30 October 2022
What do voters make of Mr Sunak, personally? More in Common focus group sessions in red-wall seats in the North and Midlands – shared with The Independent this weekend – showed voters remain pretty sniffy about the man running the country.
27 October 2022
Other research confirms the public is getting restless. A focus group this week for the non-partisan “More in Common” campaign found seven out of eight participants wanted an election once the current economic crisis has died down — a significant increase on previous exercises. Luke Tryl, the U.K. director of More in Common, said most people want “a choice over who is in charge” — although he noted that the same people also often feel conflicted, being “exhausted with the constant politics of the past few years.”
23 October 2022
Luke Tryl, UK director of the think tank More in Common, says Johnson is “Marmite” among staunch Tories: “Those that love him, love him, and those that don’t, don’t, and it’s kind of fixed.” Tryl suggests turnout could be even lower this week. “There has been an overwhelming feeling of frustration and exhaustion [among members] because these people are supposed to be the pros and they’ve let them down. They say, ‘why should I bother lifting a finger to vote for them?’ They are naturally chaos-averse.”
22 October 2022
Mordaunt’s team are pointing to recent focus groups that they argue show she is more relatable for key sections of voters. A focus group for the More in Common thinktank suggested Sunak’s wealth came up among voters.
17 October 2022
Back in 2020, researchers at More in Common argued you could divide Britain into a set of political ‘tribes’. ‘Backbone Conservatives’ – think ‘patriotic Brexiteer, reads his newspaper in print’ – made up about 15 per cent of the population. The Conservatives are currently sitting at a little over 20 per cent in the polls; they’ve got their backbone support, and a smattering of others, and that’s about it.
14 October 2022
Almost 30,000 Ukrainian refugees have been in the UK for almost six months, analysis by BBC News shows. It means nearly a third of the total arrivals under the Homes for Ukraine scheme are facing the end of their initial hosting arrangements. So what happens to them now?