According to a recent poll, if the Government were to introduce ‘Plan B’ restrictions, 58% of the British public would support vaccine passport measures that would prohibit the unvaccinated from attending certain venues, such as restaurants. In addition, 33% back an Austria-style lockdown of the unvaccinated. The Sunday Times has the story.
Perhaps the real question is: has Britain made up its mind? For all the talk of ‘following the data’, Covid curbs are political decisions. And there is growing evidence that tougher Covid rules would not sit comfortably with the public.
At the start of the pandemic just 13% of people would rather protect the economy than limit the spread of the virus. By last week that was 36%.
At the same time, the number wanting to limit the spread has fallen from 74% to 42%. Despite weeks of headlines of NHS pressures, the gap between the two has shrunk since September.
“As Europe brings in Covid restrictions and some argue for the U.K. to follow, the British public are responding with something of a shrug and are broadly content with the status quo,” said James Johnson, who carried out the polling for Kekst CNC.
If Johnson did decide to introduce ‘Plan B’, it might not be unpopular: 58% would support banning unvaccinated people from bars, restaurants and other public venues unless they had a negative test. Yet Britain would draw the line at Austria-style measures, with just 33% wanting to lock down the unjabbed.
Amid rising European rates, the British public remains optimistic: 48% expect the NHS to cope well this winter, compared with 41% who say it will do badly. That could change if admissions surge, but with each booster shot, a winter of discontent becomes less likely.
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If this poll is accurate, which I seriously doubt, it just proves how easy it is for a government to brainwash the numpties among us.
These polls often only take a very small number of peoples’ opinions and so are pretty meaningless. It’s often only a few thousand, plus how do we know the demographic of those people. I suspect that it’s not a good cross-section and they probably go to somewhere that’s likely to give them the answers they’re after. You can’t believe any of these polls.
IMHO it is disgraceful and shows such short sighted and ignorance of the creeping danger that 58% of the British public support bans on the un-injected and 33% want the unvaccinated locked down. This is horrific and we should all be scared for our future. Reminds me of those experiments in which normal people obey instructions to torture.
Yes, the Milgram Experiment, I think it was called.
So many people STILL do not realise what’s really going on. How can they be so naive, so lacking in comprehension, it’s horrifying.
Just this afternoon I tried once again to explain what’s really going on to a friend of mine.
Not only does she refuse to understand, but she has the audacity to heap vile ad hominems on the millions who are protesting, calling them all the names under the sun.
The fact that she’s in her late 80s is not a ‘mitigating factor’, for she’s totally ‘compos mentis’. She simply refuses to accept that the world is being lied to, and keeps referring to “But what about the virus??”.
Unfortunately most people are too thick to realise that it doesn’t stop with “vaccine” passports. That they will become cattle as a result.
Most of us have heard this…”Lies, damned lies, and statistics“
Ask the loaded questions and get the answer you want on a very small poll number.
33% back an Austria-style lockdown of the unvaccinated, so does that mean 67% support lockdown of the vaccinated?
The jabbed seem to want to see some reward, instead of the un jabbed just going about their business as normal
I think this is a fairer and better designed poll (I participated in it, Monotti shared it, I don’t agree that much with his headline accusation).
It comes to a very different conclusion than the Times one.
And/but also shows the deep and extreme divide of the public.
The main thing this poll suggests imho is, that is not going to end well and that the fallout and divide will last decades whatever happens.
As a politician, sociologist, bishop, business leader etc., or in short as a citizen, I’d be very worried.
He who pays the piper calls the tune.
Also 33% support locking up unvaxxed. Hahaha, bit of an easy giveaway.
poll owned by government and questions loaded towards the outcome they want. Just like elections…rigged and stolen
I call BS. Self selected group who could be bothered to complete the survey? Or specifically targeted based on their social media profiles and comments?
Where on earth do they find these polls? And WHY do our politicians believe them so resolutely? Key political decisions are being taken by the person who asks the questions for the polling company, this is NOT democracy!!
Question on the poll:
Bill Gates, the WHO, UN, big pharma and Boris Johnson say that if you get a vaccine passport it will save a million lives, make your teeth whiter, and make you more attractive.
Do you want a vaccine passport?
Question on the poll:
Only the brightest, bravest and nicest people get the vaccine passport.
Do you want a vaccine passport?
Question on the poll:
Would you rather have your arm cut off, or have a vaccine passport?
