Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor of the Economist: Labour will
become electable once it moves back to the centre
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.
He says that there is lots of work to be done if he is to
become electable.
His conclusion will give succour to his party: «In the 2005 Parliament, the Conservative Party
became electable, in a way that it was not in the period between 1997 and 2005.
If he is elected leader, the Labour Party has no chance of
becoming electable on whatever basis for the time he is leader.
Not exact matches
«He has
become more visible lately but not more
electable.»
That is why the Libdems are being relentlessly squeezed - as the Conservatives
become more and more
electable, Libdems are irrelevant to the real political battle.
Gordon Brown says Labour has to
become «credible» and «
electable» once again in order to change people's lives.