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| UK: POLL - 55% support passenger profiling |
| 2006-08-17 |
| A MAJORITY of voters support moves by the Government to introduce security screening at airports that focuses on the passengers who pose the greatest risk. A poll in todayÂ’s Spectator shows that 55 per cent backed the idea of passenger profiling and only 29 per cent opposed it. The Times disclosed this week that the Government was in talks with airlines about profiling people who behave suspiciously, have unusual travel patterns or, more controversially, are from certain ethnic or religious backgrounds. Half of the 1,700 respondents said that most British Muslims were moderates but 28 per cent disagreed and almost as many said that they did not know. The poll suggests that Britain is increasingly preparing for a long, bitter and potentially bloody struggle, with 60 per cent of respondents saying that they expected the threat from terrorist groups to worsen and 79 per cent arguing that the Government was not winning the war against terrorism. A large majority, 86 per cent, predicted a terrorist attack within the next 12 months. YouGov interviewed 1,696 respondents online on August 14 and 15 for the poll, the first since the airport terrorism alert. Not quite the suicidal culture some ascribe... |
| Posted by:Flavinter Phung9488 |
| #4 "A large majority, 86 per cent, predicted a terrorist attack within the next 12 months" AND they know which religion will be behind it. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2006-08-17 13:51 |
| #3 It will be very interesting to see if this is made an issue in the next elections here and in the US. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-08-17 11:05 |
| #2 "A large majority, 86 per cent, predicted a terrorist attack within the next 12 months" Commonsense lives in this 86%. To not profile is simply wilful blindness. |
| Posted by: Duh! 2006-08-17 10:50 |
| #1 There are many reasonable Brits (just look who posts here). But their political classes are very disjoint from the common people. For all our troubles with Kenneday, et al, people like Ronald Regaon or Bill Clinton can become President here. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2006-08-17 09:58 |