UK Polling on Black Lives Matter

What questions have British polling companies asked?

A column in the Sunday Times claims the level of support for Black Lives Matter is “shrouded”. Rod Liddle’s column states:

There are no opinion polls available.

The suggestion from the columnist was:

I asked one company why this was the case, and the reply was: “Because we were worried we wouldn’t like the results.”

In this article, I look at British polling on the Black Lives Matter protests.

Direct questions about Black Lives Matter

We can look at the archives of British Polling Council members for such polling. Surveys provide estimates, subject to many sources of potential error. There is a range around each estimate: it could be somewhat higher or lower.

Redfield & Wilton Strategies (GB adults, 11th June 2020)

Redfield & Wilton Strategies contacted 1,500 GB adults online. The fieldwork was all on 11th June. The survey was on behalf of iNews. Their question was:

To what extent, if at all, do you agree or disagree with the stated aims of the Black Lives Matter movement?

This is an agree-disagree question: 25% said they “strongly agree” and 34% clicked they “agree”. 15% of respondents said they “disagree” or “strongly disagree”.