Times Radio
30 January 2023
UK Director Luke Tryl joins John Pienaar to discuss More in Common's latest report on crime
Daily Mail
30 January 2023
More than four in ten of us believe police are more interested in 'wokeness' than catching criminals, a survey suggests. The public are under the impression that – barring murders and traffic offences – officers do not treat crimes seriously enough, the poll found.
Voters blame woke policing and the cost of living squeeze for driving up crime, according to the study from consultancy Public First and think-tank More in Common.
The Times
29 January 2023
More than 40 per cent of voters believe crime is rising because the police are more interested in being woke than catching criminals, a poll suggests. People also blame the rising cost of living for driving up crime, according to a study by the think tank More in Common and the consultancy Public First.
With the exception of murder and traffic offences, most do not believe the police treat crimes seriously enough. In polls for the study, 57 per cent said that the police did not respond sufficiently seriously to sexual assault and 55 per cent said the same for burglary.
Politico
25 January 2023
Opinion polls confirm the British public do not exactly view Starmer and Reeves as the most exciting politicians in Westminster. Luke Tryl, director of the consultancy More in Common, which regularly conducts focus groups around the country, says there is “no sign” yet of Labour’s populist tilt cutting through.
“This stuff always takes so much more time than Westminster thinks to actually reach the public,” he said, adding that Labour would need to be disciplined in repeating its attack lines to reach ordinary voters. But those who had been “more hostile” to Starmer were becoming “more neutral,” particularly in the Red Wall of former Labour strongholds, he noted.
The Guardian
25 January 2023
Luke Tryl, the UK director of More in Common, said: “Struggling with high energy and food bills, convinced the NHS was on its knees and unable to point to any signs of ‘levelling up’, the most worrying thing for the government was how little this group in Stoke felt they had to show for voting Tory. And while they agreed that the prime minister seemed to be doing better than his predecessors, they still didn’t think they were seeing enough of him to know if he was up to the task of sorting out the country’s many challenges.”
Dazed
23 January 2023
There is research to suggest that Gen Z genuinely are the most progressive generation. 77 per cent of all young voters went for progressive parties in the 2019 election. Nearly half of young Brits believe systemic racism is a major problem facing the UK. When it comes to trans rights, research from the More in Common think tank found that 62 per cent of Gen Z agreed with the statement “trans men are men, trans women are women”.