A selection of our recent appearances in the UK media.
Mail Online
5 November 2022
Rishi Sunak beats Sir Keir Starmer as the leader most trusted by the public to sort out the economy, according to a new poll.
Voters back the new PM over the Labour leader by 44 points to 36 when it comes to dealing with Britain's economic problems, the survey for the think-tank More In Common reveals.
The Guardian
3 November 2022
Voters in the historic “red wall” seat of Sedgefield in County Durham, where Tony Blair was once elected to parliament, are willing to give Rishi Sunak a chance to improve their prospects as the cost of living crisis deepens, since they say Keir Starmer is “not making a case for himself”. Members of a focus group convened by UK More in Common for the Guardian described Sunak as “the money man”, with a CV that proves he was the “best of a bad bunch” of Conservative leadership candidates.
The Times
30 October 2022
“There is a perception the police have vacated the field, particularly on burglary,” says Luke Tryl, UK Director of More In Common, who has been holding focus groups in red wall seats. “If Labour can present themselves as more concerned about public safety and crime it’d go a long way to winning this group back.”
The Independent
30 October 2022
More in Common director Luke Tryl said: “Most of the public are baffled at the events of recent weeks, not just how things could go wrong so quickly, but how they could also end up with not one but two prime ministers that they didn’t vote for.” He added: “If Sunak is able to calm things down and point to better times ahead, calls for a general election might subside. But as things stand the prospect of a bleak winter, further spending cuts and yet more turmoil means the number of people demanding a vote is only set to grow.”
The Independent
30 October 2022
What do voters make of Mr Sunak, personally? More in Common focus group sessions in red-wall seats in the North and Midlands – shared with The Independent this weekend – showed voters remain pretty sniffy about the man running the country.
Politico
27 October 2022
Other research confirms the public is getting restless. A focus group this week for the non-partisan “More in Common” campaign found seven out of eight participants wanted an election once the current economic crisis has died down — a significant increase on previous exercises. Luke Tryl, the U.K. director of More in Common, said most people want “a choice over who is in charge” — although he noted that the same people also often feel conflicted, being “exhausted with the constant politics of the past few years.”