“…with each booster shot a Winter of discontent becomes less likely”. Until adverse reaction deaths start rising. Then the blind masses just might begin to see…
Has Mr Yougov Zahawi had a hand in this?
Singapore. 24 deaths from the start, through 18 months. Then the needles. In the four months since the needles, 617 deaths. These data are not subject to interpretation. A three year-old can understand what is happening here. The gene therapy is killing young, healthy people and our governments are murderous, treasonous tyrants.
Germany will soon force everyone to have the experimental gene therapy against their will, following in fascist Austria’s footsteps. This will stop herd immunity building, ensure a never-ending loop of virus transmission and infection, kill thousands of people, mostly young and children and advance the global digital ID scheme.
Placards haven’t worked. Peaceful marches by millions haven’t worked. The time is almost here when the people of Germany and Austria must rise and remove their governments from power by force. This is the ethical and lawful and democratic course of action. Any government forcing injections on people, when those people know they are dangerous and kill, is a monstrous tyranny guilty of terrorising their own people.
They must go.
We know how easy it is to rig a poll, and it’s done very day, but I believe this one. If I’ve learnt one thing about having a state-controlled press, it’s that we’re only ever a dozen headlines away from the mob supporting death camps.
So only 58%of the Beitish public are sadistic scum?
I’m relieved. I’d have thought it was well over 80%.
No wonder Jabbid has made it clear there won’t be mandatory vaxes in the uk. The polling is desperately trying to push medical fascism and the public say they don’t want it. Heads up, and keep on keeping on!!! We are nearly there.
Re. Javid’s statement – the problem with being a politician at the head of months of broken promises and lies is that nothing you say can be relied upon.
Maybe there won’t be ‘mandatory vaxes’ but there’s more than one way to skin a cat. The lives of the unvaxed can be made unbearable and miserable. Just a different approach to crush the population and divide us irrevocably.
This is the saddest day of my life, the majority of people in my country support Apartheid, not for any mediacal reason, just fear.
but also stupidity
Polls… unreliable at best, intentionally deceitful at worst.
A poll of Victorians has revealed that 72% of the under 35 demographic support Palpatine Dan. And over 60% of women support him. According to Roy Morgan’s finding number 8859.
This finding also indicated the means of the poll. Way way down at the bottom:
This special Roy Morgan Snap SMS survey was conducted with a Victoria-wide cross-section of 1,357 Victorian electors aged 18+ conducted on Wednesday November 10, 2021.
Tens of thousands were out on the streets in Melbourne, but Roy Morgan finds a few hundred who support Dan and THAT’s the reality. Riiiiight…..
Also, the fact that SMS was used suggests that the older and less tech savvy demographic were shut out by design.
But it gets more interesting. Finding 8859 includes a link to Finding 8858 which covers the same survey. The headlines tell entirely different stories.
8859:
A majority of 60.5% of Victorians refer to COVID-19 leadership, communication, keeping people safe and following the health advice for why they approve of Premier Daniel Andrews although there are negatives by 39.5% because too powerful.
8858:
Victoria’s major parties both lose support to minor parties while Premier Daniel Andrews’ job… Read more »
Hospitals in USA and in first world countries are refusing life-saving Ivermectin treatment even with court orders. Big Pharma doing everything they can to jab us no matter what, while alternative COVID cures EXIST! There happens to be heavy censorship who are looking for these treatments. The Research Is Clear: Ivermectin Is a Safe, Effective Treatment for COVID. Get your Ivermectin today while you still can! https://ivmpharmacy.com
My brother in law is shocked that we have not yet been vaxxed! He has just had his booster!
I hope he enjoys his lifetime subscription!
> Perhaps the real question is: has Britain made up its mind?
no the real,question is, why does Britain invest such trust
in old traditional sources of information?
There are statistics and there are polls – both are easily manipulated.
Try asking DM readers, the comments tell a different story.
Yes they do, good for them!
But I bet the stupid poll never gives any sensible data before asking any questions. Like, you know, the FACT that the jabs don’t stop you getting it and don’t stop you passing it on; like the FACT that they are barely any use at preventing hospitalisation or even death; like the FACT that they come with real, serious and immediate risks; and like the FACT that no-one has even the first clue about what any long term risks might be.
Dr Mike Yeadon talking about Midazolam and the 2020 spring deaths.
Mass murder folks, by the same people who lied to you about the fake vaccines that 58% of you think we should be excluded from society for not wanting in our bodies.
That’s a very fragile looking majority to me.
Pretty close to the supposed level of support for Remain prior to the Brexit referendum.