Sentences with phrase «labour during the election campaign»

I'm looking forward to seeing more of Tony Blair and what he can do for Labour during the election campaign.

«The Charity Commission,» continued The Sunday Times, also «expressed concern about the close relationship between the charity and the office of Tony Blair, many of whose staff were seconded to Labour during the election campaign.»

Not exact matches

The IMF staff report on Canada raises an issue that I wrote about during the election campaign: the unacceptably large gap — 10 percentage points — between the labour - force participation rates of men and women.

The government is considering criminalising abuse of Parliamentary candidates during campaigning and elections, after Labour MP Jo Cox was murdered in the days leading up to the Brexit referendum in 2016.

Current campaign finance laws allow individuals, corporations and labour unions to donate a maximum of $ 15,000 per year to a provincial political party in a non-election period and a maximum of $ 30,000 during an election period.

They are high - profile measures aimed at stopping Labour's «jobs tax», as the Conservatives put it during the general election campaign.

I am a Labour supporter, and have been for many years, but my problem with any established political party is they don't keep the promises they make during election campaigns.

And the Labour Party, which had opposed the referendum during the election campaign, has now come out in support of the vote.

Miliband was portrayed during Labour's 2015 election campaign as being genuine in his desire to improve the lives of working people and to display progression from New Labour, but was unable to defeat interpretations of him as being ineffectual, or even cartoonish in nature.

His former immigration spokesman Phil Woolas's shameless tactics in Oldham East and Saddleworth during the last general election campaign, and subsequent ejection from Parliament, have offered a well - timed opportunity for Labour to give the coalition and, in particular, Nick Clegg, a thrashing in the by - election on 13 January - the first significant electoral test of the coalition's popularity.

It follows a campaign by Momentum and other supporters of Jeremy Corbyn to decrease the threshold after Corbyn, unpopular with most MPs, struggled to pass it during the 2015 Labour leadership election.

Burnham was criticised during the 2010 election campaign after leaflets were sent to 250,000 women — some of whom turned out to be cancer patients — featuring a message from a breast cancer survivor who praised Labour's health policy.

Although his performance during the election campaign improved voter perceptions somewhat, he still lagged way behind David Cameron, who, unlike the Labour leader, is more popular than his party.

Ed Miliband has announced that to counter the Conservative party's financial advantage during the 2015 election campaign Labour will outnumber them in supporters out on the streets engaging with voters — and will benefit accordingly.

During the 2010 general election campaign Osborne was considered to have been sidelined, owing to his perceived unpopularity and the perception by both Liberal Democrat and Labour strategists that he was a «weak link».

Labour point to the dog - whistle campaign against Sadiq Khan in the London mayoral race and the emphasis placed on Diane Abbott during the general election campaign.

During the election campaign, Labour officials said the foxhunting pledge had helped them enormously on the doorstep.

To his credit, he had been the only Tower Hamlets Labour politician willing to canvass with me in the ward campaign I ran single - handedly during the London Mayoral election.

During the election campaign we found ourselves more angry than ever about Labour's record of waste and economic failure.

During the Crewe and Nantwich by election I had always assumed that a know it all central Labour Party has imposed vicious crass class hatred campaign on a reluctant local Party.

«I think it is appalling that, during election week, senior members of the Labour party chose to walk out of government, criticise the prime minister and generally undermine our campaign,» said Mr Martin.

Labour's Emily Thornberry has resigned from the Labour front bench over a tweet she sent during the Rochester and Strood by - election campaign.

Labour's Emily Thornberry resigns from the Labour front bench over a tweet she sent during the Rochester and Strood by - election campaign.

The 2015 election bore strong similarities to 1992, with opinion polls putting the Labour and Conservative parties neck and neck during the campaign, only for John Major's Conservatives to win the actual contest with an overall majority of 21 seats.

