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French and happiness: can we be happy in a world that is going badly?

12 February 2025

RadioFrance

In the 7/10 morning debate on France Inter, Laurence de Nervaux, director of Destin Commun, talks with Jérôme Fouquet, director of the Opinion and Business Strategies department at Ifop, about the French people's relationship to individual happiness and their vision of French society, based on the lessons learned from our study "French Happiness," conducted in partnership with TEDxParis.

Kemi Badenoch and Keir Starmer’s battle of weaknesses

11 February 2025

The Financial Times

Part of the Labour government’s problem is that, in the absence of a set of clear principles and aims from the centre, inevitably, what dominates is “what do voters really care about”. Most voters do not care about growth in the abstract, and do not think it will benefit them, according to this new poll by More in Common.

Diversity is the future — better get used to it

10 February 2025

The Times

Trevor Phillips: Donald Trump is trampling DEI initiatives but, virtue-signalling silliness apart, companies see value in reflecting changing Britain.

In spite of the many widely recycled examples of progressive overreach, DEI is seen as a plus by most employees. Recent research by the polling company More In Common found that by a margin of 46 per cent to 28 per cent, British workers thought DEI programmes delivered fairer outcomes. Even among “Backbone Conservative” voters, DEI is supported by 39 per cent to 29 per cent.

Five Things Americans Agree on at the Start of Trump's Second Term

31 January 2025

The Fulcrum

More In Common, a nonprofit dedicated to finding ways to bridge political divisions in the US, released a new report that spotlights key areas of agreement across the political spectrum in the early days of the Trump administration.

Ban under-16s from social media, says majority of public

27 January 2025

The Telegraph

Poll shows 75 per cent want minimum age for accessing social media sites to be raised from 13.

Luke Tryl, the UK Director of More in Common, said: “Support for raising the age at which young people can use social media to 16 is pretty much as close to a slam dunk as you can get in public opinion popularity terms. This is a Government that desperately needs public opinion and policy wins – and raising the age of access to social media would be one of them.”