Sentences with phrase «labour voters know»

The party will also struggle to keep its vote up at a general election where Labour voters know that every seat is vital.

Not exact matches

Scottish Tories currently campaigning for local government elections on May 4th tell stories about encountering long - standing Labour voters in local authority areas not exactly known for being friendly to Conservatives and who now declare their intention to vote for «Ruth» and the Tories.

Were an individual Gloucestershire voter given up to seven votes to distribute as s / he saw fit, it is of course impossible to know whether this would lead to seven Conservative MPs returned (as was the case in the 2015 election), or a mixture of parties (in 2005 the seats were split three Conservative, two Labour and two Liberal Democrat).

«You know Boris Johnson and Michael Gove are very divisive with old Labour voters in Rotherham.

But as the scandalous move to deny thousands of new voters a ballot in the ongoing leadership election shows, the Labour establishment clearly feels insecure that people are no longer as obedient as they once were.

The report reveals the Labour party is no longer considered the party of «fairness», with only 32 % of southern voters clear with what «Labour stood for these days».

But after Brexit, appearing «prime ministerial» is no longer the deal - breaker it used to be for the kind of angry voter Labour needs to attract if it is to win the next election.

He can either make clear to his supporters that there will be no return to the days of lavish spending, or he can fight an election knowing that most voters do not believe Labour have learned their lessons, and that many of his potential voters fear Labour would once again borrow and spend more than the country can afford.

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.

For the first time in a generation, Labour is no longer the default choice for low - income voters, alienated from the largely socially conservative workers who once formed the core of its support.

He argues that to win the next election, Ed Miliband needs to make clear to his supporters that there will be no return to the days of lavish spending, or fight an election knowing that most voters do not believe Labour have learned their lessons, and that many of his potential voters fear Labour would once again borrow and spend more than the country can afford.

At the same time, voters in the south no longer regard Labour as the party of fairness.

We now know that these larger poll numbers were predicated on large numbers of potential voters who were powerfully demotivated; witness the Labour voters who stayed at home at the 2009 European elections.

Second, Ipsos MORI's poll confirms that one of the criticisms of Labour that has often been heard since the referendum, viz. that voters do not know what Labour stands for any more, still has considerable force.

But it also looks like nearly half of Labour's lost voters may no longer vote at all.

They know that without the cover of the Labour Party their policies would appeal only to Tory voters.

The problem then is the Yvette voter Independent readers, wouldn't vote for A Kate Hoey type, in fact of the current ex labour, libdem voters I know the only Brexiters they had respect for were, lord Glasman, Christian Wolmar, Tom Harris and Denis Healey, before he died

Voters in the south no longer see Labour as the party of fairness and believe they get «little or nothing» back from government from their taxes, a report to be published next month will argue.

Better Together believes it persuaded many Labour voters to return to the No camp, eclipsing the contribution made by Alistair Darling, the former Labour Chancellor and leader of the Better Together campaign.

And we need to organise in the communities we seek to represent so voters know that the Labour party exists to help them change the things that matter to them.

The swing against Labour here in Tottenham will be greater than in most places because local voters know that David Lammy is a particularly useless MP.

To continue to undermine and attack their partners plays to a demographic which is no longer in the building: The Tory - hating 2010 Lib Dem voters are now ensconced with Labour or the Greens or even UKIP or may have given up voting.

«The dominance of Tory voices in the media and the halfhearted campaigning of Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader, meant that many voters did not know what the party's official position was.

The LibDem leader knows that he can't rule out a coalition with Labour or he'll risk losing a large number of his left - leaning voters.

Purnell said that Labour should be more honest about the looming cuts because voters knew the choice would be between Tory cuts and Labour cuts.

SDLP voters know that their party will support Labour at Westminster.

Tony Benn et al would turn in their graves knowing what is happening to the Party and where certain MPs still do not know how the labour voter thinks or indeed ticks.

