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14 August 2024

Parliament can make Britain a clean energy superpower – it must embrace the challenge

Luke Murphy MP writes: "An overwhelming majority of the public who have been squeezed by soaring household bills, also want Britain to end its dependence on expensive, volatile fossil fuels. Polling by More in Common shows that in almost every constituency there is support for faster action to roll out green policies."

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The Express

12 August 2024

'They don't care!' Furious Labour-voting pensioners turn on Rachel Reeves over 'betrayal'

And their criticisms were echoed by others who spoke to Luke Tryl, the UK Director of the More in Common think tank, in Leigh earlier this week.

Financial Times

Financial Times

11 August 2024

Rioting has left Britain deeply shaken

Beyond the immediate question of how to restore order, many are now wondering whether the riots reflect — as Reform party leader Nigel Farage suggested — the “unease” of “millions”, or whether they are simply a handful of thugs egged on by far-right misinformation online. The answer is important and will have profound consequences for the country long after the riots themselves have stopped. New More in Common research attempts to answer that question.

 

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The Telegraph

10 August 2024

Starmer’s popularity slumps after criticism of riots response

Luke Tryl, the UK director of More in Common, a think tank, said the polling suggested that voters felt the Prime Minister’s response to the riots had not been tough enough.

“This is a pretty bad sign for Starmer, given that you might expect a ‘back the Government’ moment in times like this and suggests a much more visibly muscular response will be needed,” he said. “What is clear from the rest of the polling is people have no sympathy with the rioters and want a robust response to tackle them.”

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The Independent

6 August 2024

We need to lock up thugs rioting in the streets – and then confront the real problem

What should have been a period to come together and mourn after the horrific murder of three children has turned into horrifying scenes of violence. But there’s more to the story – and disillusionment with politics is only just the start, writes Luke Tryl.

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3 August 2024

Blackouts, strikes and angry pensioners – Labour faces a winter of discontent

Luke Tryl, executive director of More in Common, said: “I think the challenge is this – voters are definitely willing to give Labour the benefit of the doubt, and tend to say they have one to two years to improve things.

“But they are also desperately impatient to see change because they are so frustrated with broken Britain.

“If industrial action makes that worse, particularly on the NHS which is the top area the public say they will judge Labour’s success, I think it could get tricky quite quickly, as we have a very volatile electorate, much less willing to stick with parties through good and bad. The era of assuming parties will get two terms if they got a landslide is over.”