JUST one per cent of the British public believes there is “no corruption” at all in UK politics, a snap survey has revealed.
The results of YouGov’s daily question, which polled 3622 adults, found that the vast majority believe there to be at least a “fair amount” of corruption in British politics.
While 40% said there was a “fair amount”, an equal number said there was “a lot”, totalling eight in 10 people who believe there to be sizeable corruption in the governance of the UK.
A further 11% of respondents said there was not “very much” corruption in British politics, while 8% said they didn’t know.
When divided geographically, the results suggest that 4% of Scots believe there is “no corruption” in British politics, by far the highest in the UK. For people living in the south of England outside London, this number was 0%.
The results suggest that 58% of Labour voters think there is “a lot” of corruption, compared to 26% of Tory voters. However, 48% of Tory voters think there is a “fair amount” and 19% “not very much”, compared to 33% and 4% of Labour ones respectively.
SNP MP Pete Wishart said the results showed that, despite Tory attempts at deflection, “people across the UK will not be fooled”.
He added that the polling “speaks volumes over how the Tories have trashed the rules and made it one rule for the Tory elite and another for the rest of us”.
Wishart went on: "With each day that passes, yet more examples of Tory sleaze, corruption and cronyism come to light.
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"From being in the Caribbean and Cayman Islands rather than the Commons, lobbying for firms, lucrative Covid contracts, cash for curtains, texts for tax breaks, or luxury holidays paid for by mystery donors - the Tories are rotten to the core.
"The never-ending Tory corruption scandals demonstrate once again that Westminster is broken beyond repair and not acting in our interests. The only way to escape Tory corruption is by becoming an independent country."
The news comes after Boris Johnson insisted that the "UK is not remotely a corrupt country".
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