1. What Britain really thinks.
- Author
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Kampfner, John
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PUBLIC opinion , *SOCIAL psychology , *POLITICAL culture , *ELECTIONS , *POLITICAL sociology , *IRAQ War, 2003-2011 , *SOCIAL problems , *RIGHT of asylum , *LEGAL status of political refugees , *RADICALISM , *RIGHT-wing extremism , *RACE relations , *RACIAL differences , *RACISM , *EMIGRATION & immigration , *IMMIGRANTS , *ATTITUDE (Psychology) ,BRITISH politics & government, 1997-2007 - Abstract
Presents the views of British citizens in light of the coming general election. Author's three-day investigation to find out what people are thinking and saying about their lives and their politicians; Comments of British on topics which include Prime Minister Tony Blair, Michael Howard, asylum, the Iraq war; Author's suspicion that there might be a silent majority still supportive of Blair, but embarrassed to admit it; The growing interest in parties of the far right; Conclusion that race, asylum and immigration are uppermost in people's minds.
- Published
- 2005