Posted on 03/24/2014 7:30:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
London (AFP) - Britons see Russia in a more positive light than the European Union, despite recent tensions with Moscow over Ukraine, according to a poll published on Saturday.
Voters in Britain are also equally divided about whether to remain in the 28-member bloc, a subject on which Prime Minister David Cameron has promised a referendum in 2017.
The results of the online poll of 20,000 people between 7 and 20 January organised by Conservative party peer Lord Michael Aschcroft were published in Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid The Sun on Sunday.
The league table of 27 "liked" countries and institutions put the European Parliament -- for which elections are being held in May -- sixth from bottom, and the EU fourth from bottom.
Only Saudi Arabia, Iran and North Korea ranked below the European parliament when those polled were asked how positive or negative they felt towards them. Israel was fifth from bottom and Russia was seventh from bottom.
Canada was top.
The poll taken before relations between Russia and the West were plunged into the deep freeze because of the crisis in the Ukraine and Russia's absorption of the Crimean peninsula.
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Maybe Putin should call for a referendum on Russian annexation of the UK....he might just win the vote!
Briton should pull out that old and yellowed piece of paper that Chamberlain was waving around 75 years ago and re-read it.
“Maybe Putin should call for a referendum on Russian annexation of the UK....he might just win the vote!”
Nah—too many muzzies have infested that once great power for his taste.
More muslims in Russia than in the UK.
Doesnt surprise me. Its always easy to face a foe who’s open and honest about their disdain than a sneaky one that is trying to undermine you.
Obama loses this one. He’s out of here in two years anyway. Putin ain’t going anywhere.
European banks have more than $23 billion in ‘outstanding loans’in Ukraine.....
I agree...Putin’ didn’t take the risks he did without considering the costs....in fact he well took the risks under this President because he knew he could, and Putin’s got 2 more years to pull off whatever he determines before the next Administration in the US....he won;t take chances then.
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