Why Do Young People Still Support Lockdowns?
As liberal democracies increasingly fail to deliver the promise of greater opportunity and prosperity, the young may be increasingly drawn towards authoritarianism.
As liberal democracies increasingly fail to deliver the promise of greater opportunity and prosperity, the young may be increasingly drawn towards authoritarianism.
Tony Blair has called on the Government to introduce a national digital ID card and, frighteningly, a poll shows that more than half of Brits supported such an invasive and high-risk surveillance project.
According to a new Sunday Times poll, support for the NHS is cratering. 58% are not confident they’d receive timely treatment if they fill ill tomorrow and 45% believe the service has got worse in the last 12 months.
According to a new poll, the public vastly overestimates the size of minority groups. Britons believe 20% of the population is black, 15% Muslim and 15% gay or lesbian. The real figures are 3%, 4% and 1.8% respectively.
A YouGov poll for the Times, has revealed that a majority of the British population are opposed to further Covid restrictions. Finally!
We're publishing an original essay on the Daily Sceptic by Mike Hearn about the problem of 'pro-social bias' in online opinion polls, meaning the support for the Covid restrictions in opinion polls is probably overstated.
According to a new poll, only 46% of 18-24 year-olds said they wore a mask in the past two weeks compared to 64% on June 2nd. Does this mean young people aren't as enthusiastic about lockdowns as we've been led to believe?
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