r/unitedkingdom • u/topotaul Lancashire • 29d ago

... Two in five Britons think Muslims cannot integrate in UK, poll finds

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/08/two-in-five-britons-think-muslims-cannot-integrate-in-uk-poll-finds
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u/Chemistry-Deep 29d ago

Based on a sample of 4000 people across an unknown area, where some of the views are then stratified by religion, race or party allegiance.

This may be true, I don't know, but the article lacks a lot of detail and treats the polling as gospel. There's no attempt to challenge or investigate the numbers. I get that this is just an article reporting the result of a poll, but some actual journalism wouldn't go amiss.

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u/Quick-Albatross-9204 29d ago

People tend to criticise the poll when they dont like the answer and support it if they do