Graduates admit politics is 'too complicated' for them The only other time trust has been as low, according to a polling series stretching back seven years, was in 2009. Trust in MPs also slid to 23 per cent from 29 per cent a year ago. It also drew on separate research into social attitudes in which 36 per cent of people educated to degree level agreed with the statement that "politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me cannot really understand what is going on." Among those who left school at 16 the rate was 65 per cent. When asked to list things which they liked least about Britain's political system, 53 per cent cited "the quality of our politicians." But when asked to chose three features they liked best about it 32 per cent mentioned "the role played by the Queen" with coverage of politics in the media also scoring well.