Times Radio
1 July 2023
From 2:09:38, UK Director Luke Tryl features on Ayesha Hazarika's programme, discussing the current state of UK public opinion
Huffington Post
1 July 2023
This is confirmed by research carried out in April by the More in Common think tank, in which one voter described the prime minister as “far too rich for my liking”. Another added: “Someone who’s grown up within the wealth that surrounds him and always has done can’t possibly understand what it’s like for somebody like me.”
Politico London Playbook
30 June 2023
STOP THE WORLD, I WANT TO GET OFF: Amid the crisis in mortgage rises and inflation, one participant in the latest More in Common focus group said it feels as though “you don’t get any relief from life.” PolHome has a writeup. The same site has a comment piece from More in Common U.K. Director Luke Tryl.
Bloomberg
29 June 2023
“The big problem with it for the government is people aren’t going to get into the details. It’s just another thing that has gone wrong,” said Luke Tryl, a former Conservative government adviser who is now director of the More In Common think tank. “Most damningly, people aren’t going to be surprised because they’ve come to expect big parts of service provision will go wrong.”
Politics Home
29 June 2023
Op-ed by UK Director Luke Tryl:
It is sometimes easy to look at the latest round of grim economic statistics, be it interest rate hikes or stubbornly high inflation with a degree of detachment as just the latest data-points to highlight how badly 2020s Britain has lost its way. But put those statistics into context, by talking to people about the impact on their everyday lives, and the real toll of the past few years becomes clear. Our focus group in Milton Keynes last night was a sobering case in point.