UK public among most trusting of their neighbours internationally and increasingly comfortable living next to historically marginalised groups
UK public among most trusting of their neighbours internationally and increasingly comfortable living next to historically marginalised groups
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But by international standards, the UK ranks as somewhat less tolerant of frequent drug users or drinkers:
– 83% of the UK public say they wouldn’t like to live next to drug addicts, with the country less accepting of this group than the likes of Spain (61%), France (57%), Norway (57%), but more accepting than Australia (94%), the US (92%) and others.
– A majority of 57% in the UK say they would not like to have heavy drinkers as neighbours – lower than in some peer nations, such as Canada (80%), but much higher than others, such as Norway (29%) and France (41%).
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The only people I’ve heard the British complain about is Irish Travelers.
We are a good judge of neighbors then, fuck living next to drug addicts and drinkers
Most of the Cabinet don’t reflect these attitudes, especially not the Home Secretary.
That’s worth remembering at election time, and every day: these hateful people in high office do not represent the views of the country in general.
Surprising result.
Certainly doesn’t match my experience given the xenophobia and racism I see exemplified by Brexit and that I experience personally. I’ll be clicking on the study now to check the methodology.
The “marginalised” groups in the paper are homosexuals, HIV positive, unmarried couple and people who speak a different language. The UK is a much more accepting society in general. I don’t know anyone living in London consider them marginalised.
I’d rather live next door to someone who crossed the oceans with a child to escape death and violence than a citizen who wouldn’t cross the street to help a foreigner.
And yet in the post next door all Albanian immigrants are drug lords and violent monsters according to the flag shaggers.
Of course that was an article from the Daily Heil…
I have two neighbours, one Italian gentleman, and an English couple with two kids. Out of both of them, I trust all of them except the English guy.
It’s interesting that this study shows the UK public to be tolerant of minorities etc. as neighbours, but (anecdotally) it’s been rather easy for the media to whip up hate and fear against *distant* minorities, or the fear of those minority groups coming to live near people, and use this to sell whatever agenda they like on behalf of political parties.
I’m sure I’ve seen studies concluding that the people who most object to a particular minority group live in an area where almost none of that minority actually live, and that the people who *do* live near them have no problems with them.
This’ll piss off alot of keyboard warriors and identity politics activists. It goes against the narrative they use to emotionally validate themselves.
Even middle class couples doing dog walking will be polite to the local drug addict or thug, it’s pretty amusing.
I don’t care what colour or religion they are, its the ones with cats that shit in my garden and dogs that bark too much that bother me!
>2022 UK data comes from a random probability sample of 3,056 adults aged 18+ interviewed by Ipsos through a mix on face-to-face and online survey methods. Data has been weighted by region, education and age interlocked with gender to be nationally representative.
for those interested