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While The Telegraph has deemed 'picky bits' "the most revolting phrase in the English language", more Britons have a positive view of the term (43%) than a negative one (25%), with 31% neutral
Net positivity towards...
Picky bits: +18
Maccy Ds: +15
Holibobs: −23
Tommy K: −44
The rona: −44
Jackie P: −53
Menty B: −57
Cozzy livs: −65
Platty joobs: −65
Statey funes: −78
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While some are pushing for competitive yoga - or yogasana - to be included as sport in future Olympic games, a mere 6% of Britons feel it should be an Olympic sport
It should: 6%
It should not: 61%
Full results on yogasana becoming an Olympic sport available here: yougov.com/en-gb/daily-resul…
Full results on fining passengers for playing music out loud on public transport available here: yougov.com/en-gb/daily-resul…
Reports suggest that the government is considering extending the TV licence fee to cover streaming sites like Netflix and YouTube, with the money raised used to support local journalism and countering misinformation
70% of Britons oppose extending the TV licence fee to cover streaming services in general; 65% still oppose doing so if the money is used as described
See full results on public attitudes to extending the licence fee to cover streaming services here:
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While The Telegraph has deemed 'picky bits' "the most revolting phrase in the English language", more Britons have a positive view of the term (43%) than a negative one (25%), with 31% neutral
Net positivity towards...
Picky bits: +18
Maccy Ds: +15
Holibobs: −23
Tommy K: −44
The rona: −44
Jackie P: −53
Menty B: −57
Cozzy livs: −65
Platty joobs: −65
Statey funes: −78
How people feel about phrases like 'picky bits' depends on whether they had heard of them before; those who had are much more likely to be positive, although in some cases like 'holibobs' attitudes are still net negative
Picky bits: +37 among those who had heard of / -49 not heard of
Maccy Ds: +24 / -46
Menty B: +15 / -81
Jackie P: +10 / -61
Cozzy livs: +1 / -79
Tommy K: ±0 / -65
Holibobs: -8 / -62
The rona: -9 / -72
Platty joobs: -19 / -80
Statey funes: -27 / -82
yougov.com/en-gb/articles/55…
So how many Britons use or have heard of terms like picky bits, holibobs and cozzy livs?
Maccy Ds: 43% use / 88% have heard of
Picky bits: 38% / 77%
Holibobs: 17% / 73%
The rona: 8% / 45%
Tommy K: 6% / 31%
Menty B: 10% / 26%
Platty joobs: 4% / 24%
Cozzy livs: 4% / 18%
Jackie P: 2% / 14%
Statey funes: 1% / 8%
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With much recent discussion about English identity, our survey last year explored public attitudes towards who can be considered British and English
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Among white adults who say you need family heritage to be considered English, most (64%) DON'T mean this in a racial sense (i.e. they don't think you have to be white to be considered English)
Among ethnic minority adults who say you need family heritage to be considered English, the majority DO also say you have to be white to be considered English (54-63%)
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The survey also explored Christianity as an aspect of Englishness
Only 8-10% of white and ethnic minority adults say you need to be Christian/Christian heritage to be English
Just 4-6% say you need to be white, have family heritage AND be Christian/Christian heritage to be English
yougov.com/en-gb/articles/53…
With the GCSE curriculum increasing emphasis on speaking and communication skills, 46% of Britons say their own skills in this area would do with improvement
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The GCSE curriculum is being overhauled to give speaking and communication skills equal status with reading and writing
This aligns with the public's view, which is that both sets of skills are equally important (80%)
13% see speaking and communication skills as the more important, while 5% say reading/writing
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