Sentences with phrase «minister appealed to voters»

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He would also discover which of his ministers had the greatest appeal (in every sense) to taxpaying voters.

Some Cabinet ministers fear that Mr Brown is locked into pursuing a «core vote» strategy appealing to Labour's traditional voters in the north and the Midlands, and risks alienating southern middle - class voters who may be more supportive of cuts in public spending.

He insisted David Cameron's privileged background was not an insurmountable barrier, pointing out that Harold Macmillan, who married the daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire, did more than any other postwar Tory prime minister to appeal to working class voters.

The margin of Labour's victory, 8,111 votes, was higher than many expected, and allowed the party to claim it had proved its appeal to its core voters by substantially defeating the Scottish National party, which last year embarrassed the prime minister by winning the Glasgow East byelection.

Polls have tightened in recent weeks as the leave camp has begun to ramp up its warnings that immigration can only be controlled from outside the EU and has made personal attacks on Cameron's character, a message that may appeal to traditional Labour voters who want to punish the prime minister.

DfE policy is not about improving schools, it is about keeping the ministers in post and appealing to their core voters.