Sentences with phrase «labour supporters back»

Polling for thinktank finds 45 % of Labour supporters back EU membership poll against just 36 % who oppose it

Importantly for Miliband, 45 % of Labour supporters back a referendum against just 36 % who oppose it.

In both rounds, even Labour supporters back local freedom over ways to find extra funding.

Specifically, the Times report says 95 % of Labour supporters back the Lab - Lib coalition, and Lab got 29 % of the vote.

In Thursday's referendum, a narrow majority voted to leave, but two thirds of Labour supporters backed our call for a remain vote.

Not exact matches

Having been rejected by Labour as its candidate, something he and his supporters regarded as a «political fix», he went back on a pledge not to run as an independent, claiming that he was defending «the principle of London's right to govern itself».

From his boat, Farage - flanked by supporters including Ukip donor Arron Banks and Labour MP Kate Hoey - refused to hit back at Geldof.

Certainly to me (a floating voter) it looks as if Labour have moved a long way to the right and to the authoritarian over the last 15 years or so, and if they want their old supporters to listen to them, they may have to migrate back a bit to get the conversation started.

Senior Labour frontbenchers today sought to weaponise Boris Johnson as they stepped up the party's attempts to persuade its traditional supporters to back the Remain campaign.

At the same time, supporters of the Labour Party are more likely to say that colonial rule was a bad thing than those who back the Conservatives or UKIP.

For Labour to turn its back on Scotland and the demands north of the border would be to condemn itself to precisely the sort of Tory - lite message its former supporters accuse it of.

But more than that, Labour supporters need to take that cause back into their own party.

Probably because the parliamentary Labour party, which overwhelmingly backs Smith, still clings onto the illusion that no matter how obnoxiously the party behaves towards its core supporters, it is still entitled to millions of votes from poor voters who have no alternative.

«it would be a good use of Labour supporters» time to help promote and grow the Take Back Parliament Campaign.»

All of this is a way of saying, that while the Tories and Liberal Democrata hammer out whatever deal they can; while the Labour front bench has been told to keep quiet; and while Gordon Brown keeps a low profile, it would be a good use of Labour supporters» time to help promote and grow the Take Back Parliament Campaign.

For example, if convinced the battle locally was between Labour and the SNP, a half of Liberal Democrat (50 %) supporters and almost as many Conservatives (44 %) said they would back Labour instead.

I'm now back in a very snowy Washington — waiting to see if the Republican Party's core supporters are as «mad» as the Labour Party's Corbynistas — in both of the most common understandings of that word.

Rather, he was an enthusiastic supporter of Ed Miliband's leadership and backed Yvette Cooper for the Labour leadership last year.

Labour supporters see swing voters, whom they must win back if they are going to return to government, as ignorant, credulous and selfish.

The party saw huge numbers of their supporters reject their calls to back the union, with much of the shift to «Yes» in the final weeks coming from current and former Labour supporters.

Pollsters say Labour supporters need to back AV by more than two to one if the Yes to Fairer Votes campaign is to emerge on top.

4.25 - Labour MP and former soldier Dan Jarvis is receiving extremely warm responses for his speech backing action in Syria, both from Labour and Tory supporters and MPs.

Second, there is also some evidence to back the widespread speculation that Labour's recent loss of support has occurred disproportionately amongst those of its supporters who voted Yes in September.

When Corbyn says he is against austerity and then votes against welfare cuts, Labour supporters understand that position and can choose to either back it or not.

«Of course we need to win back Labour supporters who voted Tory in May,» he said.

It suggests that what has happened in the last month is that Labour supporters who had been disillusioned with Brown's government, but in most cases hadn't embraced the Conservatives as the alternative and were just dismissing the lot of them, have been won back over.

But there are growing signs that Miliband has stepped back from plans to dilute the size of the union vote at party conference, and is instead focusing on a series of reforms designed to make local parties more dynamic, and open up the party to a wider group of Labour supporters.

Therefore while Labour could support a Lib Dem led government as the change its supporters prefer, the Lib Dems could not back a Labour government to continue in office just because together they have more MPs.

Both Labour and Tower Hamlets First (Rahman's slate) backed secular Muslim candidates as well as candidates whose base of support is closely associated with particular mosques — though Rahman's supporters appear «guilty» of being far more successful at winning support through those mosques.

Ed Miliband is under increasing pressure to back an in / out referendum on Britain's EU membership, after a survey showed more Labour supporters are in favour of a vote on Europe than against it.

While Conservative and Labour supporters equally back their man, Liberal Democrats lean towards Labour's Ed Balls (49 % to 27 % for Mr Osborne) while UKIP supporters break towards George Osborne (46 % to 25 % for Mr Balls).

He is now attracting 19 per cent backing from Labour supporters — and politicians always like to back a winner.

And they have to give a voice to the fifty per cent of Labour members and supporters who didn't back Labour's new leader.

Margaret Hodge recently saw her backing from Labour supporters climb from 10 per cent to a substantial 16 per cent.

A new poll of Labour - held Scottish seats suggests that support for independence is now the overwhelming reason why former supporters now back the SNP.

Corbyn won comfortably in each of the three categories of Labour voters, but he was most emphatically backed by registered supporters who paid # 25 for a vote.

Dame Tessa is said to have the backing of 23 per cent of Labour supporters, with Sadiq Khan on 20 and with Diane Abbott and Lammy on nine per cent each.

Tory voters are split 50 - 50 on the referendum, but 77 % of Labour supporters and 64 % of Lib Dems are backing Remain.

It was not, it's fair to say, universally welcomed by Labour supporters and there was particular criticism of it being backed up with a couple of poll questions showing people agreed with a statement «We must live within our means so cutting the deficit is the top priority».

It is far too easy for Labour supporters to rant on about the plots of the Tory press; we should stand back and soberly reflect that — at this time — so many see May as more effective political leader than Corbyn.

Jeremy Corbyn must do more to win back traditional Labour voters who have switched to Ukip and the SNP, according to one of his key supporters.

He is more than twice as popular as his nearest rival, his younger brother Ed, when Labour supporters are asked to name their preferred candidate; who would make the best leader of the opposition; the best prime minister and have the best chance of leading Labour back to power.

In a message to Labour supporters, Corbyn reached out to those who backed his rival, saying there was a duty on everyone to «unite, cherish and build our movement».

A YouGov poll published today shows that backing among Labour supporters for the Tottenham MP has crept ahead of former shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan.

She won just 13 per cent backing from Labour supporters in the most recent poll, compared to a previous high of 23 percent.

The new poll, carried out between June 30 and July 2, reveals his backing from Labour supporters has risen from 15 per cent to 22 per cent, leapfrogging Mr Khan, whose support rose more slowly, from 19 per cent to 21 per cent.

The paper reports that Labour is intending to try and highlight divisions with Conservative Party over climate change in the top Tory target seats where the Green Party won more than 2 % of the vote at the last election - in the hope of stopping Green supporters from switching to back the Conservatives and helping to deliver a Tory majority in the Commons.

Her backing from Labour supporters remains solid in the new poll — at 37 per cent — and she has led the race since the series of polls began.

Corbyn's supporters claim that announcing it just before PMQs put the Labour leader on the back - foot.

Tony Blair today warned disgruntled Labour supporters not to allow Michael Howard into Downing Street «through the back door.»