Sentences with phrase «conservative election strategists»

Conservative election strategists believe that including the Greens in the debate will split left - leaning voters away from Labour.

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The Conservatives plan to announce a new attack on immigration or benefits every single week ahead of the general election, under plans formulated by election strategist Lynton Crosby

But chief whip Michael Gove has succeeded in getting many Conservative MPs to stick around by telling them they must attend an election briefing from campaign strategist Lynton Crosby this morning.

The increase in their number of seats in 1997, 2001 and 2005 was attributed to the weakness of the Conservatives and the success of their election strategist Chris Rennard.

[180][181] The Conservatives hired election strategist Lynton Crosby to run Johnson's campaign, [182] which was primarily funded by sympathetic individuals in London's financial sector.

State Republicans plan to use Gov. Cuomo's stunning claim that «extreme conservatives» — defined as pro-life, pro-traditional marriage and supporters of gun rights — have «no place in New York» to challenge Democrats across the state in the fall elections, GOP strategists told The Post.

His team of election strategists, led by Stephen Gilbert (see No 26), have funneled money into the 150 or so target seats and now reside in Conservative Campaign Headquarters itself.

Crosby, the election strategist behind the Conservative campaign in May, and Bellingham, a Conservative MP since 1983 and former Foreign Office minister, are both awarded knighthoods.

Are Conservative strategists getting a little jittery as the election campaign enters the final two week stretch?

«Now his reputation as a master strategist is restored, partly thanks to the Conservatives» general election victory in May, for which he can claim much of the credit, and now thanks to a bold and shamelessly political Budget within weeks of the election victory.»

Are Conservative strategists getting a little jittery as the election campaign enters the final two...

Priebus and pugnacious chief presidential strategist Steve Bannon took their strained buddy routine to the Conservative Political Action Conference yesterday, reminiscing about Trump's election victory, promising revolutionary change in Washington, denying their ongoing West Wing power struggle and — naturally — bashing the news media.

The fact Cameron did not feel he had the authority to make his ministers to oppose the Dominic Raab amendment highlighted how volatile and rebellious the Conservative party continues to be, even under the supposedly iron hand of election strategist Lynton Crosby.

Tory strategists» search for a «big idea» before the general election seized on the Big Society as a way of providing an intellectual link between the Conservative priorities of boosting social action, public service reform and community empowerment.

The Times and Telegraph newspapers claim Conservative strategists are considering a quick exit for Mr Johnson, who beat incumbent Ken Livingstone in the London mayoral election earlier this month.

By the time of the general election next year, senior Labour strategists accept the Ukip vote will not shrink back to the 3 % it polled in the 2010 general election, but still believe the bulk of the Ukip damage then will be inflicted on the Conservatives.

Elsewhere, it has emerged that Lynton Crosby, the Australian political strategist, has been hired once more by the Conservatives to help run the party's election campaign.

Tory strategists are hopeful that the next election will see the Liberal Democrat parliamentary party significantly reduced in size but they also believe that the Conservatives have a long - term interest in ensuring that Britain's third party looks as much to the Conservative Party as to the Labour Party as a future natural coalition partner.