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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jonathan Bunn

Analysis finds rise of ‘muscular unionism’ is out of step with public attitudes

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The Government in Westminster’s dominance over national decision-making and politicians’ use of “muscular unionism” rhetoric risks undermining public support for maintaining the UK as a single state, research by a think tank suggests.

The latest survey of attitudes to the union across the UK showed a “striking ambivalence” towards the importance of retaining all four nations, according to analysis of the findings by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

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