Sentences with phrase «because labour supporters»

The reason that David Cameron came out top is because Labour supporters» preferences were split between Blair and Brown, but there was only Conservative option in the question.

Corbyn is winning precisely because Labour supporters understand who he is and what he wants and don't understand the same of his rivals.

Not exact matches

Labour lost because they: a) broke manifold electoral promises b) lied shamelessly to the people and parliament c) engaged in industrial - scale corruption and lame cover - up d) wilfully enraged their newest supporters e) eschewed democracy at every opportunity f) treated the electorate like idiots g) alienated a vast constituency of voters with strong personal interest in the well - being of our servicemen h) inherited the most benign of economies and recklessly maxed out the public debt i) devoted inordinate time and effort to policies based on immature class war antics j) engaged in open internal dissent while being too cowardly to take any definitive action k) offered a wholly negative electoral campaign Unless confidence is restored in these areas, Labour will continue to be despised.

Labour won the 1974 General Election after Enoch Powell had told his supporters to vote Labour because of Europe.

The idea of encroaching into enemy territory because your own supporters have nowhere else to go is at the heart of the hollowing out of Labour.

Blairism will prove an attractive siren song for Labour supporters because it offers clear answers which have previously been shown to win elections.

I argued here that Conservative and Lib Dem supporters in Scotland probably would not often vote tactically for Labour because they are not much more fond of Labour than they are of the SNP.

The thing is, most labour supporters were unhappy at blair because he was afraid of doing anything to alienate the centre.

Probably because the parliamentary Labour party, which overwhelmingly backs Smith, still clings onto the illusion that no matter how obnoxiously the party behaves towards its core supporters, it is still entitled to millions of votes from poor voters who have no alternative.

Labour have continued to win seats in their core constituencies because the majority of their old supporters refuse to vote for other parties but those are slowly dying off.

A majority in the Labour movement believe the party lost the election because its traditional core supporters decided not to vote Labour, not because middle class swing voters went to other parties.

«We're only any of us in parliament because of the work of Labour party members and supporters and, of course, voters - and I urge them to recognise that.

That's why we set up our Labour campaign, headed by Alan Johnson, because we want to talk to Labour supporters and persuade them this is the right thing to do in the interests of the country and themselves, their families, their jobs, their incomes that depend on being part of this single market.

Therefore while Labour could support a Lib Dem led government as the change its supporters prefer, the Lib Dems could not back a Labour government to continue in office just because together they have more MPs.

Those polled were dismissive of the reasons offered for not holding a referendum, with 52 % saying that politicians who did not support a vote did so because they thought it would not give them the result they wanted, while 46 % of Labour supporters agreed — despite this being their party's policy.

«As a Labour party supporter I'm furious, because I don't think I should have had to bring this case,» she said.

The pamphlet suggests that Labour supporters might wish to dump their local MP because they are «too detached from the opinions and priorities of the Labour - loyal voters who sent him or her to SW1 0AA in the first place».

Because although this kind of thing is all brilliant fun for a hall full of Tory supporters, all this Labour - bashing was a bit of a shot in the foot, playing in Labour's favour:

She told Labour MPs and supporters: «Everything we're proud of — from the NHS, to the minimum wage, to equality legislation which has civilised our society — is there because we were in Government.

Committed Labour supporters won't be swayed by the argument that «they are all the same», because we know that isn't true.

In the past fortnight, since Labour's election results I've spent time speaking to members, registered supporters, CLP office - holders, MPs and candidates to understand the answer to two questions: who switched to Corbyn — because this level of support for the hard left in the party is unprecedented — and why.

And so far so good, because the New Labour Governments, of which Mr Miliband was such an enthusiastic supporter, largely adopted what the «adaptive European Right» was offering.

That's happened because Ed's recent victory surprised many, not least his brother and his brother's supporters, and some of Ed's people see a need to spin away the role played in Ed's victory by the two - thirds of the electorate who voted as union members, hence the suggestion that Labour «supporters» be added in some way to the electorate.

This is because a significant number of Londoners — 8 % of our total sample — are Labour supporters (according to their General Election voting intention) who prefer Boris as mayor.

The former foreign secretary David miliband, 44, told constituency supporters in South Shields that Labour had lost the election because «our conversation with the public broke down» while saying the priority in opposition was to reform, repair and rebuild.

If labour lose certain seats we've got because the White working class, self employed man, witha St George's flag outside ina council home votes UKIP are you going to say it doesn't matter as that sort of chav stereotype, is something that we as labour supporters shouldnt want anyway

There are no sane voices in the Labour Party that can be heard over this shouting - in fact it is worse than being drowned out because the so called «moderates» are themselves fully signed up to the EU project and actually not just disagree with their core supporters - they despise them for their views.

This should be worrying for Labour supporters, because as well as losing large amounts of support after every election, during their previous stints in government the Conservatives have also won back large amounts of support in the two years prior to an election with an average gain of 18.5 % against Labour.

«I think the litmus test for so much of this is that because I believe the Labour party is a broad church I would always consider people like Jeremy and his supporters to be in a party that I'm a member of the difference is that they would never see me as being in a party that they would want to be members of.»

Because you simply couldn't imagine the current Labour leaders working with a website where Labour supporters took pop - shots at them.

Some of them were not Labour supporters precisely because the Blair - Brown governments were seen as too business friendly and anti-union.

This is because almost two in three Labour voters would have given their second preferences to the Lib Dems in Conservative - Lib Dem contests, while Lib Dem supporters preferred Labour rather than the Tories by a margin of three - to - two in Lab - Con seats.

In particular, a vigorous «yes» campaign among Labour voters could sway the result, because it is Labour supporters who have shifted most strongly since June from «yes» to «no».