16 February 2024
Tories In 'Meltdown' As Labour Pulls Off Stunning Double By-Election Triumph
Elections expert Luke Tryl of the More in Common think-tank described the result in Wellingborough as an “absolute Tory meltdown”.
15 February 2024
Recession Marks The Start Of A Difficult Weekend For Rishi Sunak
Luke Tryl, UK Director at More in Common, told PoliticsHome the news was "damaging" for Sunak's "beleaguered" Conservatives because it will make it even harder for the party to convince the public that it is best placed to oversee an economic recovery.
15 February 2024
‘Voters think Labour’s moved on from Corbyn, but aren’t sure what it stands for’
UK Director Luke Tryl shares thoughts on public perceptions of the Labour Party.
"I cannot tell you how often in focus groups people will tell me some version of ‘I’m done with the Tories, I want someone new, but I don’t know what Keir Starmer and Labour stand for other than not being the Conservatives’. That sentiment is borne out in polling too: three in five Britons say they don’t know what Keir Starmer stands for and the same amount think he represents ‘more of the same’."
15 February 2024
Tories troll Keir Starmer with Kama Sutra guide to his changing positions
Political campaigning experts, More in Common, also carried out research to see how the tweet was received by the public and found that by a 68 per cent to ten per cent margin it was seen as “inappropriate” rather than “appropriate”.
15 February 2024
A lesson and a wake-up call from Rochdale: Labour has become too complacent about its big poll lead
Updated polling carried out in January, also from More in Common, has now confirmed that little has changed. A very large majority still refuse to side with one side at the expense of the other. They can see more than one viewpoint on the conflict.
14 February 2024
Labour poll lead shrinks just as second suspension and Gaza vote deepen troubles
More in Common’s UK director Luke Tryl noted on X this morning that “what was supposed to be horror show week for Tories is arguably their best this year with better inflation data [and] Labour woes.”