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Two contrasting takes on what people think of government’s small boats policy

April 5, 2023 - 1:38 pm

A small plurality (with margin of error) supports the policy:

But people also have clearly negative views about whether the policy will work:

Limited support for the policy plus strong scepticism about its likelihood of working – added to the fact that it’s not an issue that rates that highly with many voters – make for an unlikely backdrop against which Rishi Sunak has decided to single out this issue.

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One response to “Two contrasting takes on what people think of government’s small boats policy”

1. Mark, it may be that people’s opinion on the ‘small boats’ policy depends upon whether they view it as stopping migrants from arriving in this country and claiming asylum or a measure to save lives by discouraging people from undertaking such a dangerous enterprise. I notice that the Home Secretary appears to be concentrating upon the latter interpretation, making the message ‘how can you possibly oppose a policy which will save the lives of women and children?’ It might be useful were these two claimed aims to be separated out in a future poll.

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