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The Express

18 February 2024

The Express

Reform UK would cost the Tories 39 seats if it wins 10 percent of the vote at a general election, according to new analysis.

The research by the More in Common think tank suggests Labour would gain 32 constituencies while the Lib Dems would take five.

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The Guardian

16 February 2024

Sunak faces conflicting calls over Tory path forward after bruising byelections

Luke Tryl of the thinktank More in Common pointed out that in any case it was “really important to remember not all Reform votes come from the Tories and even fewer would go back to the Tories in the absence of Reform, so you really can’t add the two vote shares together as a ‘reunited right’.”

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Huffington Post

16 February 2024

Tories In 'Meltdown' As Labour Pulls Off Stunning Double By-Election Triumph

Elections expert Luke Tryl of the More in Common think-tank described the result in Wellingborough as an “absolute Tory meltdown”.

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Politics Home

15 February 2024

Recession Marks The Start Of A Difficult Weekend For Rishi Sunak

Luke Tryl, UK Director at More in Common, told PoliticsHome the news was "damaging" for Sunak's "beleaguered" Conservatives because it will make it even harder for the party to convince the public that it is best placed to oversee an economic recovery.

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Labour List

15 February 2024

‘Voters think Labour’s moved on from Corbyn, but aren’t sure what it stands for’

UK Director Luke Tryl shares thoughts on public perceptions of the Labour Party.

"I cannot tell you how often in focus groups people will tell me some version of ‘I’m done with the Tories, I want someone new, but I don’t know what Keir Starmer and Labour stand for other than not being the Conservatives’. That sentiment is borne out in polling too: three in five Britons say they don’t know what Keir Starmer stands for and the same amount think he represents ‘more of the same’."

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The Independent

15 February 2024

Tories troll Keir Starmer with Kama Sutra guide to his changing positions

Political campaigning experts, More in Common, also carried out research to see how the tweet was received by the public and found that by a 68 per cent to ten per cent margin it was seen as “inappropriate” rather than “appropriate”.