Tabloid newspaper the Daily Express announced that 98% of its readers who had taken part in a phone-in poll on the subject supported a ban on the veil.[35]
Ipsos MORI conducted a more thorough opinion poll on 11 October 2006.[36] This found that 51% of the public agreed (saying they "strongly agree" or "tend to agree") that Straw was right to raise the issue, with 31% saying he was wrong. It also found 61% agreed with the statement: "By wearing a veil Muslim women are segregating themselves". However, 51% of the public thought that Straw's comments would damage race relations, and 77% agreed that "Muslim women should have the right to wear the veil".
In July 2010, Yougov conducted a poll of 2,205 adults in Britain, it found that 67% supported a complete ban on wearing the Burka across Britain.[37]