Sentences with phrase «old party loyalties»

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The Prime Minister won his job by earning the loyalty of the old Reform party even though he used to be Preston Manning's most persistent internal critic.

It seems to me that too few have grasped how the fundamentals of British politics are changing — how public loyalty to the main parties is in decline, how issues are now more important than old tribal allegiances and how the rise of new concerns such as nationalism and immigration cut across old party divides.

In an effort to strengthen party supremacy, the committee also said «all members of the party — old and new — should make public a written affirmation of their loyalty to the party and its constitution.»

Wade's reference to Corcoran's party loyalty — including free legal work — infuriated Walsh's backers, who launched their insurgent campaign in reaction to what they view as a closed system dominated by old - style machine politics that elevates white men over female and minority candidates.