Sentences with phrase «as a party of government»

As a reminder of how much harder I will always have to work to repay the people I let down and to help rebuild Labour as a party of government determined to fight the injustices that scar our communities and the failures that hold us back from becoming the country we can be.

It can also draw upon its experience as a party of government in Scotland, particularly as a minority government between 2007 and 2011.

«I came into politics to help remake the Labour party as a party of government.

David Cameron's got his hands full on his summer holidays: figuring out how to cement the Conservatives as THE party of government for the 21st century.

Specifically with regards the Labour Party, we're seen as the party of government, not the party of the people.

While the triangulation strategy may mesh well with the cold rationality of electoral marketing and reflect the party's new maturity as a party of government, it will do little to set political pulses racing.

Depending on one's political disposition, since its emergence as a party of government in 1924, Labour has been too sensible, or too timid, to elect a radical as leader.

«Our successful policy delivery is an argument for the SNP as the party of government and responsibility in Scotland.»

Mr Salmond said: «This is an historic first in the history of the Scottish National Party and of Scotland - the SNP meeting in conference as a party of government.

Partly that's because he's got an effective message (see above), partly that's because his rivals are fading away (see below), and partly that's because Eastleigh showed that the Lib Dems can hold seats if they fight on their record as a party of government.

As to whether «The Labour Party is unelectable as the party of government as long as Ed Miliband is its leader», 33 % of the general public agree, 28 % disagree and 39 % do not know.

Writing on The Independent's website, he warned: «This gap goes to the heart of Labour's credibility as a party of government, so narrowing it must be a strategic priority.»

Nick Clegg took the deliberate decision to try to re-position his party as a party of government, rather than a party of protest.

If it wasn't for FPTP Labour as a party of government would already be dead and buried.

He rejects the hard - headed instincts of previous leaders, while his commitment to Labour as a party of government is ambiguous.

And the job of us all now, as a party of government, is to help other people into work.

Do they really want to fight a campaign that might be dominated by the issue of expenses, which is hurting Labour, as the party of government, disproportionately?