Sentences with phrase «blame it all on labour»

While some, such as @LeaveEUOfficial, have blamed it on Labour wanting to get the Muslim vote, as far as I can tell, none of these politicians are Muslim, and at least some of these politicians don't have much of a Muslim constituency.

George Osborne tried to pin the blame on Labour, who supported the principle of Lords reform by not the timetable for the bill.

Nevertheless, a Cameron minority government could easily inaugurate a long period of Conservative rule, as the economic difficulties could be blamed on Labour.

With Brown swanning around the world to a chorus of heroic folk songs about the magnitude of his genius, Tory attempts to pin blame on Labour look petty, even when many people believe them to be true.

Many voters who may well be receptive to Corbyn if they lived in other parts of the UK would therefore be likely to place a lot of blame on Labour for its role in securing a No vote.

«The Tory plan is clear: use inflated fears of a debt and monetary crisis to justify massive public spending cuts and an increase in VAT now; blame it all on Labour's management of the economy; and use the resulting war - chest to cut income tax before the next election,» wrote Mr Balls.

In the form of Sayeeda Warsi and Chris Huhne, the Coalition raised the curtain on what the former described as «a summer of scrutiny» on Labour - in other words, on a political push to pin the blame on Labour for the autumn spending scaleback to come.

You'd expect Tory MPs to pin the blame on Labour.

Hope the inevitable economic collapse comes after she's gone or that she can somehow blame it all on Labour.

Not exact matches

While it's a stretch to blame all their problems on labour - market rigidity, a deliberate lack of employment flexibility has certainly made it more difficult for them to adjust to changing circumstances.

Because Labour happened to be in government when the financial crash hit, the Tories were able to effectively blame the crisis on the main point of difference between the parties: Labour's higher spending on the welfare state.

Firstly that they see this as an opportunity to increase their majority at the expense of Labour and UKIP both of which are now in rather awkward positions and secondly that the current leadership has inherited a bit of an awkward position themselves in that they are committed to a process which is both diplomatically and politically potentially very difficult and dangerous and if it all goes horribly wrong they are really out on a limb so if they get a fresh mandate they can at least blame the voters.

Labour will, of course, seek to blame Osborne and Cameron for these cuts and Tories are anxious about a «severed legs» strategy where Labour make headline - grabbing cuts wherever they have power, hoping to inflict maximum damage on the Coalition in Westminster, while Tory councils, for example, make responsible cuts.

Labour took the blame for the crisis, just in the same way the Conservatives lost their reputation for economic competence on Black Wednesday in 1992, when the pound was ejected from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.

The Health Secretary has gradually moved, partly under pressure from Conservative backbenchers, to put some of the blame where it belongs - on the consequences of Labour's command and control targets regime.

The extent of insults aimed at Miliband, emanating from No 10 on a matter as sensitive as response to the use of chemical weapons, suggests the prime minister has personally authorised a concerted counter-attack on the Labour leader as he seeks to divert blame before the new parliamentary term, which begins on Monday, and before a meeting of G20 leaders, including President Barack Obama, in Russia on Thursday.

Yes, they have blamed Labour for excessive levels of debt and the poor state of the economy, but they have blamed Labour for «waste» and unnecessary spending rather than for high levels of spending on public services (which they support).

If anyone is to blame its the protesters, the Liberals MPs there is suport and the Labour supprters like you who urge them on You may be right about a watershed moment.

In particular, a heavy defeat for Labour may pile more pressure on Ed Miliband if he ends up taking a big part of the blame, notwithstanding Ken's individualistic brand.

More than three quarters of all voters, including a clear majority of those who intend to vote Labour on Thursday, think the last Labour government «must accept a large part of the blame» for Britain's economic problems; Mr Miliband is unlikely to succeed in his campaign to persuade the electorate that this idea is a «big lie» put about by the coalition.

Commenting on the report, Angela Rayner, Labour's shadow education secretary, blamed the Conservatives for presiding over the crisis.

If Labour lose this one Progress will blame Miliband's so called «radicalism» and drag the whole party further on to their territory.

Labour has reacted with outrage at comments from a prominent Conservative MP blaming the escalating A&E crisis on immigrants.

Labour has pinned the blame for the discovery of traces of horse DNA in Tesco's beef burgers on the coalition's drive to reduce regulation.

David Cameron and George Osborne managed to pin much of the blame for the recent recession, and the decline in living standards, on the last Labour government.

On the failure to meet deficit - reduction targets, the gap is narrow, with slightly more people blaming the government's actions (30 %) than the legacy of the last Labour government (26 %).

If we plough on Labour will blame the Bill - unfairly - for everything that goes wrong in the NHS in the rest of the parliament.

