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Green Party voters are more likely to view the US as a threat to Britain’s national interests than Russia or China, a new poll has found.
Asked by YouGov to name up to three countries posing a risk to Britain’s interests, 61pc of Green Party supporters chose America, compared with 58pc who picked Russia and 21pc naming China. Almost half pointed to Israel.
Among the broader sweep of 2,000 voters surveyed, Russia was the top threat, cited by almost two-thirds of respondents, while 37pc picked China, and 31pc named the US. Just under one quarter chose Israel and Iran.
“There’s definitely a quite surprising scepticism towards the United States from voters on the progressive wing of politics,” said Gareth Morgan, the executive director of Cavendish, the communications firm that commissioned the poll.
He said he had expected such a result from Green Party supporters, but that pollsters had also found “significant reluctance to see the US as a traditional ally” among Labour and Liberal Democrat voters.
Almost three quarters of Labour and Liberal Democrat supporters picked Russia as a threat, but more than 40pc also named the US, more than the number who chose China.
Donald Trump’s tariffs, as well as the US president’s repeated attacks on Labour’s immigration and energy policies, have riled Left-wing Britons.
The survey also found a demographic divide. Generation Z – those aged 18 to 29 – and Millennials – aged 30 to 45 – were much more sceptical of the US and Israel than Generation X or Baby Boomers.
Mr Morgan said people’s shifting attitudes to the US were starting to affect their spending decisions, with many informally boycotting American businesses.
One third of survey respondents said they would be less likely to buy a product or service if they found out the supplier was American.
Of that third, 76pc said this was because of “the political leadership of the country” – a reference to Mr Trump. Half also said they did not want to support the US economy.
Similarly, half of those surveyed were also less likely to buy a product or service from Israel, and 39pc from China.
But 41pc said they would be more likely to buy a product if they learned it came from the EU, and three quarters said the same for British products.
Mr Morgan said: “People’s spending habits are starting to change in accordance with their geopolitical views.
“That world view is also extending to their expectation of Government, with people wanting the Government to award fewer public sector contracts to companies that are American.”
Almost 40pc of respondents, including 72pc of Green voters and 48pc of Labour supporters, said the Government should do less business with American companies.
Zack Polanski, the Green Party leader, has led a campaign for a public sector boycott of Palantir, the US technology giant chaired by billionaire Peter Thiel that works with the Israeli military and has contracts with the Ministry of Defence and the NHS.
