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Source is here: https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/survey-results/daily/2025/02/20/c33bd/1

That source allows you to see the results according to political affiliation. Pluralities of supporters of the Conservatives, Labour, and Lib Dems think that supporting Ukraine is more important.

The exception is Reform UK, whose supporters think that good relations with the USA are more important than supporting Ukraine.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

You say Europe but your chart says the EU. Let's not conflate the two.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

In this case they are analogous though, really.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Fair point. Arguably the British public has a more negative view of the EU than Europe as a whole though. So if the British public wants to increase trade with the EU then they would probably be fine with increasing trade with Europe as a whole.

By the way I'm not including Russia when I say "Europe". They don't even consider themselves European - they consider themselves Eurasian.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

A valid point in general, but since this is from a uk trade perspective, there isn’t much in Europe but outside the EU. Norway, Switzerland and a few Balkan countries.