Post-War Iraq / Trust In Blair And The BBC

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War in Iraq, Trust in Blair and the BBC

 
  • MORI interviewed a representative sample of 982 adults aged 18+ across Great Britain.
  • Fieldwork was conducted by telephone using Random Digit Dial methodology on 25-27 July 2003.
  • Data are weighted to match the profile of the population.
  • Results are based on all respondents unless otherwise stated
  • An '*' indicates a finding of less than 0.5%, but greater than zero
Q1 Do you approve or disapprove of the way the President of America, George W. Bush, is handling the current situation with Iraq?
Base: All British adults 18+ (982)%
Approve26
Disapprove60
Don't know / no opinion14
Net approve (+ / - )-34

 

Q2 Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, is handling the current situation in Iraq?
Base: All British adults 18+ (982)%
Approve32
Disapprove55
Don't know / no opinion13
Net approve (+ / - )-23

 

Q3 Did you support or oppose Britain joining the American-led military action against Iraq once British troops were there?
Base: All British adults 18+ (982)%
Support60
Oppose34
Don't know / no opinion6
Net support(+ / - )+26

 

Q4 Do you believe now it was right or wrong for British troops to invade Iraq and take part in deposing the Saddam Hussein Government?
Base: All British adults 18+ (982)%
Believe it was right50
Believe it was wrong41
Don't know / no opinion9
Net right(+ / - )+9

 

Q5 Do you agree or disagree that British troops should remain in Iraq until a stable democratic Iraqi Government is ready to take over control of the country?
Base: All British adults 18+ (982)%
Strongly agree36
Tend to agree33
Neither agree or disagree4
Tend to disagree8
Strongly disagree15
Don't know4
 
Agree69
Disagree23
Net agree (+ / -)+46

 

Q6 To what extent are you personally interested or not in news coverage of the situation in Iraq?
Base: All British adults 18+ (982)%
Very interested31
Fairly interested50
Not very interested13
Not at all interested5
Don't know1
 
Interested81
Not interested18
Net interested(+ / -)+63

 

Q7-11 In general would you describe each of the following as trustworthy or not?
Base: All British adults 18+ (982)TrustworthyNot trustworthyDon't knowNet trust-worthy
 %%%% 177
Tony Blair414910-8
Alastair Campbell, the Prime Minister's Director of Communications1460-26-46
Andrew Gilligan, the BBC journalist323038+2
Geoff Hoon, the Defence Secretary244530-21
The BBC592615+33

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