There are some policies that British voters just can’t stomach, and new polling gives an idea of what those are. According to More in Common, privatising the NHS, opening Britain’s borders, withdrawing from Nato and banning same-sex couples from adopting are red-line issues for over half of voters. That is to say: if a party had one of those policies, it would stop people voting for it.
Interestingly, the biggest red-line issue that would stop 67% of people from voting for a party is criminalising abortion. On the other end of the scale, only 16% listed legalising assisted dying as a red line, 25% nationalising industries and 28% rejoining the EU. Strikingly, only 35% thought bringing back the death penalty was a red-line issue. Hanging, drawing and quartering could be on the ballot box soon…
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