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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

Leftwing activists less likely to work with political rivals than other UK groups, study finds

The backs of people's heads at a demonstration with someone holding a sign reading 'Welcome. Stop the far right'
A demonstration in Walthamstow, London, against the far right in August. The study by the polling group More in Common classifies 8-10% of the population as ‘progressive activists’. Photograph: Victoria Jones/Rex/Shutterstock

Leftwing activists in Britain are less likely to work with their political opponents than other groups and more likely to think those holding different views have been misled, a study has found.

The study by the polling group More in Common finds that 8-10% of the population, whom they classify under the heading “progressive activists”, hold strikingly different views on a range of issues than the rest of Britain.

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