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That distrust crosses political lines. Among people who voted in the 2024 general election, 58 percent of Labour voters said they wouldn't trust any government with the power, alongside 59 percent of Conservatives, 56 percent of Liberal Democrats, 69 percent of Greens and 75 percent of Reform voters.

Public First did the asking, polling 2,000 British adults for CDT in April and weighting the results to reflect the wider population. The margin of error is 2.2 percentage points.

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Since when have parliament cared about what the people want?

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 5 points 2 days ago

They care greatly about what people want for about a month, once every five years, just before a general election.

[–] Crisps555@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago

Same tbh

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al -3 points 2 days ago

You know when an article is written by an American when the statistics are presented by who people vote for. Brits don't give a shit.