| | | Wednesday, 26 August | | | 50% of Britons support ban on trade with illegal West Bank settlements | | | | Andy Burnham is reportedly poised to announce sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank | | | | Today’s results show that 50% of Britons would support a trade ban on illegal Israeli settlements, compared to only 16% who are opposed | | | | Support surpasses six in ten among Lib Dem (67%), Green (65%) and Labour voters (62%), while Tories also back a ban by 41% to 26% | | | | Reform UK voters are split, with 35% in support and 30% opposed | | | | | | | | | | With the Telegraph reporting that Birmingham council wants all routes in the city apart from A-roads to become 20mph zones, our poll finds that 48% of Britons would oppose changing the speed limit in all urban areas in England and Scotland from 30mph to 20mph (such a move already having been implemented in Wales) | | | | While 40% are opposed, with men more likely to be against the move (53%) than women (43%) | | | | | | | | | | Security experts have reportedly told Andy Burnham to prepare for a direct response from Vladimir Putin, with an advisor to Putin having made public threats of “semi-military” action against UK factories making drones for the war | | | | Only 13% of Britons think such an attack on the UK is highly likely, although 32% see it as fairly likely – another 28% tend to think it is unlikely to occur | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |