Sentences with phrase «labour voters by»

Both results were good news for Theresa May's Conservative party, which has made a deliberate pitch for traditional Labour voters by focusing on «just about managing» families, and sought to see off Ukip by promising a «red, white and blue Brexit», prioritising immigration control.

They're trying to create a new generation of Labour voters by wrapping left - wing policies in centrist, or even right - wing, language.

The new leader will now make a concerted effort to woo disillusioned northern Labour voters by painting Jeremy Corbyn and his London - based allies as out of touch with ordinary working people.

Now I here David Davis on the today program and my wife says to me (uninterested in politics, Labour voter by instinct, dislikes us by instinct), anyway, she says «he had some sensible points, is he a Labour of Lib - Dem?»

Not exact matches

Labour's candidate Christian Wolmar reported that Goldsmith's behaviour during the mayoral election was regularly raised by voters on the doorstep.

Opinion polls showed that voters had opposed privatization at the outset (as did the press and many Conservative back benchers), but the Conservatives pointed out that Tony Blair rode to victory in part by abandoning «Clause Four» of the Labour Party's 1904 constitution, advocating state control over the means of production, distribution and exchange.

The winner becomes the one who can minimise the damage: Cameron by pouring scorn on Labour's record, the opposition by reminding voters of the pain of spending cuts.

But in surveys conducted over the summer by The New Statesmen, Labour's members were 75 % ABC1 voters, 57 % degree holders and 15 % London dwellers.

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.

The Labour leader is backed by only 16 % of voters, while more than a third (35 %) say they can't choose between them.

Worryingly for Labour, which spent considerable energy highlighting Mr Cameron's alleged problem with women, the majority of female voters now prefer the prime minister, by 40 % to 38 %.

Nuttall was elected Ukip leader in a landslide victory yesterday, and immediately vowed to «replace the Labour party and make Ukip the voice of patriotic Britain» by targeting working class voters.

Until now, even the most eager, and unemployed, floating voter is unlikely to have seen even one of the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat leaders up close and personal, let alone, as they will be in the debates, not speechifying but tested and challenged live by their fiercest rivals.

It occurs that I should probably source that - Observer, 23 Dec 2007, column by Denis MacShane entitled «An open letter to Nick Clegg»: «Before the 2001 election, I urged Labour voters in seats where Lib - Dem candidates were best placed to beat off Conservatives to vote tactically.

In an independent Scotland governed by the SNP, Labour voters in Glasgow or Liberal Democrats in the Shetlands could make exactly the same complaint.

In fact, one could argue that the collapse in Labour support between the 2010 and 2015 is largely explained by «yes» voters switching from Labour to the SNP.

This group of voters became dissatisfied with the Westminster government during the Thatcher era, felt forgotten by New Labour, and voted Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) en - masse in the 2011 Scottish Parliament election.

«At a time when Britain is led by a government which appears unable to recognise, let alone overcome, the enormous challenges facing it, Labour needs to be outward - looking, united and engaged with the issues that matter to voters,» said Progress.

Voters were courted by political institutions from all sides — the government, all the political parties apart from UKIP, the Bank of England, international organizations, foreign governments, the US President himself and the «Remain» or StrongerIn campaign convened by Conservative, Labour and the smaller parties.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is seen by a large swathe of her supporters - particularly those voters who have abandoned Labour - as a socialist standard - bearer.

One of the biggest challenges faced by the Labour party is convincing voters that things can get better.

Not only did the Liberal Democrats alienate left - leaning voters by entering the coalition, but its leaders did as much as David Cameron and George Osborne to brand Labour as spendthrift and irresponsible — Nick Clegg by playing up the comparison between the UK and Greece, David Laws by brandishing the now - notorious note from Liam Byrne.

The Labour voters apparently inspired by feelings of powerlessness?

Tradition has it that rain is supposed to mean a low turnout by Labour voters, a truism that set us on edge when it became clear that all polling stations were reporting that turnout was unusually high.

