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Source is here: https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/survey-results/daily/2025/02/20/c33bd/1
That source allows you to see the results according to political affiliation. Pluralities of supporters of the Conservatives, Labour, and Lib Dems think that supporting Ukraine is more important.
The exception is Reform UK, whose supporters think that good relations with the USA are more important than supporting Ukraine.
This American supports the priorities shown by the polling numbers.
We need more nations standing up to Trump, not more nations bending the knee. It doesn't just help you, it helps us.
seriously. our coup government needs to be stopped
It needs to be stopped from the inside. Your rapist leader needs to be put down like a rabid dog.
absolutely. but we need help. ~30% of the country supports this. ~25% abhors it. the remaining ~45% are living in a false sense of thinking they know what's going on and the other ~55% sound like two different kind of lunatic. we are doing all we can to wake them up, but we need the world to say we, as a nation, are the baddies. that will push some of the 45 into the 30, but it will do more to push thore 45 into the 25. americans like to think themselves the heroes of history. so please. saction us like we're russia. because we are
Nah screw your help, you're the most armed civilian force on the planet. Go and organise/join the resistance against your nation. You've destoryed the planet and now begging for help? Get a gun and die for the revolution big dawg. Gaza's given up 300,000 lives and Ukraine also in the hundreds of thousands of not million. You already lose countless people a day to due medical debt or your justice system Might as well
getting your thumb slammed in a door is more important than good relations with the usa
The slime mold growing up the side of a seasonal creek down the road is more important than good relations with the USA...
What would be the point of sucking up to the current iteration of the US? They'll stab you in the back regardless.
It's a clear time to increase unity with Europe. I don't mean re-open any EU discussions, simply work with them on united response to Russian aggression.
It's almost like the disunity with europe is part of some targeted effort
Damn right.
If Ukraine falls it won't matter if you have good relations with US, because Russia won't stop there.
I'm American, and I think that too.
Came to say the same.
Half of us think the country shits gold and the world will bend over.
If you had a family member who behaved like we did, it would be time for an intervention.
Christ, I'd rather see Boris Johnson as our president than what we have, at least he's Mr Bean level of political stupid. Ours is just vile hate and greed.
Johnson would be better but his Mr Bean act is totally on purpose. He acts like that so you wouldn't think him capable of far right cruelty. I've read that he even intentionally messes up his hair before he goes in front of cameras.
It's all part of his cleverly crafted persona. Just like him using his middle name. The average Brit doesn't know that the real man is Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, who used to burn £50 notes in front of homeless people for fun.
Remember this guy wanted to invade the Netherlands.
This time it's the US that's 4 years behind. You have your own Dominic Cummings and everything.
Trump is [hopefully] a temporary problem.
Putin isn't going anywhere.
Why is there a "Neither" option? I mean in practice "Neither" could mean to strike a perfect 50/50 balance. Or it could mean to antagonize both of them. Or it could mean "i don't really care". So what makes "Neither" a separate and relevant category to "Don't know", which could also mean "i don't know how to prioritize the two" or "i don't really care" or "what is an US and is it a newer model or older than the Ukraine?"
"Neither" implies they have an opinion on the relative prioritisation of the US and Ukraine by the UK, and believe that both should be prioritised to a similar degree:
"Don't know" implies they do not feel they know enough about the relationships the UK has with either country to form an opinion.
But yes, there is some fuzziness, as anyone who does not care is more likely to choose "neither" as there is no "either" option, yet many of this type of respondent will have picked "don't know".
I love "don't know" people. Those are the real MVPs.
Honesty is a lost art
Good to see UK!
After brexit indont give a shit anymore that the UK public thinks. They showed they're more than happy to vote for something insanely stupid and against their own best interests, only to start investing the subject right after voting for it.
This may be positive for us, but they may just as well vote for Putin taking over the UK government because some nitwit made an ad about it on a bus
I see YouGov: I downvote
Are they inaccurate? What polling company would be better for this sort of political question?