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The Times

1 September 2024

“Threat perception” is an attempt to go deeper than identity politics and get to the root of why people vote a certain way, says Luke Tryl, who carried out the polling. What comes through in your view of the state of the world is not merely your perception of physical threat — being worried about criminals slipping through into Britain, for example — but material concerns such as whether you can keep your job or get a hospital appointment.

The Telegraph

29 August 2024

Starmer’s approval rating at lowest on record amid cronyism scandal

Luke Tryl, the UK director of More in Common, said the results suggested voters were “somewhat sceptical about Starmer’s country before party pledge”.

He added: “Part of the challenge for Labour surrounds the perception of corruption in politics. The mood remains very much one of a pox on all your houses.”

The Express

29 August 2024

Keir Starmer's popularity plunges to record low after winter fuel payments betrayal

More in Common director Luke Tryl said the decision to restrict winter fuel payments to only those on pension credit "seems to have become less popular over time with voters", but added that there was an "age skew".

The Spectator

29 August 2024

Starmer’s ratings hit record low as cronyism row continues

Pollsters More In Common revealed this week that Sir Keir’s approval rating has plummeted by 27 points, falling from a post-election peak of +11 to a rather dismal -16. More than that, almost two-thirds of Brits believe the new Labour government is more ‘interested in helping themselves and their allies’ than the general public – while a majority of those surveyed consider Labour to be ‘somewhat’ or ‘very corrupt’.

Politico

28 August 2024

UK snubs EU over rejoining popular Erasmus student swap scheme

The government’s comments on Erasmus come as polling commissioned by POLITICO found that 51 percent of British voters believe rejoining the program would be a good idea, with just 15 percent against. Twenty-six percent thought it was neither a good nor bad idea and nine percent said they didn’t know.

The survey, conducted by pollsters at the More in Common think tank, found that supporters of all parties except Nigel Farage’s pro-Brexit Reform UK were supportive of rejoining. Even Leave voters back reentry by 38 percent for and 26 percent against, while Remain voters are in favor by 68 percent in favor to five percent against.

Huffington Post

28 August 2024

Exclusive: Almost Two Thirds Of Brits Think Starmer's Government Only Wants To Help Itself

More in Common’s director Luke Tryl told HuffPost UK: “Labour’s large majority was built on such a small share of the popular vote so a long honeymoon was unlikely but this rapid fall in Starmer’s personal ratings, along with perceptions of No10 cronyism, should worry the new government.

“It’s clear that the winter fuel allowance restrictions and early release of prisoners have gone down badly with the public and it will make landing the difficult decisions in the Autumn budget even harder.”