Sentences with phrase «make libdems»

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.

This is but reason that makes the LibDem position so bizarre - there are loads more.

Firstly his election made the libdems run scared and start talking about replacing Cameron.

Not exact matches

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.

Having made an apparently copper - bottomed campaign pledge to appeal to the student vote, many LibDem MPs have found out the hard way that headline - grabbing promises in the heat of an election campaign can come back to bite you hard if they are impossible to credibly support in office.

Uncle Petie I hope LibDems (especially those with an instinct for either social democratic or LibDem traditions) would not take the view that «more egalitarian reformed (liberal) market outcomes» will make redistribution unnecessary.

Had the LibDems gone for «supply and confidence» or opposition, that would not make Norman Baker Nelson Mandela either.

Although I am depressed at the prospect of 5 years of Tory rule (however tempered by by the LibDems), and close to apoplectic at the antics of some on our side that made absolutely sure that's what we would get, I am looking forward to having the chance to change the party for the better.

My own view is that it would now be perhaps less difficult for Labour to make this offer than for the LibDems to accept it.

Sajid has wasted no time trying to make a name for himself, straightaway taking on the unions with his proposals for strike ballot laws, something his LibDem predecessor Vince Cable always rejected.

LibDem peer Lord Oakeshott has been enjoying himself in the media over the last 24 hours; decrying Tory councils like Winchester who made deposits with banks in Iceland.

It was actually 62 % of labour voters voted to remain, and the labour vote, in 2015 was made up of many people who'd voted Libdem, or greens in 2010, labour having lost several of its supporters who'd voted for us in 2010 when Gordon was leader, and many who'd voted labour since the 60's, not voting for us for the first time, but the fact was, with our Scittish and inner London, Manchester, Liverpool vote, voting for us so heavily, ball areas called our heartlands, and Scotland aside, areas we increased our votes in, at the last election, without catching those swing seats, meant that many of our traditional areas Sunderland & Wales saw our core vote, massively vote leave,

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 thought John Denham's account a year ago very plausible - on the Fabian panel you spoke on - that Labour wasn't in a position to make a deal, but that the LibDem leadership anyway thought the Con - LD deal more legitimate, given the result, though saw the advantages of negotiation, such as getting us this referendum opportunity.

He is entitled to make his feelings plain whether it upsets Iain Dale, David Cameron, Ken Clarke, Dennis McShane, the LibDems or not.

Mr Letwin's recommendation of «independent verification» of «year - on - year carbon reduction requirements» - made jointly with LibDem MP Norman Baker - was examined at the time on conservativehome's Commentators Blog.

It is great to see how well the influence of the libdems is really making a difference to the coalitions decisions.

I am not calling for a Labour split, it makes more sense for Labour Centrists to join The Libdems where you would be welcome but chances of a split succeeding are much better now than in the 1980s.

Few people have an opinion of Nick Clegg but 19 % say he makes them more likely to vote LibDem, 6 % say less likely.

Does that make a dozen LibDems retiring upto now?

Those reasons were obvious in last month's local elections when (1) we made decent progress in councils that overlapped target seats - including in the north west; (2) Labour was completely ousted from large sections of the country - particularly in the south east; and (3) Conservatives made solid net gains from the LibDems.

BenM, I dnt know what these Blairites, in2010 you think predicted a easy Tory victory his time are, OK many people suggested in the media, it would take 2 election for the Tories too win in 2010, I recall many people saying the cuts would be so savage that whoever won, would be out of power for years after wards, Dan Hodges has been predicting a Tory win, but he backed David Miliband for leader, so he didn't start saying this till 2012 ′ and the bonus of Ulip (allegedly) spitting the right wing vote and ex Libdems coming back to us, would have made a labour win, all the easier,