It appears that people in Britain are seriously concerned about corruption, which is very different from newspaper claims that people are resigned to it. People want a corruption-free political system at all levels for their country. In fact, people are more resistant to graft than the press would have us believe. Of course, I haVe-to do a more intensive research into this as I need to figure out whether the public would organize themselves into a social group to fight against the menace.
My first leg of research has gone well and rather unexpectedly so. It has taught me a lesson too. When I received full support from my subjects, it was my own colleagues who thought I hadn't properly planned the whole thing.
Despite the problems and resistance, I met with a wide variety of subjects and was able to collect enough data to gather some rather startling information on our views regarding corruption in Britain. As I mentioned, the newspapers tend to downplay the fact that corruption is going on. Of the subjects who participated fully, over 75% have stated that they are very deeply concerned about corruption and out of those, over 50% have stated that they have personal experiences with corrupt officials. When compared to what the newspapers say about corruption, well, needless to say, this is rather shocking indeed.