Sentences with phrase «labour strategist»

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

They are worried about security,» says one Labour strategist.

A senior Labour strategist has submitted a proposal to the group campaigning against independence for a game between two teams of union supporting legends.

Labour strategists fear that partnership with an «establishment» campaign including Conservatives would alienate their core support — as it did in Scotland.

While immediate risks existed in ramping up the emotion around the NHS (David Cameron labelled Miliband's alleged aim to «weaponise» the service «disgusting») the odds seemed favourable for those Labour strategists thinking the route to Downing Street went via the front door of an NHS hospital.

The war was unpopular, and Labour strategists were confounded by its diminutive effect on Tory polling figures, while biting into our party's shares.

Before Christmas Labour strategists were convinced George Osborne had blundered.

The appearance of Blair and Brown so close together (Blair on Friday, Brown sometime in the next two months) will reinforce the continuity of the Labour government in voters» minds - something Labour strategists could do without in a country where the very concept of «change» is becoming increasingly attractive.

Labour strategists are right to fear him.

The results have not been replicated across other polls and could easily be an aberration but they will still be a disappointment to Labour strategists, who were euphoric at the consensus among political correspondents that Mr Miliband is performing above expectations.

Labour strategists wanted to energise voters who had drifted away from the party since 1997's New Labour landslide.

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».

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.

Labour strategists will be slightly nervous at her appearance.

Worryingly for Labour strategists, less than half the party thinks he is ready to become PM.

No, the seats that will give Tory and Labour strategists migraines are different — those where the incumbent is less dominant, and the Ukip - leaning groups are large enough to swing the result.

According to Labour strategists, the row over Howard Flight's remarks on public spending shows that «the Tories are two parties» - unreconstructed Thatcherites such as Mr Flight who want deep spending cuts and the New Tories trying to show that the party has moved on.

Pushing the line that the PM's referendum plans are for the benefit of the Tory party rather than in the national interest, which Labour strategists clearly see as their strongest retort (read: EUreka), the Labour leader insisted that, four hours after the big speech that was six months in the making, Cameron still «can't answer the most basic question of all.»

Since 1997, the case for caution has prevailed among Labour strategists — the «vision thing» seen as an electoral risk Labour can not afford.

The Conservative policy was reported to have divided the shadow cabinet, but Cameron defied calls for a U-turn and confirmed that a higher tax threshold would be a firm Tory manifesto pledge - to the delight of Labour strategists.

As part of their fightback, Labour strategists say they will seek to drive home the message that while Cameron is the creation of his spin and believes in little, Ed Miliband is authentic, consistent and brave, if not a polished PR product.

Labour strategists may particularly find the survey results worrying, as political correspondent Gary Gibbon writes:

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.

The Independent previews five pledge card - style pledges and scare stories that Labour strategists hope will get the Labour Party moving up in opinion polls.

There is a strategic flaw at the heart of the party's approach: Labour strategists have forgotten how to triangulate.

This morning Labour strategists sought to manage expectations, predicting a majority of around 4,000.

Not exact matches

Privately, Scottish Tory strategists are absolutely delighted by this, for that dynamic suits both parties, driving generally «Unionist» voters (be they Tory, Labour or Lib Dem) towards Ruth Davidson and generally «Nationalist» voters (be they SNP, Labour or Lib Dem) towards Ms Sturgeon's party.

Stephen is Senior Fund Manager and UK strategist at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church and chair of Vauxhall Constituency Labour Party.

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.

May 3, 2018 is just around the corner and already Labour's strategists and Mrs May's Conservative critics scent blood.

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».

Tory strategists also know that Labour has ceased to exist as a meaningful campaigning force in large parts of the country.

And Downing Street strategists believe that he is the only figure with a high enough profile to beat Labour in the 2016 mayoral contest.

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.

Despite Labour's stubborn lead, he reports, Tory strategists believe voters find Ed Miliband unconvincing and that an improving economy will eventually translate into higher living standards.

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.

Labour party strategists will be picking up the pieces this morning, and they will have very little to be optimistic about.

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.

Here's what a senior Conservative strategist told the Telegraph: «As one door closes with the surge in Liberal Democrat support, so another door has opened with the collapse in Labour support.»

Tory strategists had hoped that the furore over Sir Fred Goodwin's pensions arrangements might have dented Labour's standing.

Labour sources later said he had «made a mistake» but party strategists are aware that in the current anti-EU climate they have to be responsive to prevailing scepticism.

Labour media strategists will be giving themselves a pat on the back this morning for the interview, which cast Mr Brown in a warm and favourable light.

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

Labour's private polling had long been more pessimistic than the public polls and Conservative strategists had been more optimistic — for Cowley and Kavanagh these were differences of scale, not outcome.

The Labour leader described his response to the banking scandal as «courageous» — a word viewed with alarm by small - c conservative political strategists.

«If I were a Labour party strategist, that would concern me.»

Back to that crazy oligarchical - ass London for one last time in my capacity as international strategist for Labour's «Operation PMM».