Sentences with phrase «disastrous for labour»

Blair announced in September 2006 that he would quit as leader within the year, though he had been under pressure to quit earlier than May 2007 in order to get a new leader in place before the May elections which were expected to be disastrous for Labour.

The result was good for the union, but disastrous for Labour.

Not exact matches

It's a disastrous issue for the government and for the Conservative Party but it's also I think a disaster for the Labour Party.

«Under First Past the Post this would likely be disastrous for them, splitting the Labour vote and allowing the Conservatives or UKIP, or whoever, to gain more seats from them.

But Labour insiders are now increasingly confident that the party can see off Nuttall after a disastrous few days for the Ukip leader.

To get an idea of how disastrous this election has been for the Conservatives, look at what has happened in the Labour held seats that the Tories were targeting yesterday but didn't win:

Labour's leader has made arguably his strongest intervention yet in the debate over leaving the European Union, with a warning that a «Tory Brexit» would be disastrous for most people in Britain.

opinion polls can change), it would be a disastrous move for the Lib Dems I'd have thought, to be seen propping up a Labour Party which had lost its majority in a General Election.

Two weeks ago, the Campaign for Labour Democracy's AGM passed a motion calling for Lutfur Rahman, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, to be readmitted to the party and for a full investigation into events since the disastrous 2010 selection process that led to this former Labour council leader standing as an independent and winning against an imposed Labour candidate — Helal Abbas.

Under First Past the Post this would likely be disastrous for them, splitting the Labour vote and allowing the Conservatives (or UKIP, or whoever) to gain more seats from them.

13th July 2016, The Times: It's Owen or Angela or oblivion for Labour; There is only one way for the party to survive intact and that is for a centre - left candidate to oust the disastrous Corbyn (pdf)

According to the Financial Times: «his views — higher taxes, mass nationalisation, more welfare, more borrowing — are seen as toxic by New Labour veterans, who prophesy a repeat of Michael Foot's disastrous leadership in the early 1980s that led to a landslide 1983 election victory for Margaret Thatcher».

Titled, «Questions all Jeremy Corbyn supporters need to answer», Jones argues Labour are heading for a disaster due to a lack of strategy from Corbyn's team, and asks supporters the following: How can the disastrous polling be turned around?

The tactical decision by Andy Burnham to «lend» nominations to Corbyn would probably go down as the moment he lost the Labour leadership for a second time, were it not for his subsequent disastrous decision to flip - flop on the welfare bill.

To recap, the disastrous selection process for Labour's parliamentary candidate for Falkirk West, where allegations of malpractice triggered the resignation of Tom Watson MP as its election campaign coordinator — and which even now is subject to wildly differing versions of events — has kicked off a wholesale reform programme of everything from party funding to MP candidate selection and conference voting.

But in the wake of a disastrous general election defeat, and with a huge rebuilding job to be done for Labour to stand any chance in the 2020 election, it seems now is not the time for platitudes.

In an article published on Wednesday, the paper claimed that Corbyn's leadership of Labour would be disastrous for the party, describing him as a «bearded voter - repellent».

The unpopular Miliband was a disastrous front man for the No campaign and Lord Farage, Boris Johnson's shadow defence secretary, had urged voters to use the referendum to send the PM a message about Labour's record in office.

He is brutally honest about Labour failings - his post-Scottish election analysis is characteristic of his style: «This was a disastrous election for Scottish Labour.

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.

But as Nick Clegg is expecting disastrous results for his party, Labour may consider forming a plural left coalition with the SNP, the Greens and the Lib Dems.

However, the shadow foreign secretary, Douglas Alexander, is adamant Labour could not afford to spend the first two years of government wrestling with a referendum on Europe, pointing to the energy it had expended on the near - disastrous no campaign for the Scotland independence vote.

Two weeks ago, the Campaign for Labour Democracy's AGM passed a motion calling for Lutfur Rahman, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, to be readmitted to the party and for a full investigation into events since the disastrous 2010 selection process that led to this former Labour council leader standing as an independent and winning against -LSB-...]

The efforts of the Labour Party to build its reputation for economic competence have, of course, been most damaged by its disastrous mismanagement of the public finances since 2002.

Although a return to «Old Labour» would be disastrous for the party, it needs to move on from New Labour as well.

The other is muddled and guarantees a disastrous electoral denouement for Labour.

Labour's lurch to the left with their plans for reckless borrowing would be disastrous for our economy, as would a lurch to the right under the Tories with their unnecessary, ideologically - driven cuts.

However, as Gerry Adams pointed out, what is needed is not a change of personnel but a change of policy and Labour's disastrous right wing course in government Ireland has strong lessons for Labour in Britain.

New Home Secretary Alan Johnson may have raised the idea in a bid to appeal to voters ahead of disastrous local and European election results for Labour, but there is very little evidence of an appetite in government for changing the voting system from first past the post to real proportional representation.

Leader of Unite union lays blame for Labour's disastrous election result «very squarely at the feet of Scottish Labour» and says Murphy should «leave the scene»

For Labour, this election could scarcely be more disastrous - crushed in Scotland, rebuffed in Middle England and stripped of some of its most significant figures, including the shadow chancellor Ed Balls and shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander.

If the coalition's cuts prove disastrous for the economy or public services Labour may well win by default whatever the new leader does.

It takes some gall for the architects of Labour's ruin to think they have any right to give us lessons on Labour's prospects when their own record was — well, disastrous.

But at his official campaign launch today Mr Smith - who was elected for the first time in 2010 - will say: «This is a moment of deep peril for Labour, if we carry on as we are the party I love will end up in a disastrous spilt.

Shadow cabinet sources indicate it was only the combined pressure of the leader's office, the shadow cabinet and Labour's disastrous polling on economic trust that forced Ed Balls into making the June statement committing to Tory spending plans for 2015/16.

«Top figures in the Labour party like Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell fought long and hard against the Iraq war, and have called for those who led us into the disastrous conflict to be held to account,» she said.

However, this is still the best Westminster poll showing for Labour since last year's disastrous Scottish Parliament elections.