A selection of our recent appearances in the UK media.
The Telegraph
3 December 2022
With Brexit once again dominating Twitter feeds, Channel crossings in the headlines, and all eyes on Nigel Farage, you could be forgiven for thinking we’ve all woken up in 2016. But does the rise in so-called Bre-gret mean that the electorate who only three years ago voted in Boris Johnson on a promise to get Brexit done are now demanding that Britain re-joins the bloc? Our latest research suggests that emboldened Remainers shouldn’t get their hopes up.
The Telegraph
3 December 2022
The new poll, by More in Common, also shows that although half of Britons believe Brexit was a mistake, less than a third now want to rejoin the EU.
Almost half of Red Wall voters in the More in Common poll said they would be less likely to vote Labour again if he pledged to rejoin the EU.
Labour is 19 points ahead of the Conservatives in More in Common’s poll, with 48 per cent of the electorate, compared with the Tories’ 29 per cent.
New York Times
20 November 2022
“There are very few public figures who are widely seen as unifying and trusted,” said Luke Tryl, the United Kingdom director at the research group More in Common. “It’s generally just people like David Attenborough.” On the eve of the European Championship last year, Tryl said, polling put Southgate in a similar bracket.
The Times
20 November 2022
Luke Tryl, UK director of the More in Common think tank, has been running focus groups on the cost of living crisis. “A common complaint . . . is that it seems like the rich are always looked after and those on benefits are always looked after,” he says. “But those who are working on a modest wage aren’t and they’re always the ones expected to pick up the bill. They think they go out, work hard, but it’s never enough and they don’t understand why they’re having to tell their kids they can’t have the same Rice Krispies they used to have and are going own-brand instead. These voters just don’t think the settlement is fair for them any more.”
The Times
18 November 2022
Instead, Labour will concentrate relentlessly on the issue of who got us into this mess. And who can blame them? The Times’s focus grouping by Luke Tryl suggests voters, too, are reproachful, looking backward in rage at the Tories because forwards is too depressing.
BBC Radio 4 PM
18 November 2022
More in Common UK Director Luke Tryl speaks to Evan Davis on what the impact of the recent budget will be on public attitudes