26 June 2023
The British public are more likely to put their trust in civil servants than in ministers, research has found – despite recent suggestions that “the blob” is harming the country by undermining ministers’ objectives.
Two in five people polled by the think tank More in Common said civil servants are more trustworthy than ministers – while just one in 10 said the opposite.
25 June 2023
Opinion polling carried out by the More in Common think tank shows that British people believe staff in Whitehall are more hardworking, trustworthy and competent than their politician bosses.
Luke Tryl, More in Common’s UK director, told HuffPost UK: “Far from believing in the notion of an intransigent civil service blob blocking progress, the public are significantly more likely to say civil servants are more trustworthy, hardworking, competent and have the public’s interests at heart – and that’s something that even those who voted Conservative at the last election agree with.”
25 June 2023
Owning a home is often seen as a gateway to voting Conservative. It is true that more people have paid off their mortgage in Britain than are paying it, yet those most affected by interest rate rises represent a “smallish yet vital political group,” says Luke Tryl, UK director of the More in Common think tank. Interest rate pressures will be felt more severely in traditional Tory home county stomping grounds, where buyers have been borrowing big to afford their expensive homes.
25 June 2023
Op-ed by UK Director Luke Tryl: Is the UK finally getting over the great Brexit schism? Leavers are growing less attached to their vote in the referendum than Remainers — creating electoral problems for Conservatives
25 June 2023
From 33:50, UK Director Luke Tryl discusses current state of UK public opinion, particularly on Rishi Sunak
22 June 2023
Polling by More in Common, a think tank, that I have seen suggests that while inflation remains the main enemy in the public's eyes, concerns about interest rates is on the rise. Worryingly for Sunak, the mortgage crisis could entrench his image as being “out of touch”. Luke Tryl, UK director of More in Common, told me: "When asked about competence or honesty, Sunak polls far ahead of Boris Johnson. But his achilles heel continues to be the question of whether he can relate to people's everyday lives - with red wall voters, in particular, more likely to assume that Boris rather than Rishi can relate to them. That could become a bigger problem for the prime minister as the mortgage crunch starts to bite ushering in a second wave of the cost-of-living crisis, with the public already asking whether he truly understands their struggles."