Sentences with phrase «labour members appear»

Many Labour members appear more interested in controlling the party than entering government.

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Corbyn was appearing with the entire shadow cabinet, members of Labour's ruling body and trade union chiefs at an event in central London on Tuesday,

However, the 17 included the Chair, Jim and an unelected member of the House of Lords who appeared as a «representative» of the Westminster Parliamentary Labour Party.

From what we have seen today, from the various outspoken comments delivered by Labour Cabinet members and MPs, it appears it was Labour which brought this morning's Lib - Lab talks to a halt.

Then it just appears that labour councillors are spending other people's money to keep themselves in, while ignoring party members in both strongholds and unwinnables, and expecting those members to fund the rest.

Labour Party members may be expected to be more likely to register than those uninterested in politics, but people who are more transitory (as these members appear to be) are less likely than others.

It would appear some Labour members aren't feeling so patient with regards to the results of the leadership contest.

But he appeared to be sailing dangerously close to Labour party rules which ban members from supporting candidates from rival political parties.

Appearing on the BBC's Daily Politics, she broke cover to give a frank assessment of why Labour members so dramatically overlooked her for the leadership.

I think in fairness to Steve Hart, Unite's strategy makes union backed candidates from a broader social background part of their political strategy, but certainly not the end of it: At the Unite meeting at Labour Conference, Jon Trickett & Len McCluskey made the case for Unite & Labour developing MP's from down to earth backgrounds, but linked this very much to having policies that adress the needs of working class voters: The Unite strategy is fairly broad, including recruitng union members to Labour, developing MP's (who as McCluskey are backed because they «reflect the values of the union movement» — rather than just being from a particular social class), and supporting the CLASS think tank to develop policy — I did a write up of this meeting for the Morning Star (and a rival Progress one), which may be of interest (I think it will appear if you click on my name)

John Prescott once said «the tectonic appear to be moving», yet sensible Labour members and MPs seem paralysed by their loyalty to a fading brand, belief that they can wear Corbyn and co down and that there is a way back for moderation.

In private, however, members of the inner circle acknowledge that they are undergoing a major case of the jitters as an apparently strong poll lead narrows and the Labour party appears to recover its confidence.

The installation Nations, 2007, features 192 sewing machines that appear in the process of creating or repairing flags (one for each member of the United Nations), drawing parallels between human labour and nation building.