Sentences with phrase «class labour supporters»

It says Mr Brown's disastrous decision to abolish the 10p starting rate of tax, which alienated many working class Labour supporters, stemmed from his desire to pander to Mr Murdoch.

Mann's idea appears to be squarely aimed at middle - class Labour supporters residing in London.

It makes sense that working - class Labour supporters might be especially likely to prioritise the issue.

Not exact matches

Tom - Labour's working class supporters were large monarchist.

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.

In traditional working class areas, the story that Labour betrayed its supporters is now gospel.

The idea that UKIP are picking up old Labour supporters is also not supported by evidence on the social class of their intended voters.

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.

During the 1950s and early 1960s, it also became increasingly unpopular amongst Labour supporters and politicians, who argued that the system reinforced class division and the privileges of the middle classes, who dominated the grammar schools.

It's not a good look: the evasive tactics, the actions which require decoding by political journalists to find their meaning, the use of managerial terms like «stakeholder» — this all reflects the problems Labour had in the past, where professional middle - class politicians conducted themselves in a way which alienated the party's supporters.

For some of Labour's core white working class supporters, a defence of an outward - looking Britain would be seen as precisely the metropolitan elitism Farage is so adept at criticising.

Until the party and its leadership can admit to the mistakes made in government, or to the lack of courage shown in not tackling the clear problems that prevent ordinary people from enjoying the sort of life that the middle classes take for granted, then I fear a whole swathe of Labour supporters will simply choose not to vote Labour, whatever promises are made at the next election (this is essentially ditching the last vestiges of New Labour I suppose).

They are of a higher social class than Tory and Labour supporters, with more ABs and fewer DEs.

These are people that need to be properly engaged with if Labour has any ambitions of securing a majority however properly engaging and pandering to their views when wrong or speaking about labour supporters as if they're a different classes of people are not the same Labour has any ambitions of securing a majority however properly engaging and pandering to their views when wrong or speaking about labour supporters as if they're a different classes of people are not the same labour supporters as if they're a different classes of people are not the same thing.

There are old Labour supporters who see Ukip nibbling into the party's working - class base in the north of England and urge tougher positions in response.

Crudely put, Britain is increasingly Southern and middle class; for Labour to win they need to appeal to southern, middle class voters as well as their traditional working class supporters.

In asking Labour / former Labour supporters of their views on a number of issues they categorised those supporters by asking, «Which of the following do you think best reflects that the Labour Party should stand for»: «anti capitalist»; «representing the working class»; «building a fairer society».

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

Ed had been able to get across the worry a lot of Core labour voters have about immigration concerning work, and not be shouted down as a racist by the likes of Diane Abbott, the way other labour supporters like lord Glasman or rod Liddle have in the past, when as Liddle pointed out lately, it's the rich bosses employing Eastern European workers that have financially benefitted, not the working class, and the mess Cameron has made over Junkter, is nothing to the failure of Ed, to score over Andy Coulson scandal,

Suppose there is no Labour candidate, then Labour supporters will be tempted to vote UKIP, and once they get the taste for rebellion, they might well stick with UKIP, like many of the working class are doing these days, and they'll be lost for good.