A new ComRes poll for the Daily Mail has revealed that more than twice as many Britons think that taking military action in Syria will make British streets more dangerous (39%) than think it would make them safer (16%). As the Government considers what action to take in Syria, just one in five (21%) members of the British public think military action there would make it safer in the Middle East generally, compared to a third (31%) who think it would make it more dangerous and 39% who think it would make no difference.

Just one in five (19%) think it would make tourist beaches in North Africa safer, while a third say it would make them more dangerous (36%).

Other findings include:

Support for military actions

Half of Britons (49%) oppose British troops going into Syria to fight Islamic State.

However, the public does not definitively want to stay out of Syria and leave the situation there to run its course – 38% support doing so, compared to 49% who oppose this approach.

Support therefore seems to fall on conducting airstrikes against Islamic State, which more than half support (56%), although one in three oppose (33%).



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