Ernie Clark. Hilperton Division, Wiltshire Council.

But lots of faith in doctors ...
Ipsos MORI asked almost 2,000 adults in Great Britain to say whether they generally trusted 16 different types of people to tell the truth or not. Ninety per cent of the public said they trusted doctors to tell the truth. Doctors were closely followed by teachers, 86 per cent, professors, 78 per cent, judges, 78 per cent and clergymen, 73% completing the top five.

At the other end of the scale, only about one in five adults trusts government ministers to tell the truth, while journalists and politicians in general shared the lowest ranking with just 18% trusting each of them to tell the truth. 76 per cent did not trust politicians in general to tell the truth, which was the highest score at this category. Civil servants are trusted by 44 per cent.

I hope that this survey relates only to party politicians and not Independents !!