A selection of our recent appearances in the UK media.
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.
Politico
10 September 2025
Voters still want net zero. Just keep Miliband and Starmer away.
The polling, conducted by progressive think tank More in Common and the Climate Outreach NGO, found the number of people who think reaching net-zero emissions will be good for the U.K. vastly outnumber those who think it will have a negative effect — 48 percent versus 16 percent.
More people feel that the shift to clean energy has been fair than unfair. In Scotland, more are proud of the offshore wind industry (63 percent) than the oil and gas industry (54 percent).
The Independent
9 September 2025
Starmer now one of the West’s most unpopular leaders – even ranking lower than Trump
Sir Keir Starmer’s approval rating has hit an all-time low despite last week’s reshuffle designed to help reset his struggling government.
The prime minister is now one of the most unpopular leaders in the West, falling below Donald Trump and Japan’s newly resigned leader Shigeru Ishiba, according to an analysis of polls from their respective countries.
Sir Keir’s net approval rating has plummeted from 11 per cent last July to -44 this week, according to pollsters More in Common, while a whopping 62 per cent say he is doing a bad job and only 18 per cent think he is doing a good job.
The Times
7 September 2025
How much impact do migrants have on public services?
Objections to the cultural aspects of immigration, typified by flag-hoisting protests, have been obvious and angry. Yet polling by More in Common suggests that fears over immigration are more likely to be influenced by economic factors — public services, health, housing — than cultural problems like integration. But exactly how has the post-2021 “Boriswave” affected those services?