Sentences with phrase «many labour supporters»

Like Cameron, Miliband sounded like a lover pleading for his partner not to leave, telling an audience of Labour supporters near Glasgow that he supported Scotland with «head, heart and soul,» and promising change if the union stuck together.

Only around three percent of women hire a doula to act as a professional labour supporter.

13:47 - Chris Bryant spreads the blame evenly, even citing privacy infringements by the Mirror, something he says shames him as a Labour supporter.

2011's was arguably worse, filling the hall with the unspeakable horror of eager young Labour supporters explaining why Ed Miliband is so «fresh» and dynamic».

The MP is an ardent New Labour supporter with a majority of nearly 12,000 and has served since the 1999 by - election.

More importantly, a CLP needs to DO it (i.e. have a closed primary open to declared Labour supporters.)

The 2015 election could well - produce situations where, for example, the SNP has a pivotal vote or one of English Votes for English Laws [EVEL] in which Labour supporters are disenfranchised in the way the Scottish electorate has been in the past.

Labour supporters might point to Tony Blair's three election victories in a row, but that ignores the fact that they were won partly due to moving to the centre ground, and partly due to the disintegration of the Conservative Party.

I am a Labour supporter, and have been for many years, but my problem with any established political party is they don't keep the promises they make during election campaigns.

How to campaign enough to ensure Labour supporters get out and vote without looking to be in partnership with those who seem to regard these very supporters with contempt?

10:54 - Hague gives way to Keith Vaz, another Labour supporter of a referendum, who asks whether Cameron will be able to cope with the renegotiations between 2015 and 2017.

Despite all the talk of late surges and delayed ballots, his lead amongst the # 3 «supporters», (many of whom are clearly not Labour supporters at all), is too large to be overhauled.

However, we could adopt a closed primary system where registered Labour supporters (of which there are a considerable number in each constituency - 1000 or more in many cases) could take part.

By the time historically Labour supporters cast their «yes» votes, they had been led to conclude that support for independence was incompatible with support for the Labour Party.

It comes as 180,541 people have applied to become registered Labour supporters to take part in the party's leadership election - netting the cash - strapped party a cool # 4.5 million.

Ed must know better than the old, PR will let the BNP in... To be honest, I've never quite understood how any Labour supporter can oppose PR.

The latest Ipsos Mori political monitor found that half of Labour supporters are now dissatisfied with the way that Corbyn is doing his job as Labour leader.

Is this the Labour Supporters Network?

If he keeps his seat then Lewis is fancied by many Labour supporters to be the next leader, with Guardian columnist Owen Jones among his key supporters.

Specifically, the Times report says 95 % of Labour supporters back the Lab - Lib coalition, and Lab got 29 % of the vote.

His shaky strategic vision remains uncertain and may not show up before polling day at all, hitting voters» confidence in him but also the effectiveness of Labour supporters on the doorstep.

Supporters - they will be people on Labour Supporters Networks - but these are gathered in a variety of ways including on the doorstep.

Ukip's former deputy leader Paul Nuttall has set his sights on Labour supporters after easily winning the party's leadership race with 62.6 % of the vote.

This is the highest level yet of dissatisfaction with Corbyn among Labour supporters since he became leader in September 2015.

They would just have to sign a declaration that they were a Labour supporter say a week in advance of the selection (but I wouldn't be overly concerned if it was on the day either.)

Coalition talks are on the agenda again at the moment as Andrew Adonis, a prominent Labour supporter of an alliance with the Lib Dems, publicises his new book Five Days In May: The Coalition And Beyond.

In the end it wasn't shy Tories that won it, but unconvinced Labour supporters that lost it.

The Islington North MP retains the support of 41 per cent of Labour supporters, with nine per cent answering don't know.

He admitted that expecting Labour supporters to join the Lib Dems was «a big ask» but added: «As we stand on the edge of those two horrific realities: Brexit and a Tory stranglehold on Britain, the biggest risk is that you do not join us.

He believes the opinion polls are probably over-emphasising the Remain vote and agrees that Labour supporters have not been motivated to vote to stay in the EU.

Earlier in the day Mr Keal urged Labour supporters «to vote tactically to help deliver a shock result in Thirsk and Malton».

Labour supporters are turning on Jeremy Corbyn following his handling of the Brexit vote, new polling suggests.

It isn't perfect but at least it would allow Labour supporters to have a vote.

They fear many Labour supporters will either stay at home on June 23 or be seduced by Nigel Farage's crude populism.

Labour supporters were devastated by the result, which was far worse for the party than opinion polls had been predicting.

An elderly woman stands between two young Labour supporters wearing a t - shirt that reads: «Eradicate the Right Wing Blairite Vermin».

Significant numbers of Labour supporters may be willing to vote tactically for the Lib Dems in seats where the Conservatives are the second largest party, the poll found.

I'm sorry for using such a morbid analogy, but as a longstanding Labour supporter I'm finding that hope is in short supply.

Blairism will prove an attractive siren song for Labour supporters because it offers clear answers which have previously been shown to win elections.

But more than that, Labour supporters need to take that cause back into their own party.

That would mean not only that fewer constituencies were Labour - winnable, but that there were simply fewer potential Labour supporters registered in 2020.

It is unlikely that old Labour supporters will vote for a party that advocates introducing charges to the NHS, reducing workers» rights and allowing bankers unlimited bonuses.

2) Association with the Lib Dems — this was always going to make it into something of a referendum on Nick Clegg and makes it very hard to have a coherent Yes movement when Labour supporters of AV are furious at the Libs and they in turn are arrogantly insulting to Labour.

However, by the end of the month, the lead has fallen to just 6 points, with YouGov analysis showing a big shift in support among Labour supporters.

OK, that may be a slighly unrealistic wish but I think there are more things that should unite Labour and LibDem supporters than divide them, even if not all of them see it like that (it always amazes me how much some Labour supporters despise the LibDems, I don't know to what extent the feeling is reciprocated).

1) You apparently make a very real, and in hindsight materiel threat to report and disenfranchise Labour supporters, and they or members acting in their defence (and Labours interests and honour) respond with immaterial threats of possible de-selection.

I roped in like - minded Labour supporters to help me create policy documents.

Building on experience gleaned from the inevitable secondment to the Obama campaign, he was poached by Miliband, for whom he successfully recruited young Labour supporters, and bloggers, to the cause.

The thing is, most labour supporters were unhappy at blair because he was afraid of doing anything to alienate the centre.

Nor will he appear on today's new image, which is aimed at disillusioned Labour supporters.