Britons have long been considered to be comfortably to the left of their American cousins on practically all political matters. While this remains largely true, new research shows that Britons from both the left and right are considerably more forthright than their American counterparts on immigration policy questions.

Voters for British right-wing parties are radically more likely to agree with statements such as "it is bad for society if white people decline as a share of the population" and "society is weakened by being made up of many different races, ethnicities, and religions", the polling finds.