This is the second in a series of posts based on the results of our survey of KBF supporters. The three key findings in the area of democracy are:
- There is strong agreement with Lord Justice Hickinbottom’s description of the measures taken by the government as “Possibly the most restrictive regime on the public life of persons and businesses ever”
- MP’s, the NHS and ‘the people’ had little influence over decisions. Government scientific advisers and international organisations such as the WHO had the most influence
- Traditional values such as democracy, transparency have been replaced decisions taken in an illogical and irrational manner.
5,416 people took part between Tuesday 15th and Monday 21st August 2020. A quarter of respondents said they were KBF members, half followed KBF on social media or used the KBF web site, a quarter did not follow KBF. There was a good spread of occupations. The five largest job groups (each with at least 300 respondents) are Health/Nursing/Medical Care, Hospitality/Personal Services, IT/Digi