Sentences with phrase «ballot box test»

Jeremy Corbyn has defied his critics in spectacular fashion as Labour won a thumping victory in his first ballot box test.

Jeremy Corbyn defied his critics - and sources in his own party - in spectacular fashion today as Labour won a thumping victory in his first ballot box test.

Jeremy Corbyn defied his critics in spectacular fashion today as Labour won a thumping victory in his first ballot box test.

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And even if it does not feature in the British election debate, the idea of replacing means - tested cash benefits with an unconditional, universal weekly payment to every adult citizen as a right of citizenship will soon be tested at the Swiss ballot box, with a referendum on basic income in Switzerland due sometime this year.

The junior coalition party suffered at the ballot box across England, Scotland and Wales in last week's elections, their first major electoral test since entering power last year.

The results were the first test of Jeremy Corbyn at the ballot box, and there was enough for all parties to be both happy and disappointed about.

The deputy prime minister could handle the slings and arrows of misfortune at the ballot box for as long as he could pass what his inner circle refer to as «the mirror test».

As our new Prime Minister she must practice what she preaches and test her authority and right to rule at the ballot box.

Carbon taxing had a test run at the ballot box last November in the state of Washington, and it ended badly.

A cross-party consensus existed on an issue that had never been tested at the ballot box, notwithstanding the Green Party, which struggled to rise above low single - digit percentages of the vote after four decades of campaigning.