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Sixty-four million people in the United Kingdom are not Muslim — that’s 94% of the population.

What would preoccupy most people, were it not for disproportionate media reporting problemitising this minority community?

Fortunately, the Office for National Statistics regularly surveys public opinion, so we have a reasonable idea.

Their latest analysis suggests people are most concerned about the cost of living (89%), the state of the national health service (84%), the economy (72%), climate change and the environment (59%) and housing (58%).

Listen to talk radio or open a national newspaper, however, and that’s not the impression you’d get.

If only we could convince people to engage with the facts.