As much as 29 % of Lib Dem voters in the last election told the poll they would vote for Labour or the Green party, 15 % would defect to the Conservatives or Ukip and 22 % said they did not know who they would for.

It's time for the Conservatives and Labour to realise that the world has moved on, reform is no longer a taboo subject and voters expect politicians to deliver results based on solid evidence, not overblown rhetoric.

The economic realities of the North of England are nuanced and many voters believe that it no longer makes sense to blame the Conservatives for everything bad, while placing blind faith in Labour.

According to Comres, 56 % of SNP voters in Labour - held seats say their desire for independence is one of two main reasons they are now backing the nationalists, with 35 % saying that «Labour no longer represents people like me» and 30 % saying «the other parties have broken promises on devolution.»

His full findings will be published in a report over the summer, but for now he's clear his party faces a real challenge, «referendum or not», to win round voters who feel Labour no longer understands them.

The «don't know enough» figures among Labour voters are smaller, but still considerable.

Voters know it happened on Labour's watch.

In contrast, «no» voters share their loyalties: 44 % Labour, 36 % Conservative, 7 % each SNP and Lib Dem.

If the No camp is serious about winning this vote, it needs to actively think of ways to engage with Labour voters and this needs to happen sooner rather than later.

We know that the first electoral test for the Coalition will motivate Labour voters to turn - out and Labour activists to ensure a high turnout.

It also worked for Labour voters and the No - voting Left grabbed it too.

Huge boost for Cooper for anyone who knows anything about Labour history, but given Healey s status as the standard bearer of the party s right wing I suspect it won t dissuade many Corbyn voters.

Alternative Vote (known as preferential vote in Australia) was deliberately introduced in order to thwart progressive voters: first tried in the Corangamite by - election of 1918, as it allowed competition between the two conservative parties without putting seats at risk to the Labour Party.

Not quite half of all voters back capitalism as the best way to ensure a thriving economy; but only 11 % think that Labour is better off without having one of capitalism's best known exponents in its ranks.

When he did engage it was half - hearted and in the end Labour Party members and voters didn't know where the Leader really stood on this crucial issue.

We're fighting hard for a majority, who knows how things will turn out, I think, look, very many Labour Party members, voters, supporters, would find that very difficult and some Liberal Democrat voters would find that very difficult as well, but we'll deal with the situation as we find it.

If the disillusioned ex labour voters could read the retorts of Nikki, LB, Carly Trofm and BenM i'm sure they would no their future Could be in good hands.

In the meantime, saturated in shame and humiliation, Labour voters will continue to desert the party created to represent their interests in the full and certain knowledge that the leader of the Labour party knows exactly what he is doing and has no interest in retaining their support.

And in evidence that the Conservatives are serious about «knowing the enemy», Conservative voters are more likely to correctly identify the Labour shadow cabinet than Labour voters.

If Jeremy Corbyn is able to say on Thursday to those 50 % of Labour voters who don't yet know what Labour's position is «we are unequivocally for», that can only be a good thing because Labour voters - whether it be because of the social chapter or our economic gains, never mind our place in the world - have a huge amount to gain, and a huge amount to lose if we get this decision wrong.»

It's surprising considering that 85 % of students voted Remain in the referendum, Manchester Central saw a 15 % increase in 18 - 24 voters voting for Labour in this year's Snap Election (as many believe that Corbyn and Labour are the antidote to Theresa May's Hard Brexit or No Deal Brexit) and Manchester homes 40,000 students across the city.

So, Labour can not win in 2020 no matter who is leading it — they do not possess anywhere in their senior level any politicians that have the gravitas that Osborne, May or Johnson have (one of those three will lead the tories for GE2020) and nor do they have a financial message (left or right) that the voters find superior to what the tories are offering.

The 10.6 percentage - point margin of victory for the No camp — despite Labour haemorrhaging almost 40 per cent of its voters to Yes — was wider than pollsters had predicted.