LBC
11 July 2023
UK Director Luke Tryl discussing public opinion of the Rwanda scheme
The Independent
10 July 2023
Luke Tryl, UK director at the More in Common group, said Labour risked “throwing the baby out with the bath water” over climate issues. He said it “makes total sense” to condemn Just Stop Oil and Sadiq Khan’s expansion of London’s Ulez scheme.
“But if Labour strategists think climate isn’t a mainstream electoral issue, their assumptions about voters are a decade out of date,” Mr Tryl added.
Times Radio
10 July 2023
UK Director Luke Tryl discusses More in Common's focus groups in the 3 seats of the upcoming by-election
The Times
9 July 2023
Tryl, who acted as the moderator, said: “These were by far the worst set of groups we’ve done on impressions of Rishi Sunak. Whereas previously people have been willing to give him some benefit of the doubt, and usually fell back on the fact that even if he’s out of touch he’s competent and the best person to clear up the mess from Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, things have shifted. The cost of living crisis being compounded with the mortgage crisis has exacerbated Sunak’s personal weaknesses.”
The Guardian
5 July 2023
As Yousaf reaches 100 days as first minister this week, members of a focus group convened by More in Common UK agree his public profile is not as strong as his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon, despite divergent views on her recent arrest.
Younger voters in particular revealed that, despite their ongoing support for independence, more immediate concerns about heating and housing trump their appetite for another referendum.
LabourList
4 July 2023
As More in Common’s Luke Tryl notes, an 18- to 25-point Labour lead over the Tories “appears to be settling”, and Labour will hope it’s the “new normal without a major sea change in conditions”.