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Would you pay more to buy British?

11 March 2012

Many goods sold in the UK are made or imported. Buying British can help UK manufacturers and may be more environmentally sustainable – yet if it costs more, would you pay more? Which of these would you be willing to pay more for to buy British?

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Many goods sold in the UK are made or imported. Buying British can help UK manufacturers and may be more environmentally sustainable – yet if it costs more, would you pay more?

Which of these would you be willing to pay more for to buy British?

Results

Cars 2,027 votes (37 %)
Childrens clothes 1,991 votes (36 %)
Computers and electronic devices 1,997 votes (36 %)
Cosmetics and beauty items 2,022 votes (37 %)
Furniture 2,666 votes (48 %)
Groceries 3,702 votes (67 %)
None 1,522 votes (28 %)
TVs, DVDs and other audio-visual 2,005 votes (36 %)
Your clothes 2,791 votes (50 %)

5,530 people have selected 20,723 options (percentages are the number who voted for that topic of the total people who have voted, so won't add up to 100%).

We try to use technology to limit voting to one per person. Occasionally, this may erroneously block a few people's votes (eg, from shared offices). Apologies for that.

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