Figure 9. Proportion that say they have seen ‘a lot’ or ‘a great deal’ of false or misleading COVID-19 information from the national government in the last week, by political leaning (2020–21)

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Q12. How much false or misleading information about coronavirus (COVID-19), if any, do you think you have seen from each of the following in the last week? Q3. Some people talk about ‘left’, ‘right’ and ‘centre’ to describe parties and politicians. With this in mind, where would you place yourself on the following scale? Base: Left/Centre/Right: Apr 2020 = 293/490/309, Apr 2021 = 328/519/269.

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