Sentences with word «libdems»

Remember that only a few months ago Ed Balls said Labour voters were justified in tactically voting for Libdems in areas where Labour was uncompetitive to keep the Tories out.
A lot of LibDems in the south with Tory candidates breathing down their necks won't like this switch of scarce DimLib resources.
However, on closer analysis it has to be recognised that this has largely been achieved by capturing the disaffected LibDem vote — the SNP share of the vote has not fallen significantly.
Mr Letwin is a key lieutenant of David Cameron and this deal may be a tester for much greater co-operation with LibDems on «Orange Book issues».
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One aspect of this discrimination was recently highlighted by LibDem MP David Laws.
In his last Commons appearance as acting LibDem leader, Vince Cable said that the Prime Minister had been «incompetent» for not organising his diary so that he could attend the Lisbon signing, or «discourteous» for not having tried or «duplicitous» for trying to have a halfway house of signing when noone else was there.
«Dr Andrew Lilico: Defining child poverty Main Robert McIlveen: How to unseat Ruth Kelly (with a little help from LibDem voters)»
I followed up Dave Gardner's reference to the article by LibDem MP Steve Webb.
The exceptions being the Labour government of Feb - Oct 1974, and the Convervative - LibDem coalition of 2010 - 2015.
- so what is the point of LibDem as an independent party at all?
Last week an Angus Reid poll found that only 83 % of Tory voters would support a Coalition candidate and the number of LibDem voters who would do the same would be even lower.
Being in uneasy alliance if a Huhne - Cable - Farron axis assert more control over LibDem policy may get trickier, but Vince doesn't hate the Prime Minister anything like as viscerally as some of the 1922.
Edward McMillan - Scott (centre) campaigns in Edinburgh for a No with LibDem MPs Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West, left) and Alistair Carmichael (Orkney & Shetland)
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Labour blogger Hopi Sen swiftly tweeted back that «LibDems don't know own history!
However, there is a younger generation of LibDems who are very hostile to this idea of a coalition with Labour.
May 22, 2011 in LibDem Left, Liberal Democrats, Lurching Left, Nick Clegg, Simon Hughes, Tim Farron, Yellow B ** tards Permalink Comments (35)
Ed Miliband argues that his newly - discovered support for a graduate tax, opposition to ID cards and his previously secret conclusion that the Iraq war was a «profound mistake» make him the ideal person to attract even more LibDem supporters away from the Coalition (YouGov again had Clegg's party at 12 % overnight).
(i) in - depth debate about the detailed LibDem policy platform.
Simon Hughes portrays Coalition as a loveless marriage, and says LibDems must reassert equi - distance between Tories and Labour
The Liberal Democrats were working on a detailed policy paper on the party's view on tax in the round, which would be debated at the 2013 LibDem conference.
Edward McMillan - Scott was MEP for Yorkshire & Humber 1984 — 2014 (Conservative, then LibDem since 2010) and European Parliament Vice-President for Democracy & Human Rights
If so, it might be worth considering what happened to LibDem support when they were viewed at having betrayed their voter base by a Tory coalition.
I am fighting a very marginal LibDem seat - solid working class former council estate; Labour doesn't do well here - and was alarmed to see BNP leaflets given out.
, but the difference then was that two thirds of the people who voted SDP in 83 ′ second choice was Tory, if there are disillusioned Libdems now, they're not going to vote Labour,
But I accept you would know more about LibDem thinking on this.
What the student protestors have is (i) their votes, particularly seeking to use these against LibDem MPs in university towns who promised to do one thing and did another (ii) the ability to persuade broader public audiences on this issue, and the perception of the government more generally.
She will have to overturn a projected LibDem majority of 5,477.
For many LibDem MPs we thought it would be a morale boost and sway their vote to know that they're not universally despised by the student body like the media sometimes makes it seem.
Opponents of Lib - Con deal - making often complain that it can make LibDems appear more reasonable to voters and therefore undermine Tory campaigning in Lib - Con marginals.
«Andrew Lansley and Sir George Young take office with light legislative schedule Main LibDem collapse in Corby should worry every Tory facing a second - placed Labour candidate»
This may also explain why strongly pro-European LibDem campaign is struggling in the European elections.
Britain would find the election in which it sought to punish Labour had served only to deliver five more years of the same, corrupt, exhausted Government, save for a few LibDems sitting around the Cabinet table.
John Gummer and Michael Jack have sponsored the Bill, as well as several non-Conservatives including former Energy Minister John Battle and LibDem leadership contender Chris Huhne.
Given the libertarian coup d'etat that Mr Clegg carried out in ditching the official LibDem manifesto and writing whole swathes of the Orange Book into the Coalition Agreement which his own party had previously massively rejected, Nick Clegg can not be really very surprised that the rasberry he got in the local elections and AV vote is going to be reflected within Westminster machine as well.
The Yvette voter, reads the mirror or the independent, again, pro the Eu, will vote Libdem next time, strongly dislikes Gisela Stuart, Kate Hoey
He has the task of unseating Lembit Opik and overturning a projected LibDem majority of 7,020.
With Labour up by more LibDems than he is (though the seats may break, at the margin for him), I don't see how he can get significantly above 36 - 38 % without a better economy, rising living standards... and I suspect he needs the boundary changes to make a potentially significant difference at the margin.
Cameron had a few choices: Block it and risk the coalition fall apart on a relatively minor issue, Grudgingly let her have her way and be seen as not in control or get behind it 100 % and claim it as a Tory rather than LibDem victory.
On the ground, we've always thought that it's easier to take Labour votes than Tory - gone - LibDem ones - and that's been true - at last we have a leader who wants to do something about that!
According to Tim Montgomerie on Conservative Home, the poll also shows that «24 % told GfK NOP that they would prefer Charles Kennedy to return as leader and slightly more (7 %) preferred LibDem Home Affairs spokesman Nick Clegg to the embattled Sir Menzies (6 %)», though I'm not sure what sort of question or structure this was in response to.
However, on closer analysis it has to be recognised that this has largely been achieved by capturing the disaffected LibDem vote»
In the worst case scenario, the coming LibDem wipeout might see them reduced by about half to between 20 and 30 seats.
Mr Conway's prospective LibDem opponent called for a police investigation into payments to the MP's sons.
The SNP very nearly took Orkney and Shetland - to add to their other Labour and LibDem strongholds.
A headline on internet blog LibDem Voice about the Upper House's vote to remain in the EU customs union says: «Lords wins are essential to democratic process.»
A poor local result in May that saw a strong LibDem performance only increased dissatisfaction.
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