Sentences with phrase «for labour supporters»

The more Farage bangs on about his intentions, the easier it is for Labour supporters to swoop in and play on residual anti-Tory feeling.

One of Alastair Campbell's election tactics was for Labour supporters to go out and collar two of their undecided friends or co-workers and persuade them to vote Labour.

Add the fact that the Lib Dems have accepted the continuing presence of British troops in Iraq and opposed early withdrawal, and it makes no sense for Labour supporters to back them over public services or Iraq.

The section for Labour supporters encourages the use of postal votes, asks whether the individual would consider displaying a poster in their window or deliver leaflets on their street and asks whether the individual would consider joining the party.

He's the most right wing of all the candidates, i.e. the least appetising for Labour supporters and the most crap for working people.

This should be worrying for Labour supporters, because as well as losing large amounts of support after every election, during their previous stints in government the Conservatives have also won back large amounts of support in the two years prior to an election with an average gain of 18.5 % against Labour.

The Liberal Democrats have also left open the possibility of a deal with Labour, with the implication that they would see eye - to - eye on welfare reform — another reason for Labour supporters to vote tactically for the third party.

The play will stir a lot of emotions for Labour supporters, especially through the news montages: we see Ed Miliband on the screen, and feel a sense of disappointment, then cringe at Neil Kinnock delivering his «We're all right» line again and again at Sheffield in 1992.

This is good news for Labour supporters, who may need a lot more of it over the next few years if Winston's diagnosis is correct.

It is far too easy for Labour supporters to rant on about the plots of the Tory press; we should stand back and soberly reflect that — at this time — so many see May as more effective political leader than Corbyn.

This isn't the time for these dinner - party debates; it's time for Labour supporters to be campaigning hard for a Labour victory.

It was not then unusual, particularly in the union movement, for Labour supporters to work closely with Communists, whose discipline and organisation they admired and who shared a loathing of the «ultra-leftists» associated with various groups that went loosely under the label «Trotskyist».

Blairism will prove an attractive siren song for Labour supporters because it offers clear answers which have previously been shown to win elections.

An active supporter of Welsh language use, she wrote in one article: «I would contend that for a Labour supporter being actively pro-Welsh language is a natural part of our DNA, as much as supporting public services, tackling low pay or taking on any other equalities cause».

Out of all of the arguments on the referendum, this is the one that gives a clear - cut reason for a Labour supporter to get out and vote yes on May 5.

Not exact matches

Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour leader who is half - heartedly campaigning for the U.K. to remain the E.U., is almost certainly another closet Brexit supporter, a Socialist who sees the E.U. as the stooge of global capitalism, eroding workers» rights with its neo-liberal focus on the Single Market.

Like Cameron, Miliband sounded like a lover pleading for his partner not to leave, telling an audience of Labour supporters near Glasgow that he supported Scotland with «head, heart and soul,» and promising change if the union stuck together.

Labour will provide the means for supporters to be a genuine part of their clubs.

The Labour Party has been a strong supporter of breastfeeding as it ensures a healthy start for infants, and promotes women's health.

Joe Hall has 1,200 supporters on the social networking website, compared to just 261 for Conservative candidate Nigel Huddleston and 221 for Labour's Gavin Shuker.

In third place was a piece which pointed to Labour's row with the BBC over the on - air resignation of Stephen Doughty as an example of how Corbyn's supporters are allowing conspiracy theories to obscure bigger issues for the party.

The 2015 election could well - produce situations where, for example, the SNP has a pivotal vote or one of English Votes for English Laws [EVEL] in which Labour supporters are disenfranchised in the way the Scottish electorate has been in the past.

I am a Labour supporter, and have been for many years, but my problem with any established political party is they don't keep the promises they make during election campaigns.

For example, when Maurice said that Labour should»em brace the supporters of the EDL» I would have thought that would be an ideal time for someone to speak For example, when Maurice said that Labour should»em brace the supporters of the EDL» I would have thought that would be an ideal time for someone to speak for someone to speak up.