«During the election campaign in June the Ealing Central and Acton Conservative candidate was met daily outside her home by a large group of Momentum and Labour activists shouting at her.

Remember when Gordon Brown sidled up alongside Tony Blair to buy an ice cream during Labour's 2005 general election campaign?

He maintained Labour's position - which he stated during the election campaign - that leaving the EU meant leaving the single market.

«Labour know Ed Miliband has no intention of keeping the promises he makes during the election campaign.»

«Although I respect you as a man of principle it has become increasingly evident during recent campaigns that the electorate in my constituency are not convinced that you can lead Labour to victory in a general election.

When John Smith, Shadow Chancellor, fell out with Neil Kinnock, Labour leader, it was during an election campaign, after a Parliament had ended.

Labour shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has suggested his party's failure to speak to «aspirational middle - class» voters during the campaign period may have contributed to their election loss.

Then initially all the talk was that Labour couldn't win, that the Conservatives were the permanent government and Labour the permanent Official Opposition, then shortly after the Conservatives were written off and Labour was supposedly virtually assurred of being able to form a government, even during the election campaign itself, but it didn't work out that way.

James Morris, who worked for Labour from when Ed Miliband was elected leader in 2010 until the election, said public polling showed a much more favourable position than the party's internal data, both in the run - up to and during the campaign.

Almost # 14.4 m was donated to political parties» war chests during the general election campaign - with the Conservatives and Labour almost neck and neck, official declarations show.

During the 2017 general election campaign on 2 May 2017, Labour's pledge to recruit an extra 10,000 police officers was overshadowed by Abbott's inability to give accurate funding figures.

[119] Polling during the election campaign itself remained relatively static, with the Labour and Conservative parties both polling between 33 — 34 % and neither able to establish a consistent lead.

The Conservatives accused Labour of telling «lies» about David Cameron's policies yesterday during bitter skirmishes at the start of a marathon four - month general election campaign.

On his only visit during the formal election campaign, on 30 April, Blair said Labour had «every chance of succeeding».

It does become a problem if it is an indication of soft support for Labour, if the government become less unpopular once they have a better economy behind them, if minor parties establish themselves as alternative recipients of anti-government votes or if during an election campaign it becomes more of a choice between two alternatives, rather than a judgement on the incumbent.

The Tories spent # 49,205,000 during 2010, including on the general election campaign, while Labour spent # 33,840,000, the Electoral Commission said.

Despite the occasional harsh outburst during the 1945 - 1950 parliament from Labour cabinet members such as Nye Bevan that the Tories were «lower than vermin», the election campaign saw something of a change of temper and did not turn into a bitter slanging match.

Labour lost countless seats during the 2010 general election campaign because voters on the doorstep felt the party had not done enough to stop the arrival of immigrants from the EU in the mid-2000s.

Not only did tactical voting take place during the Labour leadership election (held under AV) but it was actively encouraged by all campaigns I would presume.

While Labour began to have some policy divisions during the election campaign, the Conservatives ran an efficient campaign that was well - funded and orchestrated.

Liz Kendall has said that during the latest election campaign the Labour party failed to «speak for the many not just the few».

«Mr Miliband also said Labour had failed during the election campaign to effectively communicate all its achievements over 13 years, which included the minimum wage and huge improvements to public services.

2005 incidentally was the last time I voted Labour, having also campaigned during that election as a Labour Party member.

In fact the only person to be accorded vox - pop quote status during the radio news highlights: Labour MP Graham Stringer... While «not in a position» to pass judgement on Mr Woolas» conduct during the campaign - in which he was accused of stirring up racial tensions to win votes - Mr Stringer said election battles in marginal seats were not «Sunday - school outings».

Liz Kendall says that during the latest election campaign the Labour party failed to «speak for the many not just the few».

Labour's victory thus seems less based on the election campaign itself, and more on the fact they opened up a significant lead during the early to middle part of the parliament, a gap that was simply too large for the Conservatives to close.