Sentences with phrase «at hard labour»

This meant energy was not expended like most prisoners who worked at hard labour with a pick and axe.

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In December 2010, Charles» hard work and dedication earned him a seat at the Cabinet table when he was appointed Minister of Labour.

At every moment the vast and horrible Thing breaks in upon us through the crevices and invades our precarious dwelling - place, that Thing we try so hard to forget but which is always there, separated from us only by thin dividing walls: fire, pestilence, earthquake, storm, the unleashing of dark moral forces, all these sweep away ruthlessly, in an instant, what we had laboured with mind and heart to build up and make beautiful.

Alongside this stream of modern philosophic and scientific thought, we have the Christian Church, labouring hard to preserveher inheritance and at last gaining a little in Europe, but mainly because of the bitter fruits already ripening in the communist - atheist countries, not because of any new stirring from within herself.

For that reason only we find now the ruling powers are in the hands of secular non religious ones... The conference above stated that the secular regimes in the West had used the indifference between religions, branches, doctrines by creating «Fitnah» said to be harder than killing... because you get all those with Fitnah to fight among them selves... beside establishing and supporting terrorist groups to get the area unstable far from investment and development environment that has caused the mass immigration of the capital heads, professions and skilled labour hands from their countries to the west and be treated as garbage at countries that they do not belong to whether as culture, race or religion....

In a famous hadith (tradition) he is reported to have kissed the callous hands of a companion who had come from the hard physical labour of felling a tree fro firewood, while his brother claimed to be at the mosque engaged in worship.

Last year the Labour peer Lord Watts had his own dig at North London Labourites when he described them as «the London - centric hard - left political class who sit around in their # 1 million mansions eating their croissants at breakfast and seeking to lay the foundations for a socialist revolution».

«If ministers were as good at upgrading roads as they are at making announcements about upgrading roads, life would be considerably easier for Britain's hard - pressed motorists,» Labour's Michael Dugher said this morning.

The second is that they use it with as much precision as Margaret Thatcher; for if one cavils at Thatcher's materialistic interpretation of the story, it is hard to feel much more comfortable with Labour's general «the state should jolly well get involved and do something» interpretation.

The Tories will implement boundary reform as one of their first actions, making it at least 20 seats harder for Labour to beat them.

They run from the centre - left to the hard right, from Remainers who feel betrayed by Labour's Brexit support to Brexiters who feel the party is too soft on the issue, from those outraged by the anti-semitism scandal to those aghast at Labour's flirtation with Putin - orchestrated conspiracy theories about events in Salisbury and Syria.

I agree with those who suggest a long hard look at what Labour stands for rather than a fudged compromise and more - of - the - same - with - a-different-smile.

2) Association with the Lib Dems — this was always going to make it into something of a referendum on Nick Clegg and makes it very hard to have a coherent Yes movement when Labour supporters of AV are furious at the Libs and they in turn are arrogantly insulting to Labour.

These are all people who have tried hard to contribute to Corbyn's Labour, and are now at the end of their tether.

Despite the exuberant claims at their manifesto launches, both Labour and the Conservatives will be hard pressed to neutralise their weaknesses before polling day.

We polled a thousand votes more than Labour in the recent Euro elections in the South West seat and are campaigning hard to go one better at the forthcoming Westminster election.

The story of Labour in the 1980s is the story of how the hard left was beaten back in the party apparatus at both the local and national level.

«First that every man shall marry at least two women and the man who refuses to do so shall be subjected to life imprisonment with hard labour.

So if any of the above are elected, take a long, hard look at the Labour benches for those responsible.

«If Unite elects a more moderate leader, the hard left would no longer have the votes on the NEC and at conference to push through rule changes,» says Luke Akehurst, secretary of Labour First, the network of Labour moderates.

Liz has a track record of working hard in elections and campaigns for Labour and is delighted with the opportunity to be at the heart of Blaydon's campaign in this vital election.

She will say: «I am not going to stand back whilst this government takes aim at hard - fought workers» rights, abuses their small majority to try to destroy the Labour party while it is in opposition.

Had the public been able to take the Labour manifesto at its word, those who opposed a hard Brexit would have struggled to vote for the party.

Giving his maiden speech in the House of Lords this week, former Labour MP and chair of the parliamentary Labour party David Watts said: «My advice to my own party leadership is that they should take less notice of the London - centric hard left political class who sit around in their # 1m mansions eating their croissants at breakfast and seeking to lay the foundations for a socialist revolution.»

