31 May 2023
CAN MILLENNIALS SAVE RISHI? Not likely, according to More in Common polling written up in a column by the i paper’s Paul Waugh. On Tuesday an Onward report said Sunak could draw hope from the fact voters in their 30s liked him way more than his party. But More in Common asked voters how much of an “asset” they thought each Sunak and Starmer were to their parties — and the two leaders fared very similarly. More in this Luke Tryl thread.
31 May 2023
But there’s also another difficulty, and one unearthed in new research by the More in Common think-tank. Instead of asking traditional questions about party leader approval ratings, they asked how much of an “asset” the leaders were to their parties.
If Sunak really were a better presidential performer, you would expect his asset rating to be much higher. Unfortunately for him and for Conservative Campaigns HQ, both men are pretty similar (Sunak is seen as a net asset by 7 points, Starmer by 6 points).
31 May 2023
Separate research carried out by More in Common at the end of 2021 found that the tax was particularly unpopular among Red Wall voters.
Luke Tryl, its director, said that it was “a deeply unpopular tax and the one people are second most likely to say is too high, only behind council tax”.
He added that voters “who swung to the Tories in 2019 in places like the Red Wall” were the most opposed, even though most are unlikely to pay the duty.
29 May 2023
People across the UK view the country as “broken”, a “mess”, “expensive”, “struggling” and in “crisis”, according to a new poll. A survey conducted for the The New Britain Project think-tank by More in Common and shared with HuffPost UK has captured the mood of the nation. Of the words picked, “broken” was the top choice, used by 162 people. In second place was “mess” with 118.
27 May 2023
UK Director Luke Tryl shares More in Common insights on crime, based on our January report
26 May 2023
COALITION OF CALM: Voters quite like the idea of a Lib-Lab coalition, according to polling by More in Common. On the other hand a Redfield & Wilton poll written up by the Mail put the Tories ahead of Labour in the red wall for the first time during Sunak’s premiership.