On 27th August 2022, a survey was put up on r/UKpolitics, and there were 1,168 responses. These are the results:
If there were a GE tomorrow, whom would you vote for?
I am entirely straightย
Next, we had some statements, to which people agreed or disagreed. Firstly, there were four that were not particularly contentious between the parties, which were:
- While Salman Rushdie might have had the legal right to write The Satanic Verses, it was morally wrong to deliberately antagonise a religious minority
- Boris Johnson as PM with Home Sec Priti Patel is better than PM Truss with Suella Braverman as Home Sec
- We should continue to support Ukraine, even if it means higher inflation for much longer
- NIMBYism is a bigger problem in our country than either high taxes or wealth inequality
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Fatphobia is a form of bigotry just like racism
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The government could step in and solve the energy price crisis without any major negative consequence
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We should bring back plastic straws
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Israel is a great example for democracy and minority rights to other countries in the Middle East
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Second home ownership should be illegal
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I’d happily bring my child to Drag Queen Story Time
Additionally, the breakdowns per those who identified as straight or not, where giving a 1, 2 or 3 was disagreeing with the statement, 4 was neither agreeing nor disagreeing, and a 5, 6 or 7 was agreeing with the statement:
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It’s moral for environmental protestors to destroy property related to the fossil fuel industry
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Capitalism has failed
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numbers laid bare 
These questions just go to show how utterly insanely left wing the ukpolitics sub is and how little it has in common with the actual political center of gravity in the UK.
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