29 May 2024
Top 1% of UK earners cause 'seven times more transport emissions than average', report finds
The idea of taxing the travel of those who can most afford it is quite popular in the UK and Europe, according to separate polling by thinktank More in Common.
Its April poll found that if green taxes were to be added on flying, the public would want them to start with private jets and first-class flyers.
27 May 2024
Although most MRP models suggest the Greens will hold Brighton Pavilion, albeit with a significantly reduced majority, Ed Hodgson, research manager for More in Common, said: “National polling, even when modelled onto specific seats, doesn’t capture local stories.
“Anti-incumbent mood is high across the country, and it’s very possible that Brighton voters switch their votes to Labour in protest at this election.”
27 May 2024
Executive director of More in Common UK Luke Tryl said: “The time for change mood has upended the electoral landscape in Scotland, with Labour currently on course to make major gains at the expense of the SNP.
“While there is no doubt that John Swinney is more popular than his predecessor, the SNP’s brand has been severely damaged by perceived legislative failures, scandals surrounding the former first minister Nicola Sturgeon and the collapse of the Yousaf administration.
27 May 2024
Parties must back Ukraine if they want to sway Brits in election, poll reveals
The survey, by the More in Common think-tank, also shows 65 per cent of voters want the Government to keep supporting Ukraine until it has reclaimed all the territories lost.
Eighty-one per cent of Britons fear that a Ukrainian defeat could embolden Vladimir Putin to target other nations.
More in Common director Luke Tryl told The Sun: “Any sign from any of the main parties that their determination to beat Putin is anything less than resolute will mean they find themselves on the wrong side of an electorate that continues to overwhelmingly say that Ukraine must win.”
27 May 2024
However, polls have shown the party, which for years has been the dominant force in Scottish politics, is now trailing behind Labour in the run-up to the July 4 voting day.
Most recently, a poll by More In Common put support for Labour on 35 per cent, five points ahead of the SNP.
26 May 2024
Why Sergeant Major Sunak went over the top against his team’s advice
Luke Tryl of More in Common, who ran the group, said: “The general mood was that time was up for the Conservatives, but they knew almost nothing about Starmer, yet were backing him because of the time-for-change mood.”