Trust in politicians is "approaching rock bottom" with only 19% of the public thinking they were largely¹ telling the truth during the EU referendum campaign, researchers have said. 

 

研究人员称，公众对政客的信任已经跌到谷底。在欧盟公投期间，只有19%的公众认为政客大多数情况下在说真话。

 

Nurses, however, were found to be the most trustworthy professionals, in their first appearance in the annual Ipsos Mori "veracity²" survey. 

 

Politicians - a stalwart of the bottom of the list - have sunk even lower in the public's estimation in the year that brought the Brexit vote, the survey found. 

 

The elected representatives are now trusted to tell the truth by 15% of the public, a drop of 6% from last year, according to the report published on Sunday. 

 

The authors said the drop may have been "surprising" if seen in any other year. 

 

"But 2016 is, of course, some way away from being a normal year, and voters' levels of trust in mainstream³ politicians seem to be approaching rock bottom," they added.

 

Journalists fared little better than politicians with 24% of people trusting them, putting them below bankers, estate⁴ agents and lawyers. 

 

Teachers, judges and scientists followed the medical professionals at the top of the list.

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