A selection of our recent appearances in the UK media.
Politico
16 September 2025
Trump lands in Britain’s ‘autumn of discontent’
As the U.S. president touches down in the U.K., PM Keir Starmer is under political pressure and is facing street protests.
Luke Tryl, executive director of the More in Common think tank, which regularly tracks public sentiment, said: “There is no doubt that many Britons are deeply disillusioned with the state of the country today, and few people are happy with the trajectory the U.K. is on.
“The simple truth is life feels too hard, and politicians seem unresponsive to the public mood or even not in control at all.”
The Express
16 September 2025
Eight in 10 Brits say Keir's Starmer's Government is as sleazy as last Tory one
Nearly six out of 10 (59%) Labour voters say this Government is as sleazy as its predecessor. A third of Britons (32%) believe it is “more sleazy”.
Luke Tryl of More in Common, which published the polling, said: “The past two weeks have been among the most difficult for the Government so far, and for the Prime Minister himself. Following Angela Rayner’s resignation and now the Mandelson scandal, Starmer’s ratings have sunk to a new low.
“Four in five Britons now think this Government is just as sleazy as the last, and that view has risen most among Labour’s own voters, with most of those who voted for the party now saying they are no less sleazy than the government they replaced.”
The Times
15 September 2025
This age of extreme nihilism threatens us all
For all the ink that has been justly spilt on the dangers of partisanship and polarisation, this mood of nihilism may be the most underrated and perhaps most poisonous force in our politics today.
The pollster Luke Tryl has charted the rise of “burn it all down” sentiment, prevalent in America and now spreading to Britain. In a recent survey of UK voters, 38 per cent agreed with the statement, “When I think about our political and social institutions I cannot help thinking ‘just let them all burn’.” It is no accident that this is an age of violent protest across the political spectrum.
The Times
14 September 2025
Virginia Giuffre family: Starmer should never have appointed Mandelson
Sir Keir Starmer should not have appointed Lord Mandelson as US ambassador, the family of Virginia Giuffre said as the political crisis over the prime minister’s handling of the scandal deepened.
A study published this year by the think tank More in Common found that Burnham was the only Labour politician Britons would prefer to see in Downing Street instead of Starmer. He enjoys positive approval ratings in the polls — more than 50 points superior to his party’s leader.
The Express
12 September 2025
Reform UK's astonishing rise shows no sign of slowing in another crushing blow to rivals
More In Common, for instance, saw Reform's lead over Labour jump by 1 point (11 ahead versus 10 in late August) in its latest September reading.
One would have thought Sir Keir Starmer's reshuffle helped the government regain some credibility. If so, only YouGov seemed to pick this up. And woe unto to the Tories. In nearly a month, Kemi Badenoch's party has barely hit 20%. Analysis suggests Reform is doing especially well amongst disgruntled former Tories, notwithstanding a significant number of Red Wall types shifting from Labour.
The Spectator
11 September 2025
Good news for patriots,’ said one of our most celebrated national newspapers this week: ‘Your numbers are likely to swell.’ This was on the editorial page, where the opinions of the paper are laid out, and it referred to a poll conducted by ‘More in Common’ which had found, to everyone’s surprise, that British teenagers are pretty patriotic. About half of all 16- and 17-year-olds feel proud of their country, it found, which is more than their parents.
It was an interesting poll for anyone considering the rise of Reform and how that might interact with the incoming slew of teenage voters.