Sentences with phrase «electoral suicide»
The phrase "electoral suicide" means an action or decision by a politician or political party that leads to a significant loss of support from voters, ultimately resulting in their failure to win an election. Full definition
Secondly, and more importantly, it would be electoral suicide for Labour to enter into any kind of agreement with the SNP.
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All of the above have consistently been sold as vote losers, if not electoral suicide.
If, post Miliband, defending public spending is considered electoral suicide, what's left to set Labour apart?
«Nick Clegg delivered what was branded an «electoral suicide note» last night as he boasted of blocking a string of 16 Tory policies.
Were the Democrats engaged in a collective electoral suicide pact?
These kinds of statements (and there are many more) coupled with apathy from democratically elected governments not wanting to commit electoral suicide and inactivity on emissions cuts fron China / India / Brazil means that the climate debate isn't likely to develop beyond it's current level regardless of attempts to regain public trust in the science.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer at the turn of the century, Gordon Brown, knew that sacrificing the pound would have been electoral suicide.
It would have been electoral suicide.
But how do they get their attention, when abandoning the centre ground would be electoral suicide?
It would be electoral suicide.
For all the talk of how it is electoral suicide for a party to abandon the centre ground, or show ill - discipline, the deaths of Crow and Benn showed how desperate people are for the politics of conviction.
To nominate a candidate like Russ Feingold would be electoral suicide.
But it would be electoral suicide to propose it now.