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Guest blog: How does the public react to rebellious MPs?

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Guest blogger Philip Cowley conducts a survey experiment on public attitudes to rebellious MPs.

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Update: the public view on selling RBS

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While RBS says the time is nigh for selling the taxpayer’s stake, the public isn’t so sure.

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The Anglo-US Divide on Equality

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History helps to explain why Britons favour European equality over American individualism.

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Talking trust on climate science

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Despite any potential impact from Climategate, Britons still trust scientists and climate experts more than other groups to tell the truth about climate change, according to recent YouGov Research. Results also show a stable and overwhelming consensus who believe the planet is warming and that humans are either wholly or partly to blame. This is despite a decline since the onset of economic crisis in the number of those who are interested in the issue or attach high urgency to it.

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