17 March 2023
But perhaps the most telling fact is this, from a poll for More in Common and reported by Politico: only 22% of people who voted Tory in 2019 want to rejoin, but the figure is 82% among those who backed Labour. Throw in a few million under-24s who didn't get a vote last time, and it becomes politically vital we go back to the EU and ask them to try again.
15 March 2023
A majority of voters trust Labour more than the Tories to tackle the cost of living crisis as Jeremy Hunt is poised to deliver a slimmed down Budget, new polling suggests.
A survey by public opinion researchers More in Common exclusively shared with i, shows that 58 per cent of people said Labour were more trusted to help with the cost of living woes, compared to just 42 per cent who named the Tories.
13 March 2023
A poll by More in Common shared with Playbook shows nearly three-quarters of voters (74 percent) cited the cost of living when asked about the most pressing problems facing the country. Less than half (45 percent) mentioned the NHS and fewer than a quarter mentioned asylum seekers crossing the Channel
12 March 2023
Eight in ten people in the UK who took in Ukrainians fleeing the war said they had a positive experience of hosting the refugees, while most of the public think the UK should continue to take in people from war zones, according to a study.
The More in Common study found that hosts rated their overall experience of the Homes for Ukraine scheme at 7.72 out of 10, and how they got on with their Ukrainian guests at 8.43.
11 March 2023
A focus group for the campaign group More in Common, run by Luke Tryl, a former Tory adviser, suggests Anderson has been effective on some issues but risks a backlash on others.
His most notorious intervention since taking the job was to declare his support for the death penalty on the grounds that “nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed . Tryl said half the voters in his focus group in Leigh agreed with Anderson on that.
But when they were asked about his comments that anyone earning over £30,000 but using food banks “must have a budgeting problem” or that it is possible to make a meal for 30p, Tryl said voters thought this “ridiculous and infuriating”.
9 March 2023
Another plan has been announced to crack down on so-called small boats arriving illegally in the UK. The Guardian’s John Harris speaks to immigration specialist Zoe Gardner and former Conservative special advisor Luke Tryl, and discusses the history of immigration rhetoric with Guardian political editor Pippa Crerar