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Although some have claimed the wearing of remembrance poppies has been politicised in recent years, few Britons believe people wearing them are making a political statement See wearing poppy as about… Remembering war dead: 86% Supporting RBL: 67% Showing respect for armed forces: 63% Expressing patriotism: 38% Backing military action: 14% Expressing right-wing views: 5% Expressing anti-immigrant views: 3%

52% of Britons would support the UK officially apologising for Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade - but only 21% support paying reparations to countries that were affected

Rectangle or oblong: what do you call a right-angled quadrilateral with two sides longer than the other? Rectangle: 75% Oblong: 14%

Collins' English Dictionary has named "mogging" word of the year, but 54% of Britons say they've never heard the word before Confident know what it means: 15% Vaguely know what it means 16% Heard it, but don't know what it means: 15% Never heard it: 54%

With voting underway in the US midterm elections, four times as many Britons say they would support the Democrats than the Republicans, if they were in the United States Democrats: 42% Republicans: 10% Neither: 17% Don't know: 31%

Our latest Westminster voting intention poll (1-2 November 2026) shows a close race between the largest parties Labour: 26% (-1 from 25-26 Oct) Conservative: 24% (+2) Reform UK: 21% (+1) Lib Dem: 11% (=) Green: 10% (=) Restore Britain: 3% (-1) SNP: 3% (+1) Plaid Cymru: 2% (+1)