Sentences with phrase «labour members support»

Corbyn has never seemed that keen on the customs union, but he has faced pressure both from members of his team — the shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer has played a key role — and the fact that the majority of Labour members support customs union and single market membership.

The survey, carried out between Monday and Thursday as Mr Corbyn came under fire from MPs and suffered several resignations from his shadow cabinet, found 50 % of Labour members support him as leader but 47 % do not.

Recent research by YouGov found that, though 72 % of Labour members support Jeremy Corbyn as leader, only 47 % think it's likely he can win the next general election.

Not exact matches

Yussuff and one of the other task force members, Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan, were at the centre of the effort to secure McKenna's commitment to set up the task force and ensure financial support for laid - off coal miners, after the minister led the formation of the Powering Past Coal Alliance during last year's UN climate change conference in Bonn.

«These new members will continue to support the transformation of the palm oil sector by demonstrating innovation to implement RSPO existing standards as well as additional critical requirements, such as ending deforestation, the development of peatlands and gross labour and human rights violations.»

I feel that women and their partners do much better with privacy and intimacy during the birth process and that, my role is to sometimes protect that privacy and intimacy first of all by educating them that that might be really important and to talk about you know the effect both positive and negative about um, support during that time can be or even just letting people know hey, we're in labour, the Facebook kind of thing but you know keep it quiet, keep it down, don't fritter the energy away by drawing other people to it or drawing the expectation that something's happening rather than just letting something evolve... I think guarding the space by keeping the space as calm and quiet and private as possible is key and giving people tools to do that during the prenatal time to deal with over eager family members or friends.

A systematic review of 22 studies [40] found women who had continuous support in labour (either from a nurse, midwife, doula, childbirth educator, family member, partner, or stranger) were more likely to have a spontaneous vaginal birth, a shorter birth, and to be satisfied with their birth.

Unlike Scottish Labour, who welcome Yes voters, Davidson has said if any Tory members voice support for Scottish independence, there should be an «amicable parting of ways».

This would give the voter the choice: perhaps s / he would seek support from a Conservative on a matter relating to local business, a Labour member on the NHS and a UKIP representative on immigration.

The former Labour MP won the support of 71 per cent of Labour Party members in his head - to - head contest with former city councillor Steve Bedser.

But thumbing through a list of Labour members who might support me in my recent bid for council selection, one familiar name did give cause for alarm: McBride, D.

Miliband took the biggest gamble of his time as leader yesterday when he confirmed that only individual union members who actively opt - in to supporting Labour would contribute to the party, rather than the current system of an automatic «affiliation» fee paid by three million union members.

These results further suggest that Labour members strongly support Jeremy Corbyn in his bid to remain Labour leader.

We also show that the large electoral losses for the Social Democrats between 1994 and 1998 were much more pronounced among outsiders: according to our estimates, a typical member of the labour force became 18 percentage points less likely to support the Social Democrats if he was an outsider, but only 8.5 percentage points less likely to do so if he was an insider.

An organisation supporting the Labour leader was ostensibly asking me, a card - carrying Labour member, to protest the Parliamentary Labour Party.

This would indicate that the vast majority of Labour's half a million members are aligned with the unions and the Parliamentary Labour Party in support of remaining in the EU — or at least in the single market and customs union.

Above all else, the Labour Party supports decency and fairness, and yet certain members have reverted to calling Labour MPs traitors and scum.

A Labour Party split will inevitably hasten a cross-party movement towards proportional representation, which the majority of members, including myself, support.

Corbyn won the Labour leadership less than three months ago with a huge mandate from party members, but without the support of most MPs in the parliamentary party.

The election was characterised by a resurgence for the Labour Party, whilst Plaid Cymru saw a reduction in support and the number of Assembly Members they returned.

Mike Gapes, the Labour MP for Ilford South, referred directly to Mr Corbyn when he said: «Can I remind her and the right honourable member for Islington North that it was a Labour government, with Robin Cook as Foreign Secretary, which carried out air strikes in Iraq under Operation Desert Fox in 1998 without a UN resolution, it was a Labour government that restored President Kabbah in Sierra Leone without a UN resolution, that it was a Labour government that stopped the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo without a UN resolution, and that there is a long - standing and noble tradition on these benches supporting humanitarian intervention.»