Pundits have slated a whole series of policy announcements by Labour as loony lefty extremism — only to discover that the majority of voters think they're an excellent idea.

One of the biggest challenges faced by the Labour party is convincing voters that things can get...

Also, many voters - including Leave voters - reacted against austerity last year by voting for Labour, but the Tories have done little to change course on this and may now decide they don't need to.

Gordon Brown's «bigotgate» disaster helped bring down the New Labour government because by writing off Duffy, Brown was writing off millions of other voters too.

The Survation poll commissioned by Unite union found the Lib Dems are on just 23 % behind Labour on 33 % in the seat, when voters were asked about their constituency vote.

Balls has also run three marathons and learned to play the piano while on the Labour frontbench, as well as becoming chairman of Norwich City FC and turning his hand to writing about cooking since rejection by the voters of Morley & Outwood.

The British Election Study survey evidence suggests that Scottish Labour MPs will not be saved by incumbency effects or tactical voting, so the party will primarily need to attract a significant number of their former voters back from the SNP.

Only by positioning itself as the party of efficiency, spending cuts where necessary and value for money can Labour turn on the Tories and ask voters: now that we have slimmed down the state, do you want the Tories to cut the basics, too?

I think the key lessons for Labour from this by - election are not about whether «One Nation Labour» is reaching «southern voters», or whether Labour needs to adopt policy x, y or z. Instead, the Eastleigh result poses two questions which Labour need to consider:

A Labour official justified floating the plans in the Mail because it was important to speak to key swing voters, but the decision is bound to prove controversial with those who fear Miliband is weakened by sending out mixed messages on migration.

Former Labour leader has used a speech to attack claims made by the «Leave» campaign which he thinks are aimed at «wooing» Labour voters.

It is all too real, a fact recognised by many of the voters Labour needs.

By targeting the forgotten generation rent — estimated to include around 9m people — Labour is making a bid to reclaim the left - behind voters whom UKIP is so assiduously targeting.

The government is struggling to craft a motion that satisfies Liberal Democrat MPs — who in many cases owe their seats to anti-Iraq-war defections from Labour in 2005 — as well as little England Tory backbenchers who, nudged by Ukip's anti-intervention stance yesterday, fear that Nigel Farage speaks for their voters better than Cameron does.

Separate YouGov research finds that up to Friday, Labour had contacted more voters locally than the Tories, in person, by phone, via leaflets and by email.

The frontrunner for the Labour leadership has some good ideas that were rejected by voters when they elected Margaret Thatcher.

Yet this is from the same people who presided over losing five million Labour voters from 1997 to 2010 whilst Ed Miliband increased Labour's vote by 600,000.

The second major way in which the former Labour now SNP voters are distinct is by being much more left - wing on a variety of economic values and issues.

(The fact that this is often said by people who both regard themselves as working class and voted Conservative at the last election probably says as much about the strength of the Labour brand as it does about the caprice of voters).

In Scotland the Labour Party was wiped out by the SNP whose anti-austerity, anti-Trident message resonated with voters.

In other words, he tends to be precisely the left - behind voter who was once solidly Labour but who now feels economically insecure — and abandoned by Labour's middle - class, cosmopolitan and liberal values.

One recent poll of marginal seats found 74 % of Labour voters and 75 % of Ukip voters backed their local service being bought by the state.

But - aided by a floundering Scottish Labour Party which continues to struggle to find a way back into the affections of voters - Sturgeon has cause to feel confident.

The cynical assumption that Labour is following a 35 % strategy of cruising to victory on the back of disillusioned Lib Dem voters and austerity politics appears more convincing by the day.

These are fine intellectual pedigrees, but they are not the full story of socialism in Britain by any means, especially among working - class Labour voters.

The poster fuelled voters» fear of a Labour - SNP alliance and amplified comments by Cameron that «you could end up with a Labour government led by Ed Miliband, propped up by Alex Salmond and the Scottish National party».