Mail on Sunday - Kosovo Poll

 
  • MORI interviewed a representative quota sample of 604 adults aged 18+.
  • Interviews were carried out by telephone throughout Great Britain.
  • Interviewing took place on 1-2 April 1999.
  • Data are weighted to the known profile of Great Britain.
  • Where percentages do not add up to exactly 100% this may be due to computer rounding, the exclusion of "Don't knows" or to multiple answers.
  • An asterisk (*) indicates a figure below one half of a per cent.
Q1 As you may know, NATO forces are currently taking part in air raids in Yugoslavia. On balance, do you believe that Britain is right or wrong to have joined in the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia?
160 %
Right 76
Wrong 16
Don't know 8

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Q2 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way the Government is handling the crisis in Yugoslavia?
160 %
Satisfied 60
Dissatisfied 28
Don't know 12

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Q3 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Robin Cook, the Foreign Secretary, is handling the crisis in Yugoslavia?
160 %
Satisfied 52
Dissatisfied 32
Don't know 16

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Q4 Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, is handling the crisis in Yugoslavia?
160 %
Satisfied 67
Dissatisfied 26
Don't know 7

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Q5 Before the air raids in Yugoslavia began, do you think that the Government did or did not provide sufficient information to the public on each of the following . . .?
160 %
a) The reasons for NATO taking action in Yugoslavia
Did 43
Did not 51
Don't know 6
160 %
b) The possible consequences of NATO's action in Yugoslavia
Did 25
Did not 66
Don't know 9

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Q6 From what you know, do you believe the air raids have helped protect ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, made their situation more dangerous or made no real difference?
160 %
Helped protect 14
More dangerous 57
No real difference 23
Don't know 6

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Q7 As you may know, tens of thousands of refugees have fled from Kosovo. How many of these refugees, if any, would you be prepared to accept as asylum seekers in the United Kingdom?
160 %
None 25
Up to 100 2
101-500 5
501-1000 9
1001-5000 14
5001-10,000 9
More than 10,000 16
Don't know 20

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Q8-Q10 I am going to read out a number of statements. Please tell me whether you agree or disagree with each
160 Agree Disagree Don't Know
160 % % %
Bombing Yugoslavia will force Serbia to stop abusing human rights in Kosovo 40 51 9
Britain should send ground troops into the Conflict 47 43 10
Britain and NATO should send assassins to kill Slobodan Milosevic 38 55 7

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Q11 How many British lives, if any, would you say it would be worth losing to protect the ethnic Albanians in Kosovo?
160 %
None 57
Under 10 4
11-100 8
101-1000 3
Over 1000 4
Don't know 24

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Q12 As you may know, Alex Salmond, the leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party, made a TV broadcast in which he criticised the effectiveness of the air raids and compared them with the World War II bombings of London and Clydeside. From what you have heard, do you agree or disagree with him?
160 %
Agree strongly 7
Tend to agree 12
Neither agree nor disagree 5
Tend to disagree 24
Disagree strongly 33
Don't know 19

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Q13 If you had a vote in the elections for the Scottish Parliament in May, would Alex Salmond's comments make you feel more inclined to support the Scottish Nationalist Party, less inclined, or does it make no real difference?
160 %
More inclined 6
Less inclined 30
No real difference 51
Don't know 13

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Q14 I am going to read out a number of statements. Please tell me whether you agree or disagree with each
160 TV News Newspaper coverage British Govt Ministers
160 % % %
Are 76 58 47
Are not 18 22 43
Don't know 6 20 10

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