Sentences with phrase «about labour»

But let's not personalise this on Ed Miliband — this is about the Labour leadership as a whole, the people at the top.

On the Daily Politics Andy Burnham, the shadow health secretary, criticised the media for being unduly negative about Labour's peformance in Heywood and Middleton.

It was about Labour striking a pose, finding a proxy issue that highlighted the party's new toughness when it comes to public spending and reining in costly government projects (well, one that wasn't Trident at any rate).

Len McCluskey has insisted he is «optimistic» about Labour's election chances - less than 24 hours after it emerged he believed losing 30 MPs would be a good result for the party.

By the time the GE came around Farage had blown what had made UKIP successful chasing BNP votes, and pushed Tory voters back... especially with the worry about Labour being the biggest party in a hung parliament and reliant on an authoritarian Sturgeon to get them into govt.

I think a lot of the people with real power in and around the party need to do some reflecting on what these practices say about Labour's real «values»: let alone, God forbid, «One Nation Labour.»

No, the real political importance lies in what it reveals about Labour's record.

Tory activists have long wanted the leadership to be much more negative about Labour but Tory strategists were anxious not to get ahead of the public mood.

The interview, which came after Corbyn refused to answer questions about a potential early general election from an ITV reporter earlier in the day, sowed confusion about Labour's Brexit strategy, which had appeared clearer since a shadow Brexit team led by Keir Starmer was appointed last month.

If we are going to be protectionist about labour movement (and the editor has just said he is in favour of some labour protectionism), why are we favouring the Europeans, of all people?

Not sure, if this is undetAnd, labour spent more than the Tories in 2005 75 % of labours spending in 1997 came from the private side, and recall 1979 when the closed shop meant everyone had to joina Union, that union had to give money to the labour party, we knew the next election would be the most vicious since 1992 ′ we win the campaign, lost the election that time, The Tory press isn't as strong as it was then, the tories haven't got lost of «extremist» stories about labour they had thrn to smear us now, They're a smaller party not just cos of Ukip, But labour has a lot of keen strong members, and it'll come doen to 70 or so marginal seats what happens, while not losing our working class votes in Newcastle, birmingham Luton Rotherham, Scotland, and if they're not abstaining, or voting Ukip, we have to ask why they're voting tory

But the accounts of Blair's private thoughts about Brown show why he was so guarded about Labour's chances in the election.

But what about Labour?

We need to hear much more about those and less of what George Osborne thinks about Labour's day - to - day political woes.

When Brown's credit economy unravels George Osborne must be ready and willing to make a lot of noise about Labour's economic failures.

Nobody was surprised to see David Cameron ribbing Jeremy Corbyn about the Labour leader's reshuffle as the pair went head - to - head at prime minister's questions today.

He was wrong about the Labour manifesto.

OK, let's accept that he can use that defence, but only on condition that when he talks about Labour's «legacy», he includes the effects of the policies that Labour would have implemented had it won a fourth term.

In 1997, our pledges - though intentionally small - told a wider story about Labour's values and intentions.

Rumours about Labour's ability to weather the current the political storm abound, with many commentators already drawing up a list of potential leadership contenders.

«If there was some deal between the Conservatives and the News Corporation [News International's parent company], then what about Labour's deal in 1997, 2001, 2005?

Liz Kendall has admitted she may have been too «blunt» about Labour's shortcomings during her Labour leadership campaign.

Hardly surprising, then, that they have never managed to inspire confidence and that the biggest single concern people have about another Labour government — despite Mr Miliband's protests — is that it would once again spend and borrow more than the country can afford.

He says: «What is striking about the Labour leadership election is that whatever you thought about Jeremy Corbyn, none of the other candidates came across as having yet got the depth and maturity and the leadership ability to lead their party.

The boasts about Labour being the mainstream have a solid foundation because, to be more exact, our party is one of two mainstreams.

(When you think about the Labour leader is the 14th Mr Miliband.)

A similar Sir Humphrey argument might be used about Labour's 3p fuel duty rise, which is planned for January 2013.

It's taken me almost a week to write about Labour's result, that's how shocked I was.

The Beeb will only talk about Ashcroft and not about Labour donors.

Along with other vice chancellors, Beer expressed clear reservations about Labour's 2015 manifesto commitment to reduce student fees to # 6,000.

The story is about Labour voters that feel Labour doesn't represent them and see UKIP as a viable alternative.

Eaton is optimistic about Labour's chances of forming a government since the 2017 general election.

It's not surprising, given these antics, that the public were confused about Labour's message.

Charlie Elphicke asked a biting question about Labour blocking the IMF's assessment of Britain's structural deficit while in government.

One shadow minister told PoliticsHome: «Jeremy has shown this morning that he doesn't care about the Labour party and, more importantly, the country.

What is conspicuous about Labour leadership contests in the new era is that, unlike those confined to the PLP only — let alone Tory elections — they have more often than not been foregone conclusions.

You are making assumptions about Labour Party economic policy, that are not justified.

The Conservatives have tried to say nothing about Labour's new top rate of income tax, but would have to show their hand.

«You have to be ready for anything,» Dan Jarvis told the BBC when they recently asked about his Labour leadership ambitions.

He told the New Statesman Ms Kendall had «challenged conventional wisdom» and asked tough questions about Labour's future after its defeat.

Amid controversy about Conservative spending commitments and their claims about Labour's tax policy, the Liberal Democrat economic affairs spokesman today branded the Tories cynical in his speech to the Liberal Democrat conference in Bournemouth.

Billy spoke of the urgent need for a Labour government, and expresses concerns about the Labour vote in Scotland.

Corbyn has a more fundamental decision about Labour's direction.

[reverting to an English accent] The fact is, genuinely, I do not want another Labour government while I'm mayor or indeed for the forseeable future, I think they would take us in completely the wrong direction... It's the pointless negativity that I dislike about Labour.

One could say much the same today about Labour's view of the SNP.

Tristram Hunt, one of three Labour modernisers hoping to stand for the leadership, has written in the Guardian about Labour's need to regain the trust of the working class.

«I stood for the Labour leadership as the candidate of the Left and trade union movement so that there could be a proper debate about Labour's future in which all the wings of the party were fully represented.

He talks of needing to «establish far more clearly what needs to be defended about Labour's record in government, not just join the blanket Tory denigration».

Similarly, people may find their lives simpler and fairer and conclude that they were right about Labour all along.

For the second, I suspect any data is fatally flawed by the public's low awareness of the candidates — right now, polls about the Labour leadership are little more than name recognition contests.