He expressed confidence in the party's performance in the region as he set his target ahead of the 2016 elections. (citifmonline.com)
But then Ken Clarke has that indefinable quality of «bottom», or bottle - age, that creates a sense of confidence in the party that, with luck, infects the general public. (telegraph.co.uk)
It is focusing delegates» thoughts on something much more amorphous: a blind confidence in the party's ability to win. (politics.co.uk)