67% want a burkha ban

MOST Britons want to see the burkha banned in the UK, it was revealed last night.

67 percent want burkha ban 67 percent want burkha ban

In the week that saw French MPs vote to outlaw the full Islamic veil in public, research showed that two-thirds of the British public would like to see the Government here follow suit.

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In a YouGov survey for Five News, more than 2,000 people were asked whether the burkha should be banned in Britain.

Some 67 per cent said yes, while that figure rose to 80 per cent among people aged 55 or over.

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