The party works its faithful harder than Labour or the Tories, but at least they can «pop out for a Charlie» to take a breather

«If you leave between the Brexit - dominated Tory party and a hard - left Labour party vast, uncultivated centre ground, at some point someone is going to come along and cultivate it,» he said.

With Ed Miliband left to continue rebuilding Labour's reputation when it comes to manufacturing, and the aviation lobby STILL pushing hard for a third runway at Heathrow, this definitely felt like Budget buildup season.

Even the recession hit younger people hardest - the employment rate of those aged over 50 continues to be at record levels, despite the downturn in the labour market.

Last week, Ukip unveiled election posters depicting an out of work construction worker with the slogan: «EU policy at work: British workers are hit hard by unlimited cheap labour.»

Shadow transport secretary Michael Dugher told the New Statesman that the establishment of the hard - left Momentum group was «crazy» at a time when Labour is trying to win back the public's trust.

The Labour frontbencher was speaking in the Commons this afternoon when he sought to present the prime minister's keynote speech as a win for Labour, with May having ruled out a hard Brexit «at this stage».

Over at The Guardian, Andrew Sparrow called it «a sincere speech» but added: «It is hard to see how it advances Labour politically.»

The Labour leader was first to do so, stating that he had an email from someone called Rosie who was not his chief whip Rosie Winterton, but a younger namesake who worked «incredibly hard» but still had to live at home with her parents.

Another featured a builder sat on the pavement with the message: «EU policy at work: British workers are hit hard by unlimited cheap labour.»

«It is astonishing that at a time when millions of families and pensioners are being hit hard by deep spending cuts and tax rises, the first priority of David Cameron's restless Tory backbenchers is unfair tax cuts only for a few,» Labour Treasury spokesman David Hanson said.

They are Labour's first real response to the question the party is finding so hard to answer at a national level: «So what would you do then»?

It has proved hard enough for Labour MPs to decide for themselves to get rid of Brown; making the change at the behest of a rival party would be even harder.

Today, at the Tilda rice mill in Essex, the former Labour foreign secretary is to launch a campaign to stop what he calls «hard Brexit».

That's why Labour's transport team have been out in recent weeks talking to the hard - pressed members of travelling public at bus and railway stations up and down the country.

And backbencher Jamie Reed said he would stand at a general election «under a Labour banner» but he would find it hard to stand on Corbyn's manifesto.

The Labour leadership election is about choosing someone to be leader of the Opposition for the next 4 and 1/2 years, give David Cameron a hard time at PMQs every Wednesday, and lead the Labour Party into the next General Election in 2020.

It's time to take a long hard look at the past 13 years of New Labour and ask ourselves - have things changed for the better?

Shadow secretary of state for local government Eric Pickles said: «Local residents will be outraged at cash being stuffed in the pockets of electorally - challenged Labour politicians, and Labour's unpopularity in the polls being rewarded with taxpayers» hard - earned money.»

During PMQs it seemed that Cameron was not afraid of the hard questions coming his way, and answered them with the same brutality, at one point telling Labour Leader Ed Miliband: «In this party, the leader reshuffles the Cabinet.

«The dilemmas facing the Tories are almost as hard as those facing Labour, but all parties face a new threat - general anger at self - serving elites whose claims to wisdom are bust and whose behaviour is under new scrutiny.»

The officials at the Labour Party Conference, pursuing again as usual the hard - right bias instilled by the culture still remaining from the tenure of a previous General Secretary, Margaret McDonagh, stitched up the economic debate today.

It is hard to see how Labour, even with Corbyn at the helm, can outfox the SNP on this crucial issue.

And since he became Labour leader, Miliband has worked hard to put movement politics at the heart of the party's culture.

If Ed were to take his newly secure berth at the top of the Labour Party and run with it too soon, it would probably bring a screeching halt to the newly emerging narrative of a steadily built and hard won confidence.

Richard McKinnon.the idea the far left ago are still trying to save face that they nearly destroyed the party in the early 80's are only letting young student momentum types, takr over some Moribund areas, or ousting hard working councillors from positions by getting their mates to tun up, is more obvious, they're not doing it because not enough people want Blair at th Hague, in fact some blairites were dead against Iraq, some blue labour types want Blair at The Hague, the far left would have gone done their path, had nine of this happened, they waited for their chance 2010 we were bunt out, 2015 was the first time, after we'd lost power in history, where we didn't have a civil war, we showed loyalty to Ed M, and look what happened, the hard left are using tricks, on having their open meetings with motions, or getting George Galloway backers to turn up to meetings, momentum, even have kill Blair protests, via Socialist worker