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Terrorism

Fieldwork: July 8th 2005 - July 10th 2005

published by The Times

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Terrorism Following the recent bombings in London on Thursday, please say if you agree or disagree with each of the following possible measures that could be taken to try and reduce the threat of future terrorist attack.

a) Giving the police new powers to arrest people they suspect of planning terrorist acts

	All	Men	Women	AB	C1	C2	DE
Agree	86%	83%	88%	79%	84%	89%	93%
Disagree	12%	15%	9%	18%	13%	10%	6%
Don't know	2%	2%	3%	3%	3%	2%	2%
Net agreement	74%	68%	79%	61%	71%	79%	97%

Regional Breakdowm

	London & SE	Midlands	North	Wales & SW	Scotland
Agree	80%	89%	90%	86%	81%
Disagree	18%	9%	7%	12%	16%
Don't know	3%	2%	3%	1%	3%
Net agreement	62%	80%	83%	74%	65%

b) Increasing police powers to stop and search people on the street

	All	Men	Women-	AB	C1	C2	DE
Agree	70%	69%	71%	65%	69%	74%	74%
Disagree	27%	29%	24%	33%	28%	23%	22%
Don't know	3%	1%	4%	3%	2%	3%	3%
Net agreement	43%	40%	47%	32%	41%	51%	52%

Regional Breakdown

	London & SE	Midlands	North	Wales & SW	Scotland
Agree	62%	76%	75%	72%	64%
Disagree	36%	20%	21%	25%	36%
Don't know	1%	3%	4%	4%	0%
Net agreement	26%	56%	44%	47%	28%

c) Introducing ID cards

	All	Men	Women	AB	C1	C2	DE
Agree	61%	60%	62%	61%	58%	63%	62%
Disagree	34%	36%	33%	34%	37%	32%	31%
Don't know	5%	5%	5%	4%	5%	5%	7%
Net agreement	27%	24%	29%	27%	21%	31%	31%

Regional Breakdown

	London & SE	Midlands	North	Wales & SW	Scotland
Agree	57%	64%	64%	56%	62%
Disagree	38%	32%	31%	38%	31%
Don't know	5%	4%	5%	6%	7%
Net agreement	19%	32%	33%	18%	31%

d) Tighter controls on who comes into the country

	All	Men	Women	AB	C1	C2	DE
Agree	88%	86%	89%	81%	87%	91%	92%
Disagree	10%	12%	8%	17%	10%	7%	6%
Don't know	2%	2%	3%	2%	3%	2%	2%
Net agreement	78%	74%	80%	64%	77%	84%	86%

e) Security checks and baggage inspections at stations

	All	Men	Women	AB	C1	C2	DE
Agree	89%	85%	92%	85%	86%	94%	92%
Disagree	10%	13%	8%	14%	13%	6%	6%
Don't know	1%	2%	0%	1%	1%	0%	2%
Net agreement	79%	72%	84%	71%	73%	88%	86%

Regional Breakdown

	London & SE	Midlands	North	Wales & SW	Scotland
Agree	84%	89%	91%	89%	95%
Disagree	15%	9%	8%	10%	5%
Don't know	2%	3%	1%	1%	3%
Net agreement	69%	80%	83%	79%	90%

Will you change any plans or normal routines when it comes to things like travel, holidays or trip to central London as result of Thursday's terrorist attack on Britain?

	All	Men	Women	AB	C1	C2	DE
Yes	21%	19%	24%	17%	16%	29%	25%
No	78%	81%	75%	82%	82%	69%	74%
Don't know	1%	0%	1%	1%	2%	2%	1%

Regional Breakdown

	London & SE	Midlands	North	Wales & SW	Scotland
Yes	21%	21%	19%	25%	25%
No	79%	77%	80%	75%	71%
Don't know	0%	1%	1%	0%	3%

2012 Olympics

This week London won the right to host the 2012 Olympic Games and it is estimated that Britain will spend about 5 billion pounds over the next seven years on all the construction needed to stage the Olympics here. Please say if you agree or disagree with each of the following statements.

	All	Men	Women	AB	C1	C2	DE
Agree	68%	68%	67%	68%	68%	66%	68%
Disagree	29%	29%	29%	29%	28%	31%	28%
Don't know	3%	3%	4%	3%	3%	3%	4%
Net agreement	39%	39%	38%	39%	40%	35%	40%

Regional Breakdown

	London & SE	Midlands	North	Wales & SW	Scotland
Agree	72%	67%	70%	66%	56%
Disagree	26%	28%	28%	31%	42%
Don't know	2%	5%	2%	4%	3%
Net agreement	46%	39%	42%	35%	14%

b) Hosting the Olympics requires a great deal of new construction and transport development and there will probably be a real struggle to get everything ready in time.

	All	Men	Women	AB	C1	C2	D
Agree	70%	69%	70%	64%	69%	73%	74%
Disagree	27%	29%	26%	34%	30%	24%	21%
Don't know	3%	2%	3%	2%	1%	3%	5%
Net agreement	43%	40%	44%	30%	39%	49%	53%

Regional Breakdown

	London & SE	Midlands	North	Wales & SW	Scotland
Agree	67%	70%	70%	72%	74%
Disagree	31%	27%	26%	25%	23%
Don't know	2%	3%	4%	3%	3%
Net agreement	36%	43%	44%	47%	51%

c) The eventual cost of putting on the Olympics will end up being much higher than the planners now estimate

	All	Men	Women	AB	C1	C2	DE
Agree	85%	86%	84%	84%	86%	86%	86%
Disagree	10%	10%	11%	12%	9%	9%	11%
Don't know	5%	4%	5%	4%	5%	5%	3%
Net agreement	75%	76%	73%	72%	77%	77%	75%

Regional Breakdown

	London & SE	Midlands	North	Wales & SW	Scotland
Agree	83%	86%	86%	87%	85%
Disagree	13%	10%	8%	8%	15%
Don't know	2%	3%	4%	3%	3%
Net agreement	36%	43%	44%	47%	51%

d) Holding the Olympics in London increases the dangers of a further terrorist attack on Britain.

	All	Men	Women	AB	C1	C2	DE
Agree	59%	59%	60%	54%	55%	64%	65%
Disagree	37%	38%	36%	43%	41%	32%	31%
Don't know	4%	3%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%
Net agreement	22%	21%	24%	11%	14%	32%	34%

Regional Breakdown

	London & SE	Midlands	North	Wales & SW	Scotland
Agree	52%	60%	63%	87%	85%
Disagree	44%	35%	32%	40%	30%
Don't know	4%	5%	4%	2%	3%
Net agreement	8%	25%	31%	18%	37%

Populus interviewed a random sample of 1,005 adults aged 18+ by telephone between 8th July 2005 and 10th July 2005. Interviews were conducted across England and the results have been weighted to be representative of all English adults. Populus is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules. For a full description of the methods we use, please click here.

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