A Centenary Shared explores public attitudes to the Centenary of the First World War and the commemoration activities that have taken place so far. Are people still interested? What have they learned? And what does the war of 1914-18 mean to Britain in 2016?
Building on the baselines established in 2013’s Do mention the war: Will 1914 matter in 2014? and in 2014 after the Centenary commemorations began this report, authored by British Future in partnership with the BBC, Imperial War Museum, Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, finds an enduring public appetite for the Centenary and remembering the First World War.
At this halfway point in the Centenary commemorations, the report shows a public that remains engaged with the Centenary, wants to learn more and which feels that the tone of the commemorations so far has been about right. And despite public disagreements in the lead-up to the Centenary about its meaning and how it should be marked, we find that most people can agree on what they feel the Centenary should be about: a chance to learn, to remember and to focus on reconciliation with former enemies.
Tough politics for Sunak ahead of the next election.
@sundersays analyses the Immigration Attitudes Tracker and considers what this data suggests for the next election.
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Diana Johnson: Have you now got an airline to send people to Rwanda or are you going to use the RAF?
Rishi Sunak: You wouldn't expect me to get into the detail
DJ: So you can't say if there's an airline or not.
‘Starmer leads Sunak on immigration, but the real challenge comes in power’ – @sundersays for @LabourList on what the new Immigration Attitudes Tracker findings mean for the Opposition party.
https://labourlist.org/2024/03/keir-starmer-labour-general-election-immigration-rishi-sunak/
Keep an eye out for @BBCRosAtkins/@BBCPanorama on @BBCOne at 8pm tonight for an immigration special.
Featuring data from the @IpsosUK/@britishfuture Immigration Attitudes tracker as discussed this week with @keiranpedley & @sundersays on our exclusive Politics Talk podcast👇
The @Telegraph reports on new @britishfuture research.
People are unhappy for different reasons: for Conservatives it's small boats & high numbers. For Labour supporters, ‘Creating a negative or fearful environment for migrants’ (42%) is as important as channel crossings (41%)
The paradox of immigration preferences in a nutshell -Majority of Conservative voters support large cuts to immigration, but most also oppose cutting the specific migrant groups who drive current inflows - in fact they want *more* migration from these groups
Does the UK public *really* want to cut immigration of people coming here to work?
@britishfuture immigration attitudes tracker suggests not...
Our @sundersays is talking to @BBCWales at 8.30 and @BBCNews at 10.30 about the new @britishfuture @IpsosUK Immigration Attitudes Tracker research published today https://www.britishfuture.org/new-attitudes-tracker-2024/
None of the political parties are well trusted on immigration: Labour comes out top across GB (trusted by 33%) & the SNP in Scotland. The Conservative Party is trusted by 22% of the public on immigration.
Reform UK is trusted by 26% on immigration, 3 points above the Lib Dems.
People don't know what migration they would cut. Nearly half of 2023 work visas were for health & care work, yet people want more of that migration not less.
Only around a quarter of the public would reduce migration for agriculture, construction, lorry drivers and hospitality