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Britain
Most Labour voters back Bush visit
2003-11-18
From the al-Guardian, no less! EFL:
More than half of Labour supporters back US President George Bush’s state visit to Britain, according to a survey. They were among an overall 43% of voters who told pollsters ICM they welcomed the visit — some 7% more than the 36% who said they would prefer the President to stay away. Twelve per cent were undecided.
"Big Boy — should he stay? Or go?"
The survey, published in The Guardian as Mr Bush flies to the UK, contradicted the widely-held assumption that the visit will damage Prime Minister Tony Blair. It recorded improved ratings for the Prime Minister personally, as well as a slump in opposition to the war in Iraq. And it indicated that public opinion in Britain is overwhelmingly pro-American, with 62% of respondents agreeing the US was "generally speaking, a force for good", compared to 15% who described it as "an evil empire".
Has anyone told the BBC?

They're working on it. Tney're working on it...
Posted by:Steve

#8  Should qualify that and say that only applies to the one question - regarding whether or not the pollsterees supported the President's visit. The other US = force for good question and the responses seem as though they can be taken at face value, and the generally positive response is very good to see.

The Guardian don't quote the actual questions though. Very shoddy reporting, IMO, but all too common nowadays.
Posted by: Bulldog   2003-11-18 7:01:25 PM  

#7  Yay for Labour supporters.

Indeed. Bizarrely, the Guardian don't make any reference to the opinions of Tory voters. Although they do say the Lib Dem (today's most left of the three main parties) voters were most anti.

Like the infamous recent threats to world peace poll, though, this one doesn't seem to me to reveal anything definite at all. I'm sure there are many people who want Bush to come to the UK in order to be humiliated, and there are those who don't want Bush to come because the behaviour of the anti-Bush circus freaks may well embarrass both Bush and the UK. I don't think you can read much into the results of this poll.
Posted by: Bulldog   2003-11-18 6:37:29 PM  

#6  Evil Empire?
No way. We're the Sleepy Empire you don't want to wake up cause if you do you will long for the Evil Empire.
Posted by: Shipman   2003-11-18 5:39:01 PM  

#5  15% consider the US an Evil Empire? I can imagine disagreeing with policies, but that's just delusional. What are the odds that 15% of respondents consider themselves Communists?
Posted by: Yank   2003-11-18 2:54:02 PM  

#4  Yay for Labour supporters.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2003-11-18 2:48:12 PM  

#3  The BBC isn't interested.
Posted by: rabidfox   2003-11-18 10:32:19 AM  

#2  The Baby Brit Crybabies aren't relevant any longer.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2003-11-18 10:24:48 AM  

#1  The BBC isn't interested.
Posted by: rabidfox   2003-11-18 10:16:07 AM  

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