Sentences with phrase «labour election strategist»

Denham also discloses in his speech that he sent a note to the Labour election strategist Lord Mandelson after the first week of the election warning him that a group of workers felt they had been excluded by Labour's welfare state.

Not exact matches

It is not the kind of thing which wins over wavering voters, but it is a sign of an advanced political strategist and gives a good indication of how Balls wants to shape Labour's image when the 2015 general election comes.

Lord Mandelson, Labour's election strategist, immediately warned in a campaign memo that «voters who flirt with Nick Clegg are likely to end up married to David Cameron».

Yet Liberal Democrat strategists, who had drafted a «confidence and supply» agreement for either Labour or the Tories before last year's election, admit the idea could be revived for the «decoupling phase» ahead of the next one.

One thing Lib Dem strategists fear above all in this election is being written out of the script by a media focused on the Labour / Tory ding - dong.

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».

As Tory election strategist he is keen to make political ground over Labour's inclusion of the pension in the welfare cut, because it allows the party to highlight how the opposition plans to cut the basic state pension in real terms.

Normally, the 14,416 majority would seem insurmountable, but with the SNP claiming extraordinary gains in the May elections and riding a wave of expectation since then Labour strategists are concerned about the result.

The Labour shadow health minister said the party was danger of entering into a «downward spiral» with the Tories on immigration, after Australian election strategist Lynton Crosby joined David Cameron's team.

Brilliant Strategist Jeremy - an early General Election would help him get rid of all those pesky Labour MPs who regard him as an unmitigated disaster.

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

This would be enough to win the general election according to some strategists because constituency boundaries favour Labour.

«Elections are about the future, not the past,» one Labour strategist said yesterday.

Back in London, Labour strategists are reported to be planning for a snap general election.

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.

In a sign of rumblings in the Labour party over its mixed performance in the local elections, the MP for Bassetlaw condemned what he called the «so - called strategists» for failing to exploit Farage's admiration for Margaret Thatcher.

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.

Douglas Alexander, Labour's chief election strategist, said: «It is typically arrogant of David Cameron to presume a third Tory term in 2020 before the British public have been given the chance to have their say.»