New polling shows that a majority of Britons believe immigration is too high. However, only four per cent think it’s too low.
With net immigration now standing at a record-shattering 504,000 — not including “recent irregular migration”, which adds at least tens of thousands to this already sky-high figure — GB News commissioned PeoplePolling to conduct a representative survey of 1,208 people for an insight into the public’s view of the situation.
The pollsters’ found 54 per cent of Britons believe the current influx is “too high” — a much more decisive finding than the number alone would suggest, as just 13 per cent said they believed immigration is “about right”It was only four per cent. “too low”.
NEW. “The Office for National Statistics has announced net migration is 504,000. What is your view of this level of immigration?”
Too high 54%
Just 13%
Too low at 4%@peoplepolling Nov 30
Excl. Don’t knows.— Matt Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) December 2, 2022
This is in keeping with YouGov data on British public opinion regarding immigration. 59% of British citizens describe immigration as “irregular”. “too high”As of November 7th, compared with 16% “about right”And nine percent for “too low”.
The public isn’t just upset by the most recent record-breaking numbers. In fact, the YouGov tracker began in July 2019 and found only two months of data. “too high” was under 50 per cent — February and March of this year, when it stood at 49 per cent and 46 per cent, respectively.
These decisive pluralities were not enough. “too low”Peaking at just 16 percent in March “about right”It topped at 28% at the start of 2020 before trending down.
Public perception of the government’s handling of immigration, meanwhile, has never been worse, with 86 per cent of people rating them as doing “badly”November 7th, compared to 6 per cent of those who feel they do “well”.
In fact, 53 percent is the highest government result since June 2019, when tracking started. “badly”To 29% “well”February 2020
NEW. One third of all voters & half of Brexiteers open to a new party which campaigns to lower immigration
“There is a need for a new party to campaign to lower immigration”
Agree to 33%
It is not 13%
Unanimous 32%Leafers
Agree 51%
We do not have 14%
Disagree 18%Peoplepolling Nov 30
— Matt Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) December 2, 2022
“These numbers underline the very high levels of public concern over the historically unprecedented level of immigration into the country. Crucially, for Rishi Sunak, the vast majority of his voters appear utterly convinced that the numbers are too high, pointing to another problem in a long line of problems for the incumbent prime minister,”Matthew Goodwin, an analyst, commented on the findings of GB News.
“With rumours of an imminent return for Nigel Farage and the Reform party turning up on the volume on immigration, our numbers suggest that around one-third of Britain would be open to a new party that specifically campaigns to lower the overall level of immigration into Britain, rising to nearly 60 per cent of the country’s Leavers,”He concluded.
“There is, in short, more potential space for a Reform-type party than their current 5 per cent in the polls implies,”He also mentioned Reform UK, which is the current rebranded Brexit Party led by Richard Tice.
Nigel Farage warned British communities that they are under attack “changed beyond recognition” and quality of life eroded as the Conservative Party increases net immigration to over half a million a year to satisfy bosses’ hunger for cheap foreign labour.https://t.co/hlkaYjTxYj
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