A selection of our recent appearances in the UK media.
The Times
24 September 2022
There is some evidence that the public will give Truss the benefit of the doubt for now. In a focus group with voters from the marginal Midlands seat of West Bromwich East conducted by Luke Tryl, a former Tory political adviser, on Friday evening, many questioned the effectiveness and fairness of the budget measures. But they also said it was “too soon” to judge Truss...In a vote at the end of the focus group, they divided six for Truss and two for Starmer.
Conservative Home
21 September 2022
In midst of negative news coverage about the government and the UK more broadly, More in Common UK Director Luke Tryl outlines what the government has been getting right.
Politico
15 September 2022
More in Common’s director, Luke Tryl, who carried out the research, summed it up: “For this group, there was no conflict between being the monarch and holding strong views. They knew the king had opinions on things like the environment, thought he had been ahead of the curve on climate change and expected he’d keep voicing them, either privately to the government, or through his son.”
Politico London Playbook
14 September 2022
WHAT ABOUT THE NEW PM? It wasn’t quite the first week Truss and her team had planned, but a focus group in Oldham on Monday night, run by More in Common for POLITICO, reckoned the new PM has come out of it well. Robert, a construction industry worker, said Truss had been well advised to stay in the background, and thought she had conducted herself well. The group generally wanted to give Truss a chance, even though she hadn’t previously particularly been on their radar.
GB News The Briefing
6 September 2022
Luke Tryl, UK Director, joins Tom Harwood's The Briefing on GB News to talk about More in Common's public opinion insights during the Conservative leadership election as Liz Truss is appointed as Prime Minister
The Times
5 September 2022
Liz Truss hasn’t lost the public yet. Here’s how she can win them over
As the race has unfolded it has become clear the public is not that interested in which interviews the contenders did or did not do. They simply haven’t noticed the debates that have taken place across social media over the summer, indeed no one has yet brought up the sewage row dominating Twitter feeds.