Brexit, Covid and Black Lives Matter have highlighted divisions in society. But we have more in common than we sometimes realise
Photograph: Guy Smallman/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Guy Smallman/Getty ImagesIn fragmented times, there is a public appetite for things that can bring us together. The jubilee is seen as the most important event of the year, ahead of the football World Cup, though that vote of confidence in the monarchy comes with future challenges.
When it comes to the “culture wars”, Covid showed why Britain is not the US. While in the US, choosing to wear a face mask or not became like strapping your presidential ballot paper to your face, here the pandemic generated the broadest social consensus on any contested issue in decades. That earlier sense of unity has since fragmented, as anger withlaunched – to make our contribution to a more inclusive Britain. Tracking attitudes since 2012 picks up some dramatic shifts.
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