Sentences with phrase «core support mobilised»
The conservative campaign — energised by such high - profile incidents as the arrest and imprisonment of the Pussy Riot punk rock feminists for their performance of an anti-Putin stunt in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour — succeeded in keeping Putin's core support mobilised and, crucially, it reconnected Putin with conservatively - inclined citizens who had threatened to join with the opposition.
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The Guardian's leader column concluded: «Having lost so much middle - class support over Iraq and alienation from Tony Blair, Labour now has to mobilise its core working - class base in order to win re-election next year.»