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Lionel Shriver: How the US Left has warped our view of the UK

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ResisterRex · 01/06/2022 20:57

In this follow-up article, Shriver outlines out we misunderstand and overestimate the size of different groups in the UK. Apparently the UK thought 5% of us are transgender, when it's really more like 0.3-0.6%:

How US left has warped our view of the UK

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/9f8b3ed8-e1c0-11ec-baab-53d14c642149?shareToken=7127f3710833cc9a7a7455c047700211

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MangyInseam · 01/06/2022 21:14

It's interesting to see those numbers. I've certainly noticed here in Canada that media representations over the last few years have spun out of all proportion with actual demographics.

I wonder how much people's misapptrehentions are to do with what they see representativly in fiction as opposed to what they read and hear in news type sources.