7 May 2023
Curiously, David Cameron-supporting Tories in the blue wall — whom Luke Tryl, UK director of the More In Common think tank has termed “established liberals” — think housing is a more important issue facing the country than does any group, even the young. “They’re worried about their kids getting housing — or their grandkids — and are hearing about how bad their children’s landlords are,” he says.
5 May 2023
Cathy Newman with Times Radio Drive: Coronation Special
More in Common UK Director Luke Tryl discussed the local election results (from 23:30)
5 May 2023
What the pundits are sezzin: More in Common U.K. Director Luke Tryl has a good thread, in which he notes that the Conservative results are “more ominous” than last year because the party is running out of options to make their case to voters … pollster Rob Ford argues the coalition Boris Johnson put together for the 2019 general election is dead … and Will Jennings points out that the Tories are losing huge numbers in Brexit areas while Labour picks up support in Leave areas, and that the Tories are making big losses in the south while Labour gains are more consistent.
2 May 2023
Luke Tryl, UK director of the More in Common research group that regularly runs focus groups across the country, said levelling up had promised to help communities “regain a sense of purpose and stake in our national mission”.
However, he said: “In our discussions across the red wall we increasingly hear questions about whether [Rishi] Sunak is as committed to the policy as his predecessors or whether the Tories really meant it at all. This isn't just bad for the Tories’ electoral prospects, but is dangerous for the health of our democracy too as it is chalked up as another broken promise.”
1 May 2023
Support among Red Wall voters, who paved the way to Boris Johnson’s resounding victory at the 2019 general election, has “collapsed” over the past four years, according to Luke Tryl, director of the non-partisan think-tank, More in Common.
“They swung towards Boris Johnson and the Tories at the last election. But since then, support has cratered, and the interesting thing is amongst that group, you’re not yet seeing the sense that Rishi is pulling it back,” he said
29 April 2023
Labour “benefits from fundamentals but suffers from the charge that Starmer has no positive offer,” argued Luke Tryl, director of the More in Common think tank.
Even so, Sunak seems unable for now to make further inroads into Labour’s poll lead. The Conservative focus on his competent delivery “has reaped results and got wavering — but normally loyal — Tories back,” Tryl said. “They now need things to materially improve and for people to feel it.”