With one of the themes of #IWD2020 being equal coverage of men's and women's sports, we found that 69% of Brits support this in principle. However, in practice, only 36% of these supporters would back it if it means less coverage of the men's games yougov.co.uk/topics/sport/a…
It is clear that the public find women's sport increasingly appealing. On top of the 20% of Brits who have always been interested, a further 19% say they are now more interested than a few years ago - although interest is rising faster among men yougov.co.uk/topics/sport/a…
As things stand, only men's and women's athletics have viewing parity, with 45% of Brits saying they watch either sport. Tennis is close (43% watch men's tennis, 39% women's), while rugby has the greatest gap (42% men's, 11% women's) yougov.co.uk/topics/sport/a…
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🧵/ In Feb, Suella Braverman sparked debate with a column entitled "I will never be truly English", one which her boss Rishi Sunak branded "slightly ridiculous"
Now a new YouGov survey looks at how white and ethnic minority adults in England see English and British identity
Ethnic minority adults in England who were born in the UK are more likely than their white counterparts to say they feel a greater British than English identity
Ethnic minority adults in England, born in UK
Feel more English: 10%
Equally Eng/Brit: 29%
Feel more British: 43%
White adults in England, born in UK
Feel more English: 24%
Equally Eng/Brit: 50%
Feel more British: 19%
18% of Britons say they are likely to consider voting for a new left-wing party led by Jeremy Corbyn
However, this is less than would consider voting for the existing major parties and has caveats... 🧵
Just 32% of those who would consider voting for a Corbyn-led party say it is the party they are most likely to consider voting for, including only 9% saying it is the only party they would consider voting for (of the main national parties)