Over the course of the last week, tens of thousands of you have spent time giving us your feedback and views on the mainstream media. As ever, we’re delighted by the response and want to say again how important your thoughts are in shaping the future direction of the party.
 
Today, we’re giving you the highlights from those results, which paint a very clear picture of your views on how the mainstream media are choosing to operate.
 
To start, only 1% of you feel that the mainstream media give a fair and balanced hearing to views such as yours; a staggering indictment of the bias currently operating within the organisations bringing us news.

At the same time, 83% of you feel that broadcasters should have to be impartial, rather than allowing them an explicitly partisan editorial line, as happens with newspapers.

Only 2% of you thought that mainstream media coverage of the Black Lives Matters protests and activities was honest, with only 7% believing the same about the coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic.

After nearly 93% of you told us that the BBC should be defunded, there was a range of views of what would be the best model to replace it with, with each of our three options getting significant support. 

Free speech is a subject we know to be of huge importance to our supporters. 91% of you felt that for institutions of education that receive public money, freedom of speech should be a prerequisite whilst 84% of you think we should have a free speech guarantee in law!

Finally, on Shamima Begum, 92% of you believe that she shouldn’t be allowed back into the UK under any circumstances!
 
We’re excited already about our next Sunday Survey, which we’ll send to you this time next week. We’re going to be focusing on how the politics of our country operates and perhaps more importantly, how you think it could operate better! It will be one not to miss! Our thanks to you again,
 

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