Sentences with phrase «class vote farage»
Yet Labour have plenty to worry about too - the disaffected working - class vote Farage has tapped into is one the party badly needs to build a stable, majority - winning coalition.
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Success in working - class dominated areas, such as South Shields, in which Labour lost 1.6 % of their vote, and UKIP made a grand entrance, show that Farage's pledge to «gun for Labour» should be recognised as entirely credible.
The most senior Labour Brexiteer, Vote Leave chair Gisela Stuart, has warned the party's stance on the referendum is the «biggest recruiting agent for Ukip» imaginable, amid fears Nigel Farage will seek to capitalise on anxiety over immigration and challenge Labour's traditional dominance in working class communities across the midlands and the north.
As well as worry about getting the blame, MPs are increasingly concerned about a permanent loss of working class voters to Ukip if Nigel Farage's aims and values are legitimised by a Brexit vote.