Woke Britain? We’re among most anti-PC in the world

WOKE warriors won’t like the sound of it – but Britons are among the world’s most antiPC populations, a poll suggests.

Respondents in 28 countries were asked to rate their feelings about woke behaviour on a scale of nought, meaning people are too easily offended, to seven, indicating that the population ‘need to be more sensitive to those from different backgrounds’.

In Britain, 51 per cent rated their views at between nought and three, ranking this country as one of the nations most against political correctness.

Only 32 per cent of Britons believe ‘culture war’ divisions – revolving around supposedly insulting history and opinions – are a problem in the UK. In contrast, 57 per cent of Americans thought the US was divided by culture wars.

Countries where people were most likely to think others should speak carefully about minorities included those with little freedom of speech.

Professor Bobby Duffy, of King’s College London, which carried out the study with Ipsos Mori, said the findings indicated ‘our particular suspicion of the ease with which people can take offence and the policing of speech’.