A selection of our recent appearances in the UK media.
The Guardian
20 March 2023
Conleth Burns, senior associate at More in Common UK, said: “This week’s budget and the recent flurry of government deal-making might have impressed Westminster insiders, but it simply wasn’t cutting it for the voters we spoke to in South Swindon. “The government might have hoped that the last few weeks would have jump-started the Tories’ electoral recovery, but this group in Swindon shows that any real recovery is a long way off. In fact, many of this group thought Labour could’ve done a better job with the budget, and almost all agreed that Labour wouldn’t have done a worse job.”
The Guardian
19 March 2023
Luke Tryl is a former Conservative special adviser under David Cameron and director of the social cohesion campaign group More in Common. He regularly runs focus groups in both leave-voting red wall areas and more traditionally Conservative “blue wall” ones, which split between leave and remain. "The dominant mood in our politics at the moment is exhaustion, and the prize is for the person who can limit that. Boris is a return to the drama, which the political junkies love and the public really don’t – they want not to have to turn on the news,” says Tryl, who thinks most voters are more worried about their energy bills than Brexit
PinkNews
17 March 2023
A new poll has revealed Brits unanimously support drag shows and would overwhelmingly reject any attempt to ban performances in the UK.
Research carried out by More in Common found that across all political parties and age groups, the UK population is in favour of drag shows and rejects the idea of a ban.
PinkNews
17 March 2023
Just Like Us’ figures echoed More In Common’s cross-political research, which revealed public attitudes are generally accepting, and not in line with the combative narratives touted in politics. A majority of those surveyed (46 per cent) view trans people as their affirmed gender, while there is the belief schools should have policies to tackle homophobia (53 per cent) and transphobia (41 per cent).
The Mirror
17 March 2023
But perhaps the most telling fact is this, from a poll for More in Common and reported by Politico: only 22% of people who voted Tory in 2019 want to rejoin, but the figure is 82% among those who backed Labour. Throw in a few million under-24s who didn't get a vote last time, and it becomes politically vital we go back to the EU and ask them to try again.
The Independent
15 March 2023
A majority of voters trust Labour more than the Tories to tackle the cost of living crisis as Jeremy Hunt is poised to deliver a slimmed down Budget, new polling suggests.
A survey by public opinion researchers More in Common exclusively shared with i, shows that 58 per cent of people said Labour were more trusted to help with the cost of living woes, compared to just 42 per cent who named the Tories.