By the time historically Labour supporters cast their «yes» votes, they had been led to conclude that support for independence was incompatible with support for the Labour Party.

Hi Anthony, Not clear what you mean by «registered supporters» for Labour selections?

Most of the Corbyn supporters I've spoken to are neither cunning Trotskyites nor hapless fools, they're ordinary people who believe that the Labour party should consistently stand for certain values.

The Unite general secretary, one of the most vocal supporters of Corbyn, was asked whether hostile elements of the Parliamentary Labour Party would be «asking for it».

But there are various hybrid methods too: for example, there could still be rules about who can stand (eg being a party member for a year or whatever); there could be a nomination process within party structures; and then a vote open to either the general public or to anybody nominating themselves as a supporter I am not sure - in practice - whether there is much difference between an «anybody can come along» and «you have to say «I'm Labour».

As a reminder of Unite's importance though; Unite are still the biggest funder of the party (in the first week of the election campaign they gave # 2.4 m of the total # 2.7 m received by Labour), they have upwards of one million members they can encourage to register as supporters in a leadership election (and indeed activate in Parliamentary candidate selections), Unite has three seats on the NEC and of course Len's chief of staff, Andrew Murray, was seconded to Jeremy's team for the general election campaign.

It has been described by party sources - and by the Britain Stronger In Europe campaign - as the first part of a «Labour fightback» against Brexit, amid concerns that the party's supporters will not vote in sufficient numbers for Remain.

For Labour to turn its back on Scotland and the demands north of the border would be to condemn itself to precisely the sort of Tory - lite message its former supporters accuse it of.

It is an unofficial, pro-Brexit ginger group that claim to speak up for leave - voting supporters of the Labour party.

Labour supporters were devastated by the result, which was far worse for the party than opinion polls had been predicting.

Significant numbers of Labour supporters may be willing to vote tactically for the Lib Dems in seats where the Conservatives are the second largest party, the poll found.

And Mrs May is out to act for them, collecting disenchanted Labour and UKIP supporters as she goes.

I'm sorry for using such a morbid analogy, but as a longstanding Labour supporter I'm finding that hope is in short supply.

And that goes for Labour and LibDem supporters, too.

It is unlikely that old Labour supporters will vote for a party that advocates introducing charges to the NHS, reducing workers» rights and allowing bankers unlimited bonuses.

Speaking for myself I am a labour member, and PR supporter, who publicly opposed AV when labour put it in their manifesto, and opposed it at this referendum.

I argued here that Conservative and Lib Dem supporters in Scotland probably would not often vote tactically for Labour because they are not much more fond of Labour than they are of the SNP.

Building on experience gleaned from the inevitable secondment to the Obama campaign, he was poached by Miliband, for whom he successfully recruited young Labour supporters, and bloggers, to the cause.

We were witnessing the beginnings of a party being hollowed out and of a deepening disconnection between Labour MPs and their core supporters, which, in time, would empower the SNP in Scotland and create an opportunity for Ukip in England.

Clearly even supporters of the Yes Campaign within the Labour Party such as Jack Straw have now no appetite for further discussion on this subject.

18 % of current Conservative supporters said they would, 30 % of UKIP supporters said they'd consider voting for Ed Miliband's party and a sizeable 46 % of current Liberal Democrat supporters said they would consider voting Labour as well.

By contrast Polly Toynbee in the Guardian on Thursday made a well argued case for classic anti-Tory tactical voting by Green and Labour supporters.

Even (some) London Tories like Ken and I've got a Labour supporter pal who voted for Boris!!

Two years away from a general election 66 % of current Labour supporters say will definitely vote for the party, compared to 58 % of Conservatives supporters who say they will vote for their preferred party.

For example, if convinced the battle locally was between Labour and the SNP, a half of Liberal Democrat (50 %) supporters and almost as many Conservatives (44 %) said they would back Labour instead.

Labour have continued to win seats in their core constituencies because the majority of their old supporters refuse to vote for other parties but those are slowly dying off.