Britons are wrong about nearly everything... but are more right than everyone else except the Dutch.
British people were especially far from the mark when asked what proportion of the UK population is Muslim. The real answer is just one in twenty – but Britons believe it to be almost one in six. That would mean there were almost 10 million Muslims in the UK when in reality there are 2.8 million.
British people also think their fellow citizens are unhappier than they actually are. They believe only 47 per cent of Britons would say they are very or rather happy, when actually 92 per cent express that view.
Britons are much more accurate when asked about inequality. People guessed the least wealthy 70 per cent in Britain own just 19 per cent of the country’s wealth. The real figure is only slightly higher, at 21 per cent.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-people-muslims-uk-inequality-happiness-ipsos-mori-survey-a7476526.html
the guardian turned this into a fun game!
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Wait, how did they get that the French think a third of the country is Muslim? Sure, perception gap is a big thing, but I am baffled there.
ReplyDelete7.5% is more than I thought, though. They must be close to tying with Christians as the second religion in France. Depending on how you count, Christians would even be third...
Granted, the first religion in France is Statism.
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The people are always right - in fact all 17.4 million of them
ReplyDeleteLiterally impossible to argue with "logic" like that.
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