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    Londoners more loyal to London than UK

    Politics.co.uk – Tue, Dec 6, 2011

    By Ian Dunt

    Londoners are prouder of the city they live in than they are of Britain itself, a new poll has revealed.

    The YouGov poll, commissioned by Cardiff and Edinburgh Universities and think tank IPPR, found 42% of Londoners were 'very proud' to be of the capital, compared to just 39% for England and 36% for Britain.

    "The sense of pride and attachment that Londoners feel about their city is striking – though it is interesting that after London, it is to England and not the UK that most Londoners look," said IPPR associate director Guy Lodge.

    Asked to indicate how attached they were to London, England, the UK and Europe, 53% of respondents said they were very attached to their city, compared to 44% for England and 33% for the UK. Just eight per cent mentioned Europe.

    The finding led many respondents to demand less UK government influence over London's affairs.

    Londoners were critical of the role of the mayor, however, with only 20% of respondents backing more powers for the post currently occupied by Boris Johnson.

    Instead, there appeared to be considerable support for local boroughs, which were seen as being more concerned with people’s ‘worries and needs’ and more important in making decisions that impacted on their lives.
     

     

    8 comments

    • The English Impatient
      The English Impatient  •  5 months ago
      The exact opposite of what everyone else in Britain thinks: that London is a greedy, self absorbed, self important, filthy,noisy,over crowded,over priced,over rated, immigrant infested shithole.
    • The Witness
      The Witness  •  5 months ago
      It's probably because most Londoners aren't British!
    • Pete
      Pete  •  5 months ago
      Its more likely they are attached to the welfare packages given to them by local councils who pander to the ethnic minorties. Flew into Heathrow Airport recently, looking out of the window at the ground staff I could have landed in India,Pakistan,or Bangladesh.
      • Lecutas of Borg
        Lecutas of Borg 5 months ago
        Makes me sick to my stomach to see this happening !
    • truth hurts
      truth hurts  •  5 months ago
      They are bound to say that.....its like saying the Welsh are proud of Wales or the Scottish are proud of Scotland.
      • Edison
        Edison 5 months ago
        Has London become a country, is it not part of England.
    • poleman
      poleman  •  5 months ago
      Londoners,most of them are in Cornwall..thats how good London is
    • STUART
      STUART  •  5 months ago
      and so they should be being that 8 out of 10 are foreigners who live on benefits and free housing and nhs treatment etc it is a great place to be when it is free
    • Peed Off Penguin
      Peed Off Penguin  •  5 months ago
      How exactly did they find anyone that could speak English for the alleged findings?
      • callum
        callum 5 months ago
        It's really not too hard if you employ non-bigoted, non-discriminatory and non-racist pollsters.
      • Edison
        Edison 5 months ago
        London has changed faces many times and is probably the best in the world at integrating many credes.
        The interesting question would be, did they use this generations DNA or a previous one to determine who are londoners and who are settlers, after all we could all be seen as being settlers if we follow the trail of DNA back far enough.
        Which in reality could be the same for any village, town or city in Britain today.
        Now who created the word race.
      • Lecutas of Borg
        Lecutas of Borg 5 months ago
        Well said Steve.

        I went down to a construction site to do an Audit.

        People were running all over the place cos they thought I was from Immigration.

        Only people I could have talked to were the foreigners over here on contract, and couldn't get any sence from them 1
    • DAVID S
      DAVID S  •  5 months ago
      Why was a poll necessary, since there can be no doubt that (despite the current Mayor), London is clearly the best place in the World to live? (Penzance comes second!)
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