Sentences with phrase «general election defeat»

Tax and spend was the bloody hook upon which four Labour general election defeats were hung.

Strong challenges from within the party contributed to the eventual general election defeats of Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George H.W. Bush.

When Labour MPs gathered for their weekly meeting in committee room 14 at the House of Commons on the evening of 13 July, the mood was grimmer than at any point since the party's general election defeat in May.

And even if he does win, it would be a pyrrhic victory which would cost him a lot personally, cost the party a disastrous general election defeat and cost the country a bigger Tory majority and the arrival of UKIP in our Parliament.

«It is surprising that the nomination process to select a leader for at least the next five years appears to have been largely decided within at most five days of a devastating general election defeat.»

So Peter Hain on Labour's Left and John Mann on the Right are both on the money uniting to admit the party should be doing better if it was on a road to power a year after that second crushing General Election defeat.

Hugh Gaitskell saw off Harold Wilson in 1960 and Anthony Greenwood in 1961 then in 1988 Neil Kinnock, between his first and second General Election defeats, repulsed Tony Benn.

We can squabble endlessly about which course of action is likely to lead to the least horrendously humiliating general election defeat, but what does it matter which specific method of suicide we choose?

The combination of an uninspiring line - up of candidates, new selection rules and the shock of the 2015 general election defeat left Labour open to a left - wing insurgency.

Fewer Labour members would be willing to blame Labour MPs for the party's strife after a chastening general election defeat than was the case last summer.

A week after Labour's catastrophic general election defeat, Jon Cruddas is holding nothing back.

Mr Murphy said he left no legacy of bitterness for anyone in the Labour Party, and the only person he was angry at was the person who blamed Scottish Labour for the party's UK - wide general election defeat - a reference to Unite leader Len McCluskey.

Don't burn the books A scorching hot list of summer political reading selected by Mark Perryman A year ago as Labour sought to recover from the May General Election defeat halls were starting to fill up for Jeremy Corbyn's leadership campaign rallies.

Jon Cruddas said whoever takes over as leader from Ed Miliband in the wake of a shocking General Election defeat must be prepared for a rethink on what the party is all about.

Labour MPs will gather for the first time since last week's general election defeat under the interim leadership of Harriet Harman.

Warning that Labour's general election defeat showed it could no longer afford to oppose all such austerity measures, Ms Harman also announced MPs would not oppose the Welfare Reform and Work Bill.

In that first general election he defeated incumbent Republican David Storobin.

But nearly three years later, one of the key architects of new Labour has announced his intention to step aside as Labour leader in the wake of the party's general election defeat which was dominated by bigotgate and the Leaders» debates.

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.

The Barnsley MP and ex-Army paratrooper was seen by many as the ideal candidate to give the party a fresh start in the wake of its devastating general election defeat.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged the Labour party to reclaim the political centre ground as it attempts to recover from its crushing general election defeat.

Since neither cynical liberal supporters of Clinton, nor idealistic liberal supporters of Sanders see much prospect of general election defeat, they are both willing to take more risks (both ethical and ideological) in order to get more of what they want after the 2016 election.

According to Harris's analysis, Labour's general election defeat is rooted in the long - term decline of social democracy following de-industrialisation.

Lord Ashcroft had been a key player in Conservative strategy, having written an influential inquest into the party's 2005 general election defeat and bankrolling the targeting of marginal seats in the run - up to the 2010 election.

Mr Hunt will speak to Tom Bradby about how Labour can recover following last week's general election defeat.

The purpose of this Policy Network study, a sequel to the Southern Discomfort series carried out after the 1992 general election defeat, is to address the crippling weakness that Labour faces in Southern England following the 2010 defeat.

A major new report charting the reasons behind Labour's 2015 general election defeat and how it can win in 2020

Gardiner contested the London constituency of Brent North at the 1997 general election defeating the incumbent Conservative MP Rhodes Boyson by 4,019 votes.

Labour seems absent without leave on too many issues since the 2015 general election defeat.

And Conference, three and a half years after the General Election defeat, we have learned from that experience and our time in government.

He has spent three decades in the party, more than John Prescott when he took the same role under Tony Blair, and had ringside seats for the general election defeats of Neil Kinnock - twice - Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband.

The MP for Wallasey said Labour could not be «complacent» if it was to reverse its general election defeat.

The result, which may well be settled by second and third preferences, will say something powerful about the mood of the Labour party after its general election defeat.

In any analysis of the 2015 general election defeat it would follow logically that the best accounts could be given by those that fought and lost marginal seats.

There are other veterans who are determined to be upbeat: David Sandford, for example, who is «looking optimistically to the future» despite the «very thorough» nature of the 2010 general election defeat.

He questioned the «bizarre» nature of Corbyn's victory as well as his refusal to learn the lessons of the general election defeat.

The result will be announced at 3 pm tomorrow, bringing to an end the uncertainty begun by Michael Howard's resignation announcement following May's general election defeat.

Historically, whenever the opposition party has been outperformed by the government in council elections it has tended to also suffer a general election defeat.

Some Labour MPs think Miss Harman is positioning herself as a possible successor to Mr Brown as Labour leader if he is forced from office, possibly after a general election defeat.

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Labour MP Paul Flynn says his party needs to win over voters disillusioned with the political system to recover from its general election defeat by the Conservatives.

It plunged the shellshocked Labour party into a leadership contest before it had time to absorb its general election defeat or to draw wise conclusions.

«And I kind of regret the fact that today we seem to be moving backwards, seem to be moving back beyond Ed Miliband's first years as Labour leader, which then led to a general election defeat.

How conflicts are resolved between these different bodies of opinion, each with different claims to legitimacy, will determine how well Labour recovers from the trauma of the general election defeat, with consequences for all those people who look to the party to create a fairer and more just society.

However, John Woodcock, who represents Barrow & Furness, Copeland's neighbouring seat, said that Labour was on course for a general election defeat.

David Lammy says New Labourmust be «consigned to history» after the party's general election defeat and calls for a radical extension of democracy inside the party to end the «command and control» of the Blair - Brown era.

Shadow home secretary joins Chuka Umunna, Liz Kendall and Andy Burnham on list of those in the running to replace Ed Miliband following party's general election defeat

A couple of weeks ago my Labour predecessor as Council Leader described the loss of Ken Livingstone as Mayor of London «as the worst blow to Labour since the 1992 general election defeat».