They would also restrict the building of mosques and order the flag of St George or the Union Jack be flown on all public buildings.
The revelations will spark fresh fears of racial tension in Britain amid a new wave of support for extreme right-wing parties like the British National Party and the English Defence League.
Findings of the survey, the largest of its kind and involving 5,054 people, are in a major report called Fear and Hope – the New Politics of Identity, which examines views on race, immigration and multi-culturalism.
In one of the most revealing questions, pollsters Populus asked people if they would back a party that “wants
to defend the English, create an English parliament, control immigration and challenge Islamic extremism”.
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