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21 August 2024

Battle of Brexit 2.0: Farage’s plan to push ‘deeply vulnerable’ Starmer on ECHR

Jim Blagden, associate director of the think-tank More in Common, says that adopting a stance to leave the ECHR would likely set the Tories further back in “Blue Wall” seats in the South of England which the party lost to Labour and the Liberal Democrats.

Polling by MiC in March found that Blue Wall voters were twice as likely to think we should stay in the ECHR rather than leaving it. More broadly, Blagden says that the ECHR is a “low salience” issue for the public and many people “don’t really know what it is”. Majoring on the issue could reinforce perceptions that the party is “out of touch”.

Huffington Post

21 August 2024

Exclusive: Support Among Voters For Keir Starmer's Handling Of The Riots Has Soared

More in Common’s UK director, Luke Tryl said: “Keir Starmer’s tough approach to the rioters has been backed by the public, the majority of whom disapprove of the riots and want to see the full force of the law used against those who commit violence.

“While the unrest was taking place, approval for Keir Starmer’s response was under water, but now as the rioters are facing justice his approval has turned dramatically more positive.

“Rather than being too harsh on rioters as some have suggested, most of the public think the policing and sentencing of rioters is about right, or even too lenient.”

The Times

21 August 2024

Free movement curbs could be relaxed under EU reset

Polling suggests a move to allow young Europeans to come and work in the UK for a time would be popular with the public. A survey this week by More in Common found 58 per cent of voters would back such a scheme and only 10 per cent were opposed. Only 17 per cent of leave voters thought it was a bad idea — and 49 per cent supported it.

Politico

20 August 2024

Keir Starmer’s plan to tackle the far right? Fill some potholes.

Luke Tryl, director of polling firm More in Common, said every focus group it ran during the election campaign reflected the view that “politics isn’t working and it can’t deliver.”

“That spans immigration, but it’s also about the fact people can’t get a GP [doctor] appointment, the fact that waiting lists are so long, the fact that they can’t afford the weekly shop,” he added. “That is something that politicians need to grasp, because it is not sustainable to have a functioning democracy with such high levels of disillusionment.”

the i

17 August 2024

Cut VAT on electricity for EVs, ministers told – as public now favour greener cars

The report, looking at the UK’s transition to EVs, contains polling, carried out by More in Common, showing enthusiasm for electric and hybrid vehicles among those looking to buy a new car.

New Statesman

14 August 2024

Keir Starmer has a chance to dominate the common ground

“Having an entirely consistent worldview is a very elite thing, most people have a value base and they apply that to individual policy issues,” notes Luke Tryl, the Executive Director of More In Common.