Peace is popular

News in Brief

65% of people in Britain think that diplomacy should be used to solve the current Falklands oil dispute, according to an Angus Reid Public Opinion poll published on 5 March. Only 20% of Britons approved of the use of “any means necessary, including military force” to continue with the planned oil exploration.
Meanwhile, a similar proportion of people want the removal of British armed forces from Afghanistan by end the of 2010, according to a ComRes poll for the BBC’s Newsnight programme. 63% agreed that whoever formed the next government should implement this policy, only 33% of Britons disagreed.

Topics: Anti-militarism