British public opinion,
Below is a summary of three British public opinion polls released while the Chilcot Inquiry in to the
17 January 2010, YouGov/Sunday Times poll:
– “52% of people believe Blair deliberately misled the country over the war.”
– “Almost one in four – 23% – think he should be tried as a war criminal.”
31 January 2010, BPIX/Mail on Sunday poll:
– “70 per cent thinking the war was illegal.”
– “28 per cent feel so strongly about the issue that they think Mr Blair should be tried for ‘war crimes’.
– 80 per cent of people believe he lied over
3 February 2010, ComRes/Independent poll:
– “the passage of time has done little to change the public’s view of the
– “Some 37 per cent of people believe that Mr Blair should be put on trial for going to war with
– “Younger people are the most hostile towards the former Prime Minister. Some 46 per cent of 18-24 year-olds and 43 per cent of 25-34 year-olds agree that he should face a trial, compared to less than one in four of those aged 65 and over. The C2 skilled manual workers and the bottomed DE social groups are the most likely to support a trial, while the top AB group is the least likely to agree.”
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