Although Labour's poll rating is anaemic, the party has not yet suffered the degree of electoral damage that would weaken support for Corbyn among the unions and members.

The 66 Labour MPs who voted with the Government on the main motion to support «taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria» represented well under a third of the 231 current Labour members of Parliament.

Just over half of Tory party members support the death penalty compared to under ten per cent of Labour and Lib Dem members and a fifth of SNP members.

Only ten per cent of Labour Party members support Brexit, but up to one - third of people who voted Labour at the last general election want to leave the EU.

Today's pamphlet, Raising Lazarus: The future of organised labour, says that 62 per cent of workers support a collective voice in the workplace, but many potential union members are put of by the rhetoric of strife and struggle.

The Javid plans, which were not clearly set out in the Conservative manifesto, are likely to blow a hole in Labour party funding because the number of union members who will proactively support paying the political levy will be much lower than those who pay the political levy through inertia.

Smith won the support of 90 Labour MPs to stand in this contest, even when Eagle was still in the running, but as yet party members aren't convinced.

Several members of the Shadow Cabinet who are close to the Labour leader have already tweeted their support for her election bid.

YouGov's poll indicates that those who have joined Labour's leadership electorate since its 2015 election defeat are significantly more likely to support Corbyn than those who have been long - term members.

However, trade union membership has also been in steep decline since the 1980s and it is, of course, far from clear that all trade union members also support the Labour Party.

Members of the public can pay # 3 to confirm their support for Labour's values, and in return are permitted to vote in leadership elections.

A poll of 2,010 Labour Party members and Labour - supporting members of affiliated trade unions was conducted between 3 and 14 September 2010.

This month's poll of Labour Party members, by YouGov for The Times, revealed that Jeremy Corbyn's support has been rising within Labour.

Their research assessing the way in which David Miliband, who won the support of both Labour MPs and the party's members, went on to lose the contest overall is published in the British Politics journal.

No Labour Party member — Corbyn - supporting or otherwise — feels anything other than misery at the thought of another five years of Tory rule.

The new clause would say the party exists to «bring together members and supporters who share its values to develop policies, make communities stronger through collective action and support, and promote the election of Labour representatives at all levels of the democratic process».

While it's unusual for someone seeking to become a Labour PPC to secure the support of three members of the shadow cabinet, Hayes was not alone among the candidates in getting top level backing.

Serwotka used to be a Labour member but has since expressed support for other leftwing parties at elections.

In what may be seen as an attempt to counter the strong support for Mr Corbyn among new Labour members, Ms Eagle issued her own plea to the public to sign up to the party, saying:

The Trade Union and Labour Party Liaison Organisation is the co-ordinating structure that supports the policy and campaign activities of affiliated union members within the Labour Party at the national, regional and local level.

The Corbynite ethos has been orientated towards the expressive (something shared, historically, with the majority of Labour members), yet there are interesting debates on the Labour left about what Corbynism means for Labour's tradition of «parliamentary socialism» when factoring in the place and role of Momentum, the campaigning organisation set up to support Corbyn.

[109] The Labour Party held a leadership election, in which Jeremy Corbyn, then a member of the Socialist Campaign Group, [110] was considered a fringe hopeful when the contest began, receiving nominations from just 36 MPs, one more than the minimum required to stand, and the support of just 16 MPs.

During the European parliamentary campaign of 2014 party Co-President András Schiffer described LMP as having a pronounced pro-integration position on environmental, wage and labour policy however, as supporting member state autonomy on the self - determination of local communities concerning land resources.

Tory MP Mr Bercow had strong backing from many Labour members, but a secret shadow whipping operation was under way to convince backbenchers they should support a member of their own party.

We can only hope that efforts will now be made to re-unite the party and retain or re-admit to membership Lutfur and any Labour members who supported him.

Securing a significant level of support from local party members, he nonetheless failed to apply for candidacy in time, and so the incumbent centrist Reg Freeson was once more selected as Labour candidate for Brent East.

This is an idea which it should support, not disparage - many Labour Members have already shown that, in some cases, it supports the idea.

Several prominent members of Labour's 2015 intake, including shadow ministers, will support the move, which was tabled yesterday by Margaret Hodge and Ann Coffey and has already been backed by several backbenchers.

A beautiful short film made by activists and filmmakers in Liverpool, featuring a wide range of local Labour members explaining why they support # JeremyForLabour.