A selection of our recent appearances in the UK media.
The Guardian
25 July 2023
Ditching green policies may not be the vote winner Sunak expects
Action on the climate crisis has very high levels of public support in the UK, backed – until now – by political consensus. Tackling it is a priority for Tory and Labour supporters, while half of all voters believe the government is not doing enough to get to net zero, according to polling by More In Common.
“It would be a mistake for politicians to misinterpret the Uxbridge result and end up on the wrong side of public opinion,” said Luke Tryl, the director of More in Common. “Our polling and focus groups are clear. If the Conservative party were to deliberately tarnish its green credentials, it would risk further damaging the party’s prospects with the two voting blocs they most need to win back: voters in the blue and red wall.”
The i
24 July 2023
The Labour Party is squabbling again - and it's the Greens who will benefit
Away from the rhetoric of the Labour panickers and Tory climate deniers, polling by More in Common shows that 50 per cent of voters think the Government is not doing enough on climate change, with only 12 per cent believing it’s doing too much. Even among 2019 Conservative voters, the figures are 37 and 18 per cent.
The Guardian
23 July 2023
Think small: that's Sunak's advice to poor kids dreaming of university
A poll carried out by More in Common, a thinktank, finds that a group it dubs “Established Liberals” – which the UK director Luke Tryl says represents wealthier blue wall constituencies – are among the most likely to think too many young people go to university. But “Loyal Nationals” – the more working-class red wall voters, according to Tryl – are among the most likely to say too few are able to do so.
Sky News
22 July 2023
Luke Tryl discusses the week's byelection results, and what they mean for green policies going forwards, on Sky News.
The Independent
22 July 2023
Asked which party they trusted more to stop crossings, more than half the public (58 per cent) said “neither”, the More In Common survey shared exclusively with i showed.
Only around one in five trusted the Tories (22 per cent) or Labour (20 per cent) to get a handle on the crisis, despite the Prime Minister making “stop the boats” one of his key five pledges.
The Daily Mail
21 July 2023
Support for striking doctors is waning as two-thirds of voters back the Government's public sector pay deals.
Polling from More in Common reveals that the majority of the public back the government's proposed pay rises for public sector workers, and a plurality think that junior doctors are wrong to carry on striking given this.