Sentences with phrase «alternative labour government»

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They outlined their choice as that of a Tory government that had loosened the austerity noose but failed to use its proceeds to offer them much relief — as opposed to a radical Labour alternative that was ready to turn back on the spending tap.

«Labour will be offering the country an effective alternative to a government that has failed to rebuild the economy, delivered falling living standards and damaging cuts to our schools and NHS.

Len McCluskey, leader of the UK's biggest union, Unite, will use his speech at the historic Durham Miners» Gala today (Saturday) to call upon Labour to renew its connection to working people by delivering a genuine alternative to the government's ruinous austerity programme.

But what underlies the decline of the present Tory government, and the evident inability of the Labour Party to present any convincing alternative, is something more fundamental.

The SNP and Labour may disagree on what that alternative might be, particularly since Labour has, to all intents and purposes, accepted that it will initially inherit the coalition government's policy commitments.

In short, the Labour Party should be gaining (not losing) seats if it is to be a credible alternative government.

The Conservatives are therefore placing more and more emphasis on questioning the legitimacy of the most likely alternative — a Labour government working in co-operation with the SNP.

On the other hand, if the Scottish government fails to achieve this or gain enough support for a second independence referendum, Labour could claim to have a credible alternative that voters can support in a Scottish election.

Now, with Labour's policy review making steady progress under the direction of Jon Cruddas, Miliband has pledged to provide more details of the alternatives on offer from a Labour government in 2013.

Warning the Liberal Democrats must break the «stifling grip of the two - party system,» he said he «refused to believe the only alternative to a clapped out Labour government is a Conservative party which has no answers to the big issues.»

We believe by offering a progressive economic alternative to austerity, Labour can best reach out to a broad coalition of voters whose living standards have declined under this Coalition government.

Labour's leader - in - waiting, Alan Johnson, yesterday restated his proposal for an election day referendum on the alternative vote plus system — the one recommended a decade ago by a commission headed by Roy Jenkins, but then shelved by the Blair government.

It suggests that what has happened in the last month is that Labour supporters who had been disillusioned with Brown's government, but in most cases hadn't embraced the Conservatives as the alternative and were just dismissing the lot of them, have been won back over.

On TTIP (transatlantic trade and investment partnership) Labour were working to protect public services, and for alternatives to the ISDS (investor state dispute settlement) whereby companies can sue governments, in secret, for interfering with their profits.

«When people consider the alternative... the dangers of giving the keys to Number 10 to David Cameron in a Conservative only government where they want to remorselessly cut, cut, cut public services for ideological reasons way beyond what is necessary or put the keys to Number 10 into the hands of Labour, Ed Miliband and Ed Balls, who don't really want to deal with the task of balancing the books, actually they think the sensible thing to do is to stick to the course, finish the job, but finish it fairly.

While they had yet to become electable as a government, they underlined their growing reputation as a worthwhile alternative to Labour and Conservative, offering plenty of debate in parliament and not just representing a protest vote.

This leaves one indisputable function for the Liberal Democrats: to run local government, as a serious alternative either to Labour or to the Tories.

With the Government's plan hurting but not working, for the rest of my time today, I will set out Labour's alternative — not just on fairness, protecting public services, and securing growth; but crucially on how we can get our public finances on a sustainable footing.

«I'm not going to make the normal political speech either as shadow home secretary or as Labour leadership candidate - attacking the Government and setting out an alternative Labour response.

He could see that the Labour party was lurching left and offering no alternative to the government.

Calling this an «elegant» option, Mr Johnson said: «This is a genuinely radical alternative that only Labour in government can facilitate.»

«It's about giving hope to people all over the country that Labour can be an alternative government, ready and equipped to serve.

Labour, he assured them, was preparing to try to form a government with Clegg by offering the alternative - vote without bothering to consult the public in a referendum.

«The Labour party has to get its act together, it has to survive not because we have any right to exist as a party, but because the nation needs strong opposition and we need an alternative government.»

The need for alternatives to the Coalition government's austerity policies is widely shared amongst Labour Party members.

Ed Balls has called on his party to offer a clear «Labour alternative» to the coalition government's programme of spending cuts, as he made his pitch for a senior job in the shadow Cabinet.

It does become a problem if it is an indication of soft support for Labour, if the government become less unpopular once they have a better economy behind them, if minor parties establish themselves as alternative recipients of anti-government votes or if during an election campaign it becomes more of a choice between two alternatives, rather than a judgement on the incumbent.

He added that Labour under Jeremy Corbyn had «effectively decided» not to be an alternative government.

With Labour now attempting to form its own coalition government, the Conservatives promised the Liberal Democrats a referendum on changing the voting mechanism to the Alternative Vote (AV) system.

He also warned Labour moderates against splitting and forming a new party recalling that in the 1980s the formation of the SDP «split the Left and made it almost impossible for voters to vote for an alternative government».

The Labour Party in opposition needs to present itself as an alternative government, but just as importantly the role of the main opposition party in a parliamentary democracy is to seek to influence the decisions of government, and shape the political debate.

She told reporters at the event that Corbyn had minimal chance of winning in June, but said Labour's confusion over whether it would replace Trident or not «gets to the heart of Labour's lack of credibility as an alternative government».

The commission was set up in December 1997 by the Labour government with the support of the Liberal Democrats, to investigate alternatives to the single member plurality (or «first past the post») electoral system used for British general elections.

«Honestly, we can not afford to havge a Labour party that's not presently a powerful opposition and a credible alternative government.

«In contrast, Jeremy has made clear his commitment to oppose the policies of this Tory government which are harming working families in our country, and put forward his positive alternative so that we can get Labour back into government to rebuild and transform Britain so that no one and no community is left behind.»

But Mr Miliband backed Mr Corbyn and said Labour could «absolutely» win a general election under him, just weeks after supporting Owen Smith for the leadership because he wanted someone who could make the party a «serious alternative government».

Next week Ed Miliband marks his first year as Labour's leader as supporters of the party look to him and Ed Balls to articulate an alternative to the government's austerity plans.

But only 25 % thought Labour has a «serious alternative» to the Government's plans.

Labour MP Steve McCabe said it was «remarkable» that alternative provision, the «very pupils for whom one would have thought we would have the maximum concern», was «relegated to two lines at the bottom of the government's explanatory statement».

While the UK Independence Party offers an alternative, people are afraid that the first - past - the - post system of voting they have there will just split the conservative vote and deliver government to Labour.