28 July 2021
"The biggest problem is not the divide, which does not functionally exist, but the way in which people feel shut out of the debate, for their inability – their lack of desire – to scream at each other on social media...The wise (responsible) politician will dig in with truth and those unbearable and unfashionable things: nuance and compassion. It’s where the country is. So where are they?"
27 July 2021
When it comes to cultural tensions do you think politicians resolve issues or seek to enflame them?
"Both politicians and campaigners are turning what should be discussions about these sensitive issues...into rows"
27 July 2021
"Briton's are very likely to say that free speech needs to be protected, people are too easily offended nowadays, but they also think that when it comes to hate speech we should be taking action".
Luke Try on GB News discussing new report Dousing the Flames
25 November 2020
"Nearly three-quarters of the UK public (74%) believe that ‘working together to protect the environment could build a society that’s based on sharing not selfishness, community not division’. The evidence suggests that Britons, like other peoples, are weary of political division and want to get past the polarisation that has characterised the past five years. They want to grasp the opportunities of the future and the accompanying benefits of a cleaner economy."
16 November 2020
Reasons To Be Cheerful podcast
"As we rebuild the economy, build back better, post Covid, there's got to be a story that brings climate, economy, place-based development, local communities, tackling inequality. It feels like if we could bring those pieces together.. you would also be able to rebuild some of the trust in the system that has been lost in recent years."
27 October 2020
"Drop what you’re doing and read this: it’s one of the important pieces of opinion research this year "