Luke Tryl of the thinktank More in Common pointed out that in any case it was “really important to remember not all Reform votes come from the Tories and even fewer would go back to the Tories in the absence of Reform, so you really can’t add the two vote shares together as a ‘reunited right’.”
Politico
21 February 2024
For UK Labour, Gaza is the crisis that just won’t go away
Luke Tryl of the More in Common initiative, who regularly tests public opinion through focus groups and polling, agrees.
The electoral geography, he says, is such that “progressive activist voters” — those who are most dismayed by Labour’s position on Gaza — tend to be in safe Labour urban seats.
“Muslim voters themselves rank economy, cost of living and NHS higher,” he says.