News

Politics Home

10 June 2023

Politics Home

Labour has been substantially ahead of the Conservatives in the polls for months, but Sunak's individual rating has stayed ahead of his party and generally level with opposition leader Keir Starmer. But pollsters say there are now signs that the Prime Minister's ratings are heading in a negative direction.

“Some of the [Sunak] shine has come off,” Luke Tryl, UK director at think tank More In Common, where he leads research into public opinion, told PoliticsHome earlier this week. “We have seen that both in our quantitative and qualitative data."

The Guardian

7 June 2023

The Guardian

Luke Tryl, the UK director of the More in Common group, said there was “the potential for quite a large” Labour victory – but cautioned the party should not be complacent because it could merely be “winning by default”. He added Labour’s support remained “quite soft” and that the party that would win the next election was the one that could “best convince people that it’s OK to turn on the six o’clock news and not be worried”.

The Independent

7 June 2023

The Independent

Luke Tryl, UK director of the More in Common group, cautioned Labour not to be complacent that it would be “winning by default” at the next election, and that support for the party was “quite soft”.

“You’re in a situation where people at the moment are going to Labour by default, not because they love the Labour Party,” he said. He said an overriding theme of focus groups was that people “just want politics to stop”, and the party that wins the next election will be the one that can “best convince people its OK to turn on the six o’clock news and not be worried”.

The Mirror

7 June 2023

The Mirror

Luke Tryl, UK director of the More in Common thinktank, said focus groups were showing support for Labour but the lead was still "quite soft".

"You've got the potential for quite a large and quite significant Labour victory in the next election. But it is quite soft," he said. "A lot of it at the moment seems like Labour winning by default, rather than having won over lots of people."

TalkTV

7 June 2023

TalkTV

UK Director Luke Tryl joins TalkTV's flagship evening programme, discussing tomorrow's news

LBC

7 June 2023

LBC

UK Director Luke Tryl joins Ali Miraj's show, to discuss recent election polling (from 19:07)