Sentences with phrase «in labour politics»

All too often in Labour politics, what should happen and what is likely to happen are two different things.

In making such remarks, Liam showed that he understood the significance of the day and clearly signalled a new pluralistic era in Labour politics.

The central question in Labour politics is what comes next.

This is potentially an enormous shift in Labour politics.

But he is very far from a beginner in Labour politics.

Apart from the life and achievements of Alice herself, the reader will conclude that Alice in Westminster is a contrast in Labour politics with the Corbynisters and momentum.

Not exact matches

I believe that the re-orientation of British politics under Corbyn and in particular of the Labour Party is highly beneficial, not only to the large strata within British society that have been discarded in the last 20 to 30 years, but interestingly also for British business that produces real stuff as opposed to the City of London and various other service sectors that produce precarious jobs and nothing much of substance.

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What are the issues that have defined labour politics in the past year in Canada?

Around 65 per cent of younger people voted for Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party earlier this year and YouGov has observed that «age seems to be the new dividing line in British politics», with older people tending to favour the Conservative Party and younger people generally voting Labour.

Christian and Labour MP Stephen Pound has told Premier it's time UK politics has a «strong voice for Christ in parliament».

Today's dramatic announcement by British politician David Miliband - once widely expected to succeed Gordon Brown as leader of the Labour Party - that he is stepping back from front - line politics completes a chapter in a political psycho - drama that has transfixed the British political classes for months.

Scottish politics is sometimes represented as historically and unmovably socialist and certainly it has returned significant numbers of Labour MPs to Westminster since the 1920s; but twice in the 1950s Conservatives held the majority of Scottish seats, though they now only hold one of the fifty - nine; and while Labour progressively came to dominate, the recent rise of the Nationalists shows that socialist «ownership» of Scottish poolitics can no longer be presumed.

Bastian Wielenga of the Centre for Social Analysis says, «In peoples» movements such as the National Fish - workers» Forum (NFF), the Narmada Bachan Andolan, the Socialist Front, Jan Vikas Andolan, Chilika Bachao Andolan and the National Federation of Construction Labour which are cooperating in the NAPM, the victims of the dominant development politics are raising their voice and begin to project alternativeIn peoples» movements such as the National Fish - workers» Forum (NFF), the Narmada Bachan Andolan, the Socialist Front, Jan Vikas Andolan, Chilika Bachao Andolan and the National Federation of Construction Labour which are cooperating in the NAPM, the victims of the dominant development politics are raising their voice and begin to project alternativein the NAPM, the victims of the dominant development politics are raising their voice and begin to project alternatives.

The Labour party was undone in the recent British election by a combination of Scottish nationalism, concerns about immigration, and opposition to EU integration — each a version of identity politics.

Based in Washington, the Spanish chef has entered politics to promote immigration and labour reforms, as well as «a smarter approach to food policy.»

Some people in Labour's ranks have been on significant political journeys during their years in politics, but not Corbyn.

And a progressive alliance of Labour, the Liberal Democrats, and the Greens could do much to ensure the integrity of progressive politics in Britain.

Songwriter and activist Billy Bragg talks to Andy Wilson about the coalition, the Labour leadership race, politics in a post-ideological age and tackling the BNP

Certainly, the command and control politics forged by New Labour was highly effective in the mass media era, but arguably has detrimental effects on civic participation and the party's ability to be successful in new media spaces.

He went on to graduate at the top of his class with first class honours in Politics and Modern History at Manchester University, winning the Robert McKenzie Prize for political science, his first book contract and election to the (sabbatical) leadership of the students» union, Labour Students» National Committee and NUS National Council.

Forster, A. (2002) Euroscepticism in contemporary British politics: opposition to Europe in the British Conservative and Labour parties since 1945 (London: Routledge)

David Davis, the Conservatives» leading civil liberties champion who quit frontbench politics to fight a by - election on Labour's counter-terrorism legislation, waded in with his own threats this morning.

It was odd praise from a politician who sucked me into active Labour politics as I opposed his short - lived government in the 1970s.

While Labour could be clear in their opposition and so respectful and dignified like Ed Miliband, or angry like Glenda Jackson, the Lib Dems appeared to be paralysed by fear of «being too close to the Tories» or endorsing Thatcherite politics in some way.

And he lists Major's achievements, a strong and growing economy, the foundations for peace in Northern Ireland and, the reinforcement of a sea change in British politics, thrusting change on the Labour Party.

A graduate from the John Prescott school of politics, Craven has strong Labour connections cemented with a brief period as the party's chief media spokesperson in the late 1990s.

So Labour need to get to the disaffected voters who maybe voted Labour in the past and not anymore; they also need to get to those who are not even interested in politics.

