Sentences with phrase «electoral threat»

The Tories were also soon confronted with a major electoral threat in the form of the right - wing United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), which seemed primed to steal crucial Tory votes in marginal seats.

UKIP's break - through is a major development in British politics, but as May 2015 approaches this poses a far greater electoral threat to the Tories than Labour.

And this overwhelming pressure is to move right on immigration, in response to the supposed electoral threat from Ukip.

On the left, Socialist Action also believe that there is «no significant electoral threat to Labour from UKIP» though they do (rightly) point to the danger of Labour making policy concessions in UKIP's direction, and (rightly) argue that UKIP's «racist agenda needs to be resolutely fought ``.

Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, has responded to the electoral threat of UKIP with proposals to regulate the private rental market.

Cuomo's spokesman Josh Vlasto did not deny the electoral threat, but said the governor never asked for haste: «It was irrelevant that they accelerate, since the Senate had passed the bill and the governor was set to leave the Capitol.»

Horner, with NYPIRG says lawmakers have concluded that «there is no electoral threat to inaction.»

However, to dismiss the electoral threat to Labour in the aftermath of Wythenshawe is the wrong political judgement.

The party needs to be told that Nana is not an electoral threat to the National Democratic Congress and we will like to go to the polls and convincingly beat him to the glory of our party.

And in the short - term, the BNP are finished as an electoral threat.

Many had seen his party as an electoral threat primarily to the Conservatives.

When congressman are in landslide districts, they don't face an electoral threat in general elections, but still have to worry about primary elections.

Labour could welcome more black Tory or Lib Dem MPs, not fear them as an electoral threat.