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Britons are more likely to view Black Lives Matter as a force for good than ill, data shows

Britons are more likely to view Black Lives Matter as a force for good than ill, data shows

26 July 2021

iNews

Luke Tryl, UK director of More in Common, said “In our conversations with Britons from across the country, they spoke passionately about the need to do more to tackle racism both on and offline and there was strong support for the message Black Lives Matter. That doesn’t make Briton’s Marxists or mean that they support all of BLM’s tactics."

Britons are more likely to view Black Lives Matter as a force for good

Why the Right would be wrong to wage a war on Woke

Why the Right would be wrong to wage a war on Woke

14 July 2021

Conservative Home

Luke Tryl, UK Director, More in Common says "Red wall seat voters – and the whole country – desperately want to see results not rhetoric. Three years of a Government led ‘war on woke’ would be either a sign of recklessness or failure".

Why the Right would be wrong to wage a war on Woke

Study: Majority concerned about state of democracy

Study: Majority concerned about state of democracy

30 June 2021

Süddeutsche Zeitung

“In Germany, the vast majority of people are concerned about the state of democracy and the aggressive tone in public. This is the conclusion of a cross-national study by the Robert Bosch Stiftung and the organisation More in Common, which was presented in Stuttgart”.

Studie: Mehrheit sorgt sich um Zustand der Demokratie

How climate policy could work: People want more laws, not more initiative

How climate policy could work: People want more laws, not more initiative

25 June 2021

Der Tagesspiegel

An op-ed by Jérémie Gagné and Laura-Kristine Krause: "How climate policy could work: People want more laws, not more personal initiative. Five recommendations for action on how climate protection can unite society instead of dividing it”. 

Wie Klimapolitik funktionieren könnte: Die Menschen wollen mehr Gesetze, nicht mehr Eigeninitiative

 

Climate change will feature heavily in Germany’s election

Climate change will feature heavily in Germany’s election

19 June 2021

The Economist

A new report by More in Common, an international group that works on social polarisation, finds a broad consensus across Germany for climate action, alongside concerns about fairness and a sense of personal helplessness. Two-thirds of Germans it polled want binding climate rules.

“Politicians are threatening social cohesion by not acting,” says Laura-Kristine Krause, the outfit’s Germany director.

Grant me greenery but not yet