YouGov on Bratton, benefits and evictions

On yesterday's YouGov poll there were also some questions on the continuing aftermath of the riots - full tabs here.

First up, only 35% of people think that Bill Bratton should be allowed to apply for the Commissioner of the Metropolitan police job, 50% think he should not. YouGov asked a more generic question on the principle of whether it should be possible to recruit foriegn police chiefs at the start of the month and found only 20% of people did. So while asking specifically about a successful American police chief was (unsurprisingly) more acceptable than some unspecified generic foriegn policeman, it was still only acceptable to a minority.

Secondly YouGov asked about some of the suggested responses to the riots. There was extremely widespread support for giving the police the power to remove face coverings of those suspected of crimes (94%), of banning suspects from social media sites (79%), of stopping welfare benefits for people convicted of involvement in riots (71%) and of cancelling police cuts (70%). Support was less strong for the idea of evicted families from council houses where a member of the family was involved in riots - supported by 46%, but opposed by 40%.