Notwithstanding failures to predict rising immigration on its watch, and Gordon Brown's disastrous «bigoted woman» gaffe, the Labour party is not solely to blame for the effects of the multiculturalism that makes many Britons feel like strangers in their own land.

Most opinion polls had shown Labour comfortably ahead of the Tories for more than a year before Thatcher's resignation, with the fall in Tory support blamed largely on her introduction of the unpopular poll tax, combined with the fact that the economy was sliding into recession at the time.

John McDonnell has called on Labour MPs to unite behind Jeremy Corbyn as he blamed a range of factors for the party's shock defeat in Copeland.

While much blame can be placed on Labour's regulatory system for both the banking crisis and abuses that are regularly unfolding before the eyes of an incredulous public, the chancellor's focus today should have remained on the reputation of the City being «at stake» - as put to him by shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Rachel Reeves - and a culture change, something that all parties agree to be critical.

When questioned further on accountability by Lib Dem NHS rebel Andrew George, who suggested Nicholson's comments implied he was blaming a «political decision», he again cited the shift to a patient - led NHS begun by Labour in 2005.

It is a day on which pre-prepared tweets by loyal Conservatives surface, blaming Labour for the deficit (in a manner which can only be compared to a toddler screaming «but he started it»), angry Labour voters arm themselves with metaphorical hammers to break apart anything Osborne says, before he even opens his mouth, editors of national newspapers accidently leak budget reports and every Tom, Dick and Harry seems to helpfully inform the world of their political opinions.

In a joint press conference with Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne, the Tory chairman branded Labour's economic performance «criminal» and pinned the blame for the deficit reduction plan squarely on the shoulders of the opposition.

There were signs yesterday of early divisions between Labour and the Conservatives yesterday as some MPs blamed family breakdown and lack of respect while Mr Miliband hinted at an analysis which placed more emphasis on inequality and deprivation.

Nevertheless, Liz Jones made a stab at responding to the question about whether the cuts were necessary or ideological by pointing to rising mortgage interest rates, something that she blamed on Gordon Brown and the previous Labour government.

A spokesperson said: «Nick Clegg and Chris Huhne shouldn't play party politics by blaming his problem on Labour.

Harriet Harman recently insisted the Ed Stone was not to blame for Labour's crushing defeat on 7 May and also would not be drawn on what has happened to it:

The Conservatives» other problem is simply that they can't go on blaming Labour forever.

Most of the local politicians I speak to - Labour, Lib Dem and Conservative - blame the crisis on three issues: government cuts and low funding, poor financial management by the current administration, and a decision to keep council tax rates low.

He blamed the previous Labour government of covering up poor care reports by leaning on the Care Quality Commission to suppress the findings.

To blame the situation on the lack of confidence in him by fellow Labour MPs is a circular argument: they have no confidence because he is useless.

In what may turn into a vicious political battle between Labour and Lib Dems in the weeks ahead, some were pinning the blame entirely on Clegg, calling him «a Tory in all but name».

On the BBC's Jeremy Vine Show, Mr Balls placed some of the blame on Ed Miliband, who was in charge of writing the party's election manifesto, for the policies that came out of the No 10 «bunker» in the dying days of the Labour administratiOn the BBC's Jeremy Vine Show, Mr Balls placed some of the blame on Ed Miliband, who was in charge of writing the party's election manifesto, for the policies that came out of the No 10 «bunker» in the dying days of the Labour administration Ed Miliband, who was in charge of writing the party's election manifesto, for the policies that came out of the No 10 «bunker» in the dying days of the Labour administration

In an interview with Emily Maitlis for Thursday's Newsnight, Len McCluskey has laid the blame for Labour's defeat at the feet of Scottish Labour, and called on its leader, Jim Murphy, to go.

Diane Abbott has blamed Jeremy Corbyn's struggles at Prime Minister's Questions on «sulking» Labour backbenchers who refuse to rally behind the leader.

The shadow minister also accused the Government of «pivot and distraction» by blaming the decision to scrap landing cards on Labour - despite former Home Secretary Alan Johnson admitting on Thursday that the policy had been signed off under a Labour government in 2009.

Conservative campaigning sought to blame the deficit on the previous Labour government.

In a scathing assessment of the former prime minister, George Bush's last ambassador to London blamed Brown for presiding over a «post-Blair rudderlessness» which prompted senior Labour figures to complain of their despair to the embassy... The diplomatic cables confirm that Barack Obama's allies were irritated by Brown's intense manner: he interrupted a Thanksgiving call to the current president's ambassador to lobby for a Tobin tax on financial transactions in the face of US opposition.»

Today signals further disappointment for the Labour leader with a poll on LabourList blaming Miliband's handling of public sector pensions strikes on 30th November for a steep decline in popularity.