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The Times

11 March 2023

The Times

A focus group for the campaign group More in Common, run by Luke Tryl, a former Tory adviser, suggests Anderson has been effective on some issues but risks a backlash on others.

His most notorious intervention since taking the job was to declare his support for the death penalty on the grounds that “nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed . Tryl said half the voters in his focus group in Leigh agreed with Anderson on that.

But when they were asked about his comments that anyone earning over £30,000 but using food banks “must have a budgeting problem” or that it is possible to make a meal for 30p, Tryl said voters thought this “ridiculous and infuriating”.

Politics Weekly UK

9 March 2023

Politics Weekly UK

Another plan has been announced to crack down on so-called small boats arriving illegally in the UK. The Guardian’s John Harris speaks to immigration specialist Zoe Gardner and former Conservative special advisor Luke Tryl, and discusses the history of immigration rhetoric with Guardian political editor Pippa Crerar

EasternEye

8 March 2023

EasternEye

Britain’s new welcoming movement can extend beyond Ukraine. Luke Tryl of More in Common says there is no doubt the plight of Ukrainians chimed deeply with the British public as Russia invaded last year. “But it would be a mistake to assume this represents an exclusive special preference for Ukrainians,” he says. Indeed, More in Common’s forthcoming survey of Homes for Ukraine hosts finds that seven out of 10 of those keen to host again would happily support a family from Afghanistan

The Times

4 March 2023

The Times

Focus groups, as the name suggests, are small, and the group brought together by the think tank More In Common was nine-strong, with each member living within commuting distance of Edinburgh. It took in younger professionals as well as older voters, with two of those taking part from an ethnic minority background.

Luke Tryl, UK director of More In Common, said that the voters were not convinced that any of the candidates “could fill the hole Nicola Sturgeon has left at the top of the SNP” and had opened the door to voting Labour.

GB News

28 February 2023

GB News

More in Common UK Director Luke Tryl speaks on GB News about the public opinion impacts of the NI Protocol

Bedford Today

28 February 2023

Bedford Today

In January, the think tank More in Common published a report which it claimed outlined Britons’ attitudes on crime and policing. One of its findings was there is a lack of trust in the police – with almost half of those polled saying they don’t trust police officers with just one in ten trusting the police “a great deal”. Bedfordshire’s police and crime commissioner (PCC), Festus Akinbusoye, said: “I can understand [the findings] given the plethora of cases that keep coming out every week about misconduct in police forces across the country.