A selection of our recent appearances in the UK media.
The Times
18 November 2022
Instead, Labour will concentrate relentlessly on the issue of who got us into this mess. And who can blame them? The Times’s focus grouping by Luke Tryl suggests voters, too, are reproachful, looking backward in rage at the Tories because forwards is too depressing.
BBC Radio 4 PM
18 November 2022
More in Common UK Director Luke Tryl speaks to Evan Davis on what the impact of the recent budget will be on public attitudes
The Guardian
18 November 2022
But members of a focus group from the 40,000-strong town in Greater Manchester, organised by More in Common for the Guardian, believe Sunak and Hunt have left “working people to foot this bill”. They added that the government had even shunned the middle class. “I voted Tory at the last election, but would I do it again? I’m not sure,” said Tracy, a 52-year-old team sales manager.
The Times Red Box
17 November 2022
"They’ve spent so long telling us that it’s all going to be terrible, that maybe when it happens it won’t be so bad”.
That was what Reena, a 64-year-old charity worker from Glasgow, told me about what she expected from today’s autumn statement. But given the events of the past two months, it’s fair to say that the other participants, from across the UK, in that particular focus group didn’t share her optimism. Even if they desperately hoped she was right.
Talk TV
16 November 2022
More in Common UK Director Luke Tryl explaining the findings of a recent Red Wall focus group
"My daughter said I can't wait for Christmas and I just started getting anxiety...it's the dread of getting the money together" For voters we spoke to in Middleton for First Edition with Tom Newton Dunn the rising cost of living means Christmas is just another source of worry.
Gay Times
15 November 2022
With the tournament right around the corner, More in Common UK surveyed 2,300 adults from different backgrounds about their thoughts on the upcoming event in the gulf region.
According to the survey, around 62% of British people said the country’s stance on LGBTQ+ rights should be enough to ban it from hosting the World Cup.