More than half of citizens of the United Kingdom think the country has been divided, especially by the Brexit process, while political parties and the government have lost trust in the eyes of the public, a recent survey suggests.
A public survey conducted by Sky Data in January showed that 75 percent of U.K. citizens think the country has already been divided in recent years, while this rate goes up to 81 percent among those aged 25 to 34.
While 42 percent of the survey participants said that the cause behind this division is Britain’s initiative to leave the European Union, some 23 percent stated politicians as the reason. Another 14 percent thought that cause of division is the migrants.
The survey results showed that some 62 percent thought the U.K. is Islamophobic and 51 percent think the country is racist.
The largest percentage of participants listed the British military as the most trusted institution in the country, followed by the national health system and the British police. The royal family ranked fourth in trustworthiness in the eyes of the public
BY DAILY SABAH NEWS
