New poll reveals public anger at China over Covid

This week’s Spectator cover article examines China’s role in the origins of the Covid virus. With many of the early decisions about the pandemic now being re-examined one year on, Mr S thought it best to ask what the British public made of this subject and the extent of Beijing’s culpability.

A new poll by Redfield and Wilton — with a sample size of 1,500 – found that more than three in four Brits believe China is to blame for the coronavirus crisis, with 42 per cent saying the country’s regime is ‘significantly to blame’ and a further 34 per cent agreeing it is ‘somewhat to blame.’ This compares to just 15 per cent who ‘don’t know’ and less than one in ten or 9 per cent who believe China is ‘not at all to blame.’