'Born here to be British' sentiment is soaring

THE number of people who say you must be "born British to be truly British" has nearly doubled in two years from 19% to 36%.

- BY DAVID WILLIAMSON

And seven in 10 Reform UK supporters think it is important to have British ancestry to be truly British, according to YouGov polling for the Left-leaning IPPR think tank.

This was the case for 56% of people planning to vote Tory at the next election much higher than among supporters of the Lib Dems (37%), Labour (27%) and the Greens (19%).