A new poll shows that more people want the government to scrap its same sex ‘marriage’ bill than its proposal to enforce plain packaging for cigarettes.
The ComRes poll, commissioned by the Coalition for Marriage, questioned 2,046 people on which of the two proposals they would rather see abandoned.
34 per cent said they would prefer the Prime Minister to drop his plans to redefine marriage, while only 28 per cent said that they would rather see the government scrap its plans for plain cigarette packaging.
Among those who voted Conservative at the last general election, 46 per cent wanted the same sex marriage bill to be scrapped; whilst only 22 per cent said they wanted the government to ditch its tobacco plans.
Sinking ship
CEO of Christian Concern Andrea Minichiello Williams said: “Yet again the unpopularity of diluting marriage is evident from public opinion. There is no mandate for the government’s same sex ‘marriage’ bill and this poll, along with last week’s local election results, shows that the policy is losing David Cameron votes.
“He’s been told by his campaign strategist to ‘get the barnacles off the boat’ He best get rid of this one before the Conservative ship sinks”.
Warning
Earlier this week, Conservatives urged David Cameron to get rid of his plans to redefine marriage in order to halt the progress of UKIP after its success at the ballot box last week.
They warned the Prime Minister that he must uphold traditional Tory values to prevent core Conservatives from abandoning him for Nigel Farage.
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