The Power Test
17 May 2023
Polling by More in Common - on attitudes to the EU and Labour's position - featured on 'The Power Test' podcast
17 May 2023
Polling by More in Common - on attitudes to the EU and Labour's position - featured on 'The Power Test' podcast
16 May 2023
Here’s something to give Sunak a little cheer: new polling by More in Common puts the Conservatives up 1 on 31 percent, with Labour down 2 on 42 percent. Apparently confirming that local election Lib Dem surge, Ed Davy’s party is up 3 points on 13 percent. More in Common’s Luke Tryl said: “After a tricky few weeks this poll will bring some relief to the Conservatives. But we remain very clearly in Labour landslide territory.”
16 May 2023
More in Common polling on support for Ukraine featured in the print version of The Sun
14 May 2023
But the ability of the Greens to attract votes from urban radicals and rural conservatives alike has only been made possible by the fact that environmental issues are increasingly mainstream.
Luke Tryl, UK director of More in Common and a former Tory special adviser, says: “A consensus on climate runs across all social segments. It doesn’t mean that they all love Extinction Rebellion — but when it comes to the need to take action on climate, it is really striking the extent to which they agree, and they will approach it from slightly different angles.” For rural Tories, he says, the focus is often the natural environment.
14 May 2023
“There is a significant advantage to Labour there, and you can see that extending downwards quite easily,” said Luke Tryl, the director of the More In Common think tank.
“It would be a surprise if it wasn’t a net benefit for the Labour Party in extending the franchise to 16 and 17-year-olds. There is a likelihood that at least in the short term, not least with the Brexit legacy, that EU citizens voting would also be a boon to Labour.”
13 May 2023
From 03:53:20
Interview with UK Director Luke Tryl, and Ukrainian refugees Alina and Yuliia (from our Welcoming Ukrainians: Stories from Liverpool report), on their life in Britain