less vulnerable, while 22% said it made no difference. There you have it, Bin Laden - because so many left-wing voters are cowardly scum who run from threats at the first opportunity, looks like Britainâs a prime target for ya! Mmmm, malleable electorates! Posted by: Bulldog 2004-03-17 |
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