A majority of Britons favour opt-in internet filters but if they were brought in, almost half of men would choose to opt-out. Over half (54%) of the public think they should be allowed to choose whether or not to opt into an internet filtering service, a YouGov survey commissioned by ...
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A third of Britons think David Beckham's decision to give his wages to charity is a PR stunt  Brits are split about David Beckham’s motivation to donate his wages to charity, a YouGov poll finds. More than a third (34%) think Beckham’s decision to give away his pay for his ...
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16% French men don’t brush their teeth in the morning, and twice as many Brits than French skip breakfast One in 10 people in France do not brush their teeth in the morning, our recent poll has found. And 16% of French men say they don’t brush their teeth when ...
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A plurality believes human life begins at conception and almost as many favour keeping the time limit for abortion at 24 weeks More than four in ten (44%) people believe human life begins at conception, new research by YouGov for the University of Lancaster shows. The research for this week’s ...
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A plurality of Brits plan to eat pancakes today, and a lemon and sugar combo is the public’s favourite filling Today is Shrove Tuesday, commonly known as Pancake Day, and to mark the occasion a plurality of Brits (45%) say they will be eating pancakes. Almost three in ten (29%) ...
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Majority of Londoners think extending Tube hours will lead to more strikes A majority (53%) of Londoners think that extending Tube services until 2am on Friday and Saturday nights will lead to more industrial action, according to a YouGov poll. The survey was conducted following the recent TFL announcement that ...
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Our recent poll has found that a majority (54%) of Brits support changing the law to require all new cars to have a breathalyzer attached to the ignition, so drivers would have to breathe into it and demonstrate they were below the legal alcohol limit before the car could be ...
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Two-thirds of Britons want Queen Elizabeth II to remain as monarch rather than abdicate Tomorrow is the 61st anniversary of the Queen’s accession to the throne, which will be marked in the afternoon with gun salutes in both Hyde Park and the Tower of London. YouGov research shows that two-thirds ...
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1 in 5 UK workers are fearful of losing their jobs in 2013 One in five British workers are concerned they will lose their jobs in the coming year, according to YouGov’s UK Household Economic Activity Tracker (HEAT). The research shows that 19% of employees believe redundancy is ‘somewhat’ or ...
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Measuring the impact of the RSPCA’s fox hunting prosecution on the charity Last month, the RSPCA successfully prosecuted members of the Heythrop Hunt. However, there was a backlash after it emerged the charity had paid £326,000 in legal costs out of its own coffers but the fine for the hunt ...
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