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The full report is full of findings on everything from free trade to international development, China and trust in Government. Read the full report: bfpg.co.uk/2025/07/2025... (5/6)
2025 Annual Survey of UK Public Opinion on Foreign Policy - British Foreign Policy Group
BFPG's 2025 Annual Survey of Public Opinion on Foreign Policy finds that public trust in the US has plummeted, as Britons turn back towards Europe.
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July 17, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The full report is full of findings on everything from free trade to international development, China and trust in Government. Read the full report: bfpg.co.uk/2025/07/2025... (5/6)
Major generational divides have emerged along a range of foreign policy themes.
🔹e.g. 46% of over-66s say Ukraine should be a top priority, vs 17% of 18-25s
🔹e.g. 61% of 18-25-year-olds support Chinese technology companies operating in the UK, vs just 12% of over-66s. (5/6)
🔹e.g. 46% of over-66s say Ukraine should be a top priority, vs 17% of 18-25s
🔹e.g. 61% of 18-25-year-olds support Chinese technology companies operating in the UK, vs just 12% of over-66s. (5/6)
July 17, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Major generational divides have emerged along a range of foreign policy themes.
🔹e.g. 46% of over-66s say Ukraine should be a top priority, vs 17% of 18-25s
🔹e.g. 61% of 18-25-year-olds support Chinese technology companies operating in the UK, vs just 12% of over-66s. (5/6)
🔹e.g. 46% of over-66s say Ukraine should be a top priority, vs 17% of 18-25s
🔹e.g. 61% of 18-25-year-olds support Chinese technology companies operating in the UK, vs just 12% of over-66s. (5/6)
Public support for defence spending is superficial.
✅ 71% support increase to 3% GDP now or in the next few years.
❌ However, Britons would oppose increasing defence spend if it required reducing spend on the NHS (60%), education (47%), or welfare (46%) (4/6)
✅ 71% support increase to 3% GDP now or in the next few years.
❌ However, Britons would oppose increasing defence spend if it required reducing spend on the NHS (60%), education (47%), or welfare (46%) (4/6)
July 17, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Public support for defence spending is superficial.
✅ 71% support increase to 3% GDP now or in the next few years.
❌ However, Britons would oppose increasing defence spend if it required reducing spend on the NHS (60%), education (47%), or welfare (46%) (4/6)
✅ 71% support increase to 3% GDP now or in the next few years.
❌ However, Britons would oppose increasing defence spend if it required reducing spend on the NHS (60%), education (47%), or welfare (46%) (4/6)
Instead Brits are turning to Europe:
🔹62% want to move closer to the EU
🔹Support for cooperation is deep: 83% support agreements to strengthen defence cooperation, 79% support reduced trade barriers on food & drink + 78% support ePassport gate access for Brits in Europe (3/6)
🔹62% want to move closer to the EU
🔹Support for cooperation is deep: 83% support agreements to strengthen defence cooperation, 79% support reduced trade barriers on food & drink + 78% support ePassport gate access for Brits in Europe (3/6)
July 17, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Instead Brits are turning to Europe:
🔹62% want to move closer to the EU
🔹Support for cooperation is deep: 83% support agreements to strengthen defence cooperation, 79% support reduced trade barriers on food & drink + 78% support ePassport gate access for Brits in Europe (3/6)
🔹62% want to move closer to the EU
🔹Support for cooperation is deep: 83% support agreements to strengthen defence cooperation, 79% support reduced trade barriers on food & drink + 78% support ePassport gate access for Brits in Europe (3/6)
🔻Trust in the US plummets, from 53% last year to 38% in 2025. More Britons also now distrust the US (41%) than trust it (38%). Strikingly, a potential Trump presidency (33%) is more widely seen as a top threat to UK security than terrorism (32%) or China (25%). (2/6)
July 17, 2025 at 7:32 AM
🔻Trust in the US plummets, from 53% last year to 38% in 2025. More Britons also now distrust the US (41%) than trust it (38%). Strikingly, a potential Trump presidency (33%) is more widely seen as a top threat to UK security than terrorism (32%) or China (25%). (2/6)