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Marking The Bicentenary Of The Abolition Of The Transatlantic Slave Trade
There is some limited awareness of the significance of 2007 in relation to the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Act, and one in ten can name the exact year when the act was abolished. However, few people are able to identify prominent abolitionists from a list, indicating that although there is a basis upon which to build awareness for next year's bicentenary, there is some way to go to raise awareness and knowledge in this area. Results also reveal the public's limited understanding of what slavery in the 21st century involves. Even the most widely recognised form of modern slavery, trafficking for sexual exploitation, is identified by only 35% of people.
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Attitudes To Abortion - trends
Ipsos has been examining attitudes to abortion on behalf of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (bpas) via surveys since 1997. These findings have also been trended with a 1980 MORI question on abortion from a survey for the Sunday Times.
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Attitudes To Abortion
Ipsos has been examining attitudes to abortion on behalf of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (bpas) via three surveys since 1997. These findings have also been trended with a 1980 MORI question on abortion from a survey for the Sunday Times.
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Brown Most Successful Chancellor, Say British Political Scientists
Gordon Brown has been rated the most successful post-War Chancellor in an exclusive Ipsos poll of nearly 300 academics belonging to the Political Studies Association (PSA).
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Race Relations 2006
Despite ongoing issues relating to the 2005 London bombings, the threat of terrorism and the impact of new immigrants to the country, people's own experiences of prejudice and discrimination appear relatively unchanged from previous years. Perceptions of integration and attitudes to race relations also remain the same with ethnic minorities continuing the trend of being more positive than white people on most measures.
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Government Delivery Index
The British public continue to be sceptical about the government's ability to improve the state of Britain's economy and public services, according to the latest Ipsos Government Delivery Index — our regular 'health check' on government performance and public expectations for the future of the economy and public services.
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Ipsos Political Monitor November
Ipsos's November Political Monitor latest voting intentions (based on all those who say they are certain to vote) gives the Conservatives 35%, Labour 33% and the Liberal Democrats 20%, a swing of 2.5% from Labour to Conservatives since General Election.
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Cameron's "Female Touch" A Myth
The idea that Cameron has a "female touch" that Brown is lacking is a myth according to new polling evidence released today.
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Impact Of Private Equity In M&A; Deals Set To Grow
There is agreement among Chief Financial Officers that private equity succeeds because there is greater freedom for management to make huge financial rewards and because investors can manage for cash value, not for accounting profit and EPS.
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The Business Impact Of Blogs
Andy Warhol said in the 1960s everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. He was of course talking about TV. David Weinberger, a famous blogger, brought Andy Warhol's assertion into the 21st Century commenting that blogging means everyone will be famous for 15 people. There has been a lot of hype about blogging in the media. This pan European research study conducted by Ipsos, in conjunction with Hotwire Communications is, we believe, the first of its kind to attempt to identify the business impact of blogging.