A selection of our recent appearances in the UK media.
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.
The Guardian
12 November 2022
Rishi Sunak will struggle to retain the support of both wings of the Conservative party’s 2019 coalition after next week’s autumn statement, with “red wall” and “blue wall” voters starkly divided over what they want on the economy and the cost of living.
A report by the thinktank More in Common reveals the prime minister is winning back blue wall voters who had abandoned the Tories under Boris Johnson over Brexit and Partygate.
Pink News
12 November 2022
Luke Tryl, the UK director of More in Common network, said: “The British public clearly thinks that Qatar’s position on LGBT rights was a reason not to award the World Cup to that country… The clear message from the public to FIFA is that in picking future tournament venues, human rights considerations should be front and centre.”
Comment is Freed
10 November 2022
Polling by the charity More in Common has found divergent views between the group of voters they call “Established Liberals” – the sorts of professionals David Cameron attracted to the Tory party and “Loyal Nationals” who are those UKIP switcher types. 55% of the latter group think immigration is “much too high” but just 23% of the former.
The Times
8 November 2022
The number of migrants crossing from France in small boats is the top reason why almost half of those who voted Conservative at the last election plan to switch to another party at the next general election, a survey by the More in Common think tank found.