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From: Study shows 60% of Britons believe in conspiracy theories
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I knew it! I knew it! Far too much pub-time.
(It's patently evident that the Brits can't hold their liquor ... ! ;^)
PS: I suspect that were the same pol taken in the US, the percentages would be even higher. It's incredible the BS far too many believe believe on the BoobTube. (It's no wonder why political campaign money goes there in boatloads?!?)
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Sixty per cent of British people believe at least one conspiracy theory about how the country is run or the veracity of information they have been given, a major new study has found, part of a pattern of deep distrust of authority that has become widespread across Europe and the US.
In the UK, people who supported Brexit were considerably more likely to give credence to conspiracy theories than those who opposed it, with 71% of leave voters believing at least one theory compared with 49% of remain voters.
Almost half (47%) of leave voters believed the government had deliberately concealed the truth about how many immigrants live in the UK, versus 14% of remain voters. A striking 31% of leave voters believed that Muslim immigration was part of a wider plot to make Muslims the majority in Britain, a conspiracy theory that originated in French far-right circles that was known as the “great replacement”. The comparable figure for remain voters was 6%.
I knew it! I knew it! Far too much pub-time.
(It's patently evident that the Brits can't hold their liquor ... ! ;^)
PS: I suspect that were the same pol taken in the US, the percentages would be even higher. It's incredible the BS far too many believe believe on the BoobTube. (It's no wonder why political campaign money goes there in boatloads?!?)