Cancel culture: what views are Britons afraid to express?
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Those with less progressive views on divisive social topics feel more reluctant to voice their opinion.
By Matthew Smith, Head of Data Journalism
One of the new political catchphrases of recent years has been ‘cancel culture’. As with so many Westminster Bubble terms, it is an import from the United States, and refers to a desire or attempts to ostracise (or ‘cancel’) people or organisations with certain viewpoints, generally those that are considered un-progressive.
As we found with our earlier study on another American political import – being ‘woke’ – Britons don’t know what the political elite are on about when they bring up cancel culture.
Only a third of Britons (35%) say they think they know what cancel culture means. Almost two thirds don’t know what it means (65%), including close to four in ten who’ve never heard the expression in the first place (38%).
Young people are more familiar with cancel culture, with 45% of 18-24 year olds saying they know what it is, compared to ...
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