10 February 2023
What’s baffling about this appointment is that there are red wall Tory MPs out there who also understand and reflect the communities they serve, but have more thoughtful ideas for pulling their towns out of the doldrums than bringing back hanging. Crime is a huge and underrated issue in many of their seats, as recent reports from the centre-right levelling-up thinktank Onward and the more centrist More In Common network make clear
6 February 2023
Ejecting from the ECHR wouldn’t be great for the Tories when it comes to holding onto a crucial group of voters, explains More in Common U.K. boss Luke Tryl.
6 February 2023
More in Common UK Director Luke Tryl speaks on the LBC 'Tonight with Andrew Marr' programme
2 February 2023
Just take a look at some of the polling that has come out in the last few days on this issue. Results of a More In Common survey carried out by Public First are eye-watering. A couple of stats really jumped out at me. For those who say they have been a victim of crime, most (54 per cent) say they were not satisfied with the police response, while nearly seven in 10 (69 per cent) say that the crime was not solved.
1 February 2023
The latest thread by More in Common’s Luke Tryl reporting from a focus group of 2019 Tory voters in Blyth. “I switched to Aldi, batch cook, got an electric blanket and only do free things for the kids but even that’s not enough now,” one participant said.
31 January 2023
Luke Tryl, of the thinktank More in Common, which carries out focus groups (including for the Guardian) says: “Part of the reason the government strategy of ‘stick it to the unions’ isn’t working, is that people’s approval of the government is so low, that their general inclination is not to take the government’s side on the issue.”