Sentences with phrase «labour figures want»

The Greens did this to help the Liberal Democrats in a 2016 by - election and some Labour figures wanted to do the same.

Speaking in central London, he said he had learned the meaning of the phrase «what doesn't kill you makes you stronger» following reports that some Labour figures wanted him to step down.

Not exact matches

According to Pat McFadden, the shadow Europe minister, and a figure close to Blair, defeat flowed from Ed Miliband «turning the page on New Labour» and his failure to appeal to «the aspirational family that wants to do well».

This is not because politicians should be expected to regurgitate every economic fact and figure, it is more because Labour wants to be seen as the government - in - waiting.

Using figures provided by the Treasury, Robert Halfon today points out that a fifth of income tax receipts go towards funding benefits — and he goes on from there to attack Labour for wanting to impose a «welfare tax».

Labour MP Chris Leslie doesn't want to talk about today's unemployment figures and the Tory MP doesn't want to talk about Vince Cable.

Most polling returns a figure somewhere around the 50 per cent mark for people wanting to leave the EU, and with Labour edging close to the Tories» eurosceptic rhetoric — which in turn has been egged on by the tub - thumping of Ukip — the Lib Dems remain alone in being unashamedly European.

Labour figures argue that all the above — the parliamentary arithmetic, the market warnings, the Prime Minister being «Gordon - ish» — are mere alibis for the Lib Dems, who want to pretend that they had no choice but to get into bed with the Tories.

Thus anyone wavering will think, «It's worth voting for UKIP, they can win this time» whereas with FTTP as used for Westminster they will be lucky to hold Castle Point and in a marginal seat such as Reading West if I want to unseat Labour MP Martin Salter I will have to vote Tory as the UKIP candidate will be very lucky to make 4 figures.

What the media want is a game of political ping pong with figures in the billions being bunged about between Labour and the Conservatives at this point in the cycle.