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@yougov.co.ukWhile Richard E Grant letting slip that he was a traitor may have seen him be the first banished from the castle in this series of The Celebrity Traitors, half of Britons can feel his pain, having also accidentally revealed a secret at some point
Have: 49%
Have not: 31%
@yougov.co.ukFull results on whether Zack Polanski should or should not remain Green leader available here: yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
@yougov.co.ukGreen voters tend to think Zack Polanski should remain party leader, amid some Greens calling for him to resign over his handling of the party's controversial Zionism motion and his loss in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election 2024 Green voters Remain leader: 47% Stand down: 22%
@yougov.co.ukReposted by @yougov.co.ukAlongside 'ginnel', 'snicket' is also used across Yorkshire to refer to alleyways, while 'cut' is a common term in the North East, 'jitty' can be found in the East Midlands, and 'entry' is used on Merseyside and parts of the West Midlands
@yougov.co.ukWhat do people call an alleyway where you live?
Full results on what Britons call narrow passageways between buildings available here: yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
@yougov.co.ukBritain's wide range of dialect terms for alleyways are less common among younger Britons, putting some words at risk of dying out
65+ year olds: 45% use at least one dialect term
50-64 year olds: 40%
25-49 year olds: 32%
18-24 year olds: 27%
@yougov.co.ukAlthough 'alley' and 'passage' are commonly used terms across Britain, there is some variation in where they are used Just 63% of adults in West Yorkshire say they use the term 'alley', while use of 'passage' varies from 45-47% in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire to 15% in Tayside
@yougov.co.ukScotland has its own dialect terms for alleyways, with 'close' common across the country, and 'vennel', 'wynd' and 'pend' more localised to parts of eastern Scotland
Alley: 75%
Close: 41%
Passage: 23%
Vennel: 13%
Wynd: 11%
Ginnel: 7%
Pend: 5%
Cut: 4%
Entry: 3%
@yougov.co.ukSome alternative terms for alleyways are particularly localised 'Tenfoot' and 'eightfoot' are focussed on Humberside, with 34% in East Yorkshire and 22% in northern Lincolnshire using the term 'Twitten' is near-exclusively used in Sussex, including 29% of people in East Sussex using the term
@yougov.co.ukAlongside 'ginnel', 'snicket' is also used across Yorkshire to refer to alleyways, while 'cut' is a common term in the North East, 'jitty' can be found in the East Midlands, and 'entry' is used on Merseyside and parts of the West Midlands
@yougov.co.ukGinnel is the most common dialect term for an alleyway, being used across most of the North of England
Top 'ginnel' counties
West Yorkshire: 59%
Lancashire: 55%
South Yorkshire: 54%
Greater Manchester: 51%
North Yorkshire: 41%
Cumbria: 34%
Cheshire: 27%
@yougov.co.uk🧵/ What do you call an alleyway? Across Britain, there are more than a dozen dialect words for a narrow passageway, with 'ginnel', 'cut' and 'snicket' among the most common
Alley: 84%
Passage: 31%
Ginnel: 14%
Cut: 7%
Snicket: 6%
Entry: 6%
Close: 6%
Gully: 4%
Jitty: 4%
@yougov.co.ukFull results on how often Britons invite non-family members around for dinner available here: yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
@yougov.co.ukWhen was the last time you invited a non-family member around your house for dinner? In the last week: 9% In the last month: 15% In the last six months: 16% In the last year: 11% In the last two years: 5% In the last five years: 6% In the last ten years: 5% Longer than ten years ago: 9% Never: 15%
@yougov.co.uk61% of Britons support the Conservatives' proposals to exempt family homes from inheritance tax
Support: 61%
Oppose: 18%
@yougov.co.ukWith personal finances a major theme for this year's party conference season, which party do Britons think would leave them financially best off?
Conservatives: 19%
Labour: 17%
Reform UK: 12%
Greens: 6%
Lib Dems: 3%
@yougov.co.ukThere is limited appetite in France for pensions reform - as is the case in other countries
There is (barely) net support in France for requiring workers to save to private pensions (+4) or to provide support to keep older workers in jobs longer (+2)
@yougov.co.uk70% of French people - including 76% of French retirees - say that the state pension is too low
@yougov.co.ukWith pensions affordability becoming a key issue in France, our recent study found that 59% of French people think the system is unaffordable - yet 70% also say the state pension is too low, and there is limited support for reform
@yougov.co.ukSee why Britons think inheritance tax is unfair, in their own words, at the link below