In an exclusive extract from his new book, Globalising Hatred, Labour MP Denis MacShane explores anti-semitism in British politiIn an exclusive extract from his new book, Globalising Hatred, Labour MP Denis MacShane explores anti-semitism in British politiin British politics

Britain's membership of Europe would be a «central dividing line» in politics over the next ten years, he said, but argued Labour would no longer accept the «false choice» that you were either in favour of everything the EU did, or rejected everything.

Shirley Williams, who for half a century has been active in Labour, SDLP and Lib Dem party politics, has published her memoir Climbing the Book Shelves: The Autobiography of Shirley Williams (Virago Press # 20).

The Labour Party had a tradition of fighting local elections on party lines whilst the Conservatives didn't see local politics as party political, although many independents were Conservatives in all but in name.

The Labour leader may battle on in the coming months, but that does not mean politics is standing still.

That is the central exam question for Labour politics now, and in an age of political disruption there is an argument that nothing is guaranteed anymore.

This was wonderfully apparent at the Crewe by election (during which you shamefully cheered on the Pole baiting Labour gutter politics)... Timson came from a family whose origins are lost in the mists of the 1930s... ok his dad made a few quid but a Dunwoody....

Forde combines his take on the week in politics with interviews, armed with his house band, MP4, comprised of Pete Wishart (SNP), Kevin Brennan (Labour), Sir Greg Knight (Tory), and Ian Cawsey (former Labour MP).

Westminster and its watchers still see politics through the prism of left and right, Labour and Tory, it's a symptom of the tendency in London to ignore Scotland and the seismic shifts there but for two weeks in September 2014 when politicians and lobby alike decamped north (and complained about it a lot).

Politics in Spires: Graham Smith and David Owen argue in a response to your book, published in The Good Society, that the Tribunate function might also be carried out by trade unions and labour parties.

Any attempt to emulate their Marxist language — apart from splitting up the Labour party — would undoubtedly be ridiculed in Britain, whereas such associations are more acceptable in Spanish politics.

Voters weren't asked to conceive of the Labour Party as a direct representation of working - class interests in aggregate — politics became about choosing which group of elites offered the best deal to you as an individual.

However, given that Corbyn is the most left - wing leader Labour has had in decades, it seems more implausible to think that hard left organisations wouldn't seize this opportunity to try and influence mainstream politics.

The Hard Road to Power (with Giles Radice, 2015); The Predistribution Agenda: Tackling Inequality and Supporting Sustainable Growth (with Claudia Chwalisz, 2015); Governing Britain: Power, Politics and the Prime Minister (2013); After the Third Way (with Olaf Cramme, 2012); Beyond New Labour (with Roger Liddle, 2009); Social Justice in the Global Age (with Olaf Cramme, 2009); and Global Europe, Social Europe (with Anthony Giddens, 2006).

But this period feels particularly unusual, a Conservative - Lib Dem coalition, Labour seeking renewal and so many new faces in Westminster - Total Politics will be guiding you through it all as we begin a new era in British pPolitics will be guiding you through it all as we begin a new era in British politicspolitics.

Politics in Britain (and one could argue globally) has become dominated by neoliberal ideas, the so called «centre ground» is in fact neoliberalism, and conservatives tend to coalesce on the right side of this, Labour the left.

and the argument that «the Labour party's final abandonment of the «politics of conscience», of the protest tradition, and its full transformation into a party of executive authoritarianism» much overstated and, in my view, wrong - though others inside and outside the party might particularly agree with you.

In this post-crash era, and in the wake of unregulated globalisation, Labour needs to develop a politics of belonging and a reform of capitalism that draws on the traditions of the common good and a common lifIn this post-crash era, and in the wake of unregulated globalisation, Labour needs to develop a politics of belonging and a reform of capitalism that draws on the traditions of the common good and a common lifin the wake of unregulated globalisation, Labour needs to develop a politics of belonging and a reform of capitalism that draws on the traditions of the common good and a common life.

The row over Corbyn's non-call to drive Labour back to the Austin Allegro and British Leyland by restoring Clause IV and slick campaign videos - Burnham playing Cameron happy families, Kendall offering a Blairite message in a John Lewis advert - blend traditional dirty politics with a modern setting.

Ed rather misses out that his father was a leading left winger in Norfolk Labour politics and passionately campaigned for the abolition of grammar schools.

The Blue Labour agenda is set out in an ebook from 2011, The Labour Tradition and the Politics of Paradox (edited by Maurice Glasman, Jonathan Rutherford, Marc Stears and Stuart White), at the core of which is a powerful critique of Labour Party thought and policy since 1945.

From Harold Wilson in 1975 opting for a referendum to quell internal disquiet in the Labour Party, to Tony Blair's pledge on the single currency and the constitutional treaty as gambits to close down the European issue for an election but to encourage conflict within the Conservatives, EU referendum commitments have been driven largely by British politics.