Sentences with phrase «many labour members»

The current body is made up of 12 Labour members, nine Conservative, two Green party, and two Liberal Democrats.

Chick Young, a 57 - year - old BBC soccer pundit, had to be carried from the pitch after a nasty tackle by a Labour member of Parliament.

McDonnell has previously accused Smith of «blackmailing» Labour members with warnings of a party split, and today he repeated his description of the challenger as the «disunity candidate».

This jolly ride was made all the jollier by the stream of coarseethnic jokes flying between a very high Conservative and very old (and very left) Labour member, their jocularity intensified by the sheer naughtiness of concealingsuch behaviour from their respective constituents.

The four will take part yet more hustings, before facing a vote among Labour members and supporters.

When he explained to Labour members why he was backing David Miliband for the leadership, left - wing figurehead Jon Cruddas specifically mentioned this as a major factor in his decision.

Most of those volunteers are young people who aren't card - carrying Labour members.

And the election, and likely re-election, of Corbyn is very much part of that phenomenon: from reports, few of the enormous number of new Labour members and supporters are keen to become in the hard tasks of attending planning meetings or delivering leaflets.

The Arts Club in Mayfair has seduced a few of the younger side - burn flashing Labour members.

I've found out I like a lot of the Labour members.

Corbyn's leadership rival Owen Smith may have accused him of failing to do enough to stamp out misogyny within the party, but a number of female Labour members do not seem to agree with that.

«People find the link between politics and lobbyists very distasteful... There's no issue close to Labour members» hearts than the NHS.»

This would give the voter the choice: perhaps s / he would seek support from a Conservative on a matter relating to local business, a Labour member on the NHS and a UKIP representative on immigration.

More than 100 MPs, including 83 Labour members, had signed a parliamentary motion expressing their «surprise and regret» the Casino Advisory Panel recommended rejected Blackpool's bid to host the first super casino.

politicalhackuk, a Labour member and activist in Birmingham, writes: «I'd like to thank Derek Draper for the contribution that he's made to Labour.

Shadow defence secretary Clive Lewis, another close ally of Corbyn, was similarly open to the prospect of certain MPs being given their marching orders if Labour members demanded it.

But thumbing through a list of Labour members who might support me in my recent bid for council selection, one familiar name did give cause for alarm: McBride, D.

Corbyn frustrated many Labour members by ordering MPs to vote to trigger Article 50 on 8 February.

These results further suggest that Labour members strongly support Jeremy Corbyn in his bid to remain Labour leader.

In Mitcham and Morden in south London, Labour members are said to have voted for Owen Smith by 31 - 2.

The leadership, like Ferguson, believe that «Labour members won't forgive mayoral candidates who put their ambition before the party».

Obviously a cheery moment for Conservatives, but also one suspects, for many Labour members including some MPs.

Many of those who claim to be baffled by some Labour members» unwillingness to compromise on welfare wouldn't give way on other policies that might prove electorally popular.

But Forde retains hope that a figure can emerge from within the party's ranks to draw him back to becoming a Labour member.

Last but not least, the Red Book, a collective effort of radical and quite isolated Labour members, invoked instead a return to Old Labour and a rediscovery of Marxism.

As a Labour member since I was eighteen, I will be voting to...

While 97 % of Labour members might wish to remain in the EU, polling shows that 27 - 33 % of people who voted Labour in 2015 want to leave.

In a time of political desperation, it seems nothing is more attractive to Labour members than hope.

An organisation supporting the Labour leader was ostensibly asking me, a card - carrying Labour member, to protest the Parliamentary Labour Party.

However, polling from the Mile End Institute at Queen Mary Institute, conducted in December, shows that eight out of ten Labour members either agree or strongly agree with having a second vote.

A substantial number of Scottish Labour members have convinced themselves that the election of Corbyn will present Sturgeon with a problem.

«Nicky Gavron spent a cool # 42,000 communicating with thousands of Labour members when she successfully went for the Labour mayoral nomination in London.

Is the implication that Labour members, including Bengali members, are against Lutfur on racist grounds?

Jon Gower Davies, a former Head of the Religious Studies Department at the University of Newcastle and a Labour Councillor on Newcastle City Council for 20 years, has written a report for the think - tank Civitas, entitled «Small Corroding Words: the slighting of Great Britain by the EHRC», which advocates the abolition of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, currently chaired by Trevor Phillips, the ex Labour member of the London Assembly.

Corbyn's opponents hoped his history on the hard left of British politics would convince Labour members that he would be unelectable as prime minister.

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.

A Labour spokesperson said: «We can not comment on individual complaints, but all Labour members and representatives are expected to uphold the highest standard of conduct at all times.»

Lord Michael Levy, a Labour member of the House of Lords (the upper house of Britain's Parliament), said in a BBC appearance that the party had a «serious problem» with anti-Semitism, adding that it seemed «more prominent» in Labour than in its rival Conservative party.

Toby Perkins, Liz Kendall's campaign manager, has released a statement: «These reports suggest Labour members realise that carrying on with a continuity leader will result in another defeat - the question is what kind of change Labour will embrace.»

A lot of progressive Labour members and supporters currently buy into this idea as well.

This article is a response to Policy Network's discussion paper In the black Labour: Why fiscal conservatism and social justice go hand - in - hand Roger Liddle is chair of Policy Network and a Labour member of the UK House of Lords

I think it would be obvious that there is a difference between a person who wants to vote in favour of Labour being urged to vote tactically, and a Labour member pro-actively campaigning in favour of a specific opposition candidate.

Many Labour members appear more interested in controlling the party than entering government.

One legacy has been a membership sharply polarised by when they joined the party: in a recent YouGov poll of Labour members, Corbyn's net approval rating was -46 among those who joined before he became a leadership candidate in 2015 but +36 among those who joined after he declared — and this latter group constitutes 60 % of the total membership.

Beyond moderate Labour members in general, the hard left's specific bugbears are the Blairites.

Hate too tell you this, he's been a active labour member and stood for labour at parliamentary level

Quite a few CLP members have left, and other Labour members often open fire on this site.

It was disrupted by women accusing the Labour members of «hypocrisy».

First though, I want the blisters on my feet to heal and the many thousands of Labour members — our volunteer army of progressives and community builders, to get a well earned rest.

I am a Labour member in the Eastleigh constituency.