Only one in seven Brits is happy with the way society is at present and nearly seven out of ten (68%) want it to be more neighbourly, according to new research published today by Theos, the public theology think tank. Only 16% of people want to live in a more patriotic society.
In the CommunicateResearch poll 54% think that Gordon Brown is on the right track and that there needs to be greater willingness to celebrate Britain and its achievements but 43% of people believe that the United States offers a poor model of patriotism which Britain would do well not to follow.
The publication of the poll comes as Gordon Brown makes his first visit to the United States since becoming Prime Minister and coincides with the launch of a new Theos report entitled Red, White, Blue… and Brown: Citizens, Patriots and the Prime Minister.