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‘Partygate’ payback as Tory support in the Red Wall collapses

22 April 2022

The Telegraph

The poll, by the think tank More in Common for The Telegraph, also shows a collapse in support in “Blue Wall” areas populated by traditional Tory voters in the south of England, where the Liberal Democrats are targeting Conservative seats.

'Partygate' payback as Tory support in the Red Wall collapses 

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Martin Lewis faces up to a world he can no longer fix

16 April 2022

The Economist 

'Usually, celebrity interventions in politics can be dismissed as the wailing of well-paid luvvies. But they work well when the celebrity in question has experience of what they are talking about, says Luke Tryl from More In Common, a think-tank. 

Martin Lewis faces up to a world he can no longer fix 

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Luke Tryl on Iain Dale's LBC Cross Question

30 March 2022

Iain Dale's LBC Cross Question 

Luke Tryl, More in Common's UK Director, joins Iain Dale and LBC's Cross Question panel with Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (Journalist, author & political commentator) Chris Daw QC (Legal commentator and author) and Giles Kenningham (former Head of Press for Prime Minister David Cameron)

Iain Dale's LBC Cross Question 

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Mariella Frostup | Times Radio

2 February 2022

Mariella Frostup | Times Radio

Luke Tryl, UK Director of More in Common joins Mariella Frostup on Times Radio to discuss the release of the government's white paper on levelling up and how far it goes to meet Briton's everyday expectations. 

Mariella Frostup | Times Radio

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If levelling up doesn’t happen, beware the anger of the left behind

2 February 2022

London Evening Standard

The think tank that organised the focus group, More in Common, worry that the sort of disillusionment and anger we witnessed in Blackpool South is not just widespread across the Red Wall. It’s also highly fertile ground now for a charismatic populist-extremist to exploit, from the far Left or far Right. A British Hugo Chavez, a more dangerous Farage 2.0, an emboldened Donald Trump. 

If levelling up doesn’t happen, beware the anger of the left behind | Tom Newton Dunn | London Evening Standard 

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T&G with Tom Newton Dunn

30 January 2022

T&G with Tom Newton Dunn

Luke Tryl, UK Director of More in Common joins Tom Newton Dunn to discuss findings from a recent More in Common focus group in the Red Wall constituency of Blackpool South - discussing what voters views mean for the Government's reset, the cost of living crisis and the opportunities around levelling up. 

T&G with Tom Newton Dunn