Starmer was viewed by some as
a natural Labour supporter during his time in office and subsequently chose to stand for election for the party, winning the Holborn and St Pancras seat.
And he is not
a natural Labour supporter, but he is coming around to us.
«One is we obviously appeal to
natural Labour supporters to recognise the importance of NHS, housing and employment issues.
While this is dwarfed by the nearly 200,000 new members who have joined since May 2015, it suggests that there are dissatisfied
natural Labour supporters who could make up the nucleus of a new party.
Not exact matches
Labour's
natural supporters were unimpressed with the austerity - lite alternative offered by the
Labour Party.
Many on the left of the party — including party grandees such as former leader Charles Kennedy — are likely to be further troubled by Clegg's message that under his leadership the party is no longer a
natural home for disaffected
Labour supporters.
An active
supporter of Welsh language use, she wrote in one article: «I would contend that for a
Labour supporter being actively pro-Welsh language is a
natural part of our DNA, as much as supporting public services, tackling low pay or taking on any other equalities cause».
In the general election the Lib Dem vote will have been swelled by
natural Tory or
Labour supporters voting tactically in some constituencies to try to keep the other main party out.
But the above analysis demonstrates that
Labour's problems in Scotland go far deeper than mere ideological perceptions, with a large group of
natural Corbyn
supporters apparently likely to be dissuaded by
Labour's position on independence.
Ex leaders, ex whips, ex councillors, ex members, all «
natural»
Labour supporters are rabid and foaming to smash
Labour to pieces even within the last hour.
«It would be all too easy for
Labour leadership candidates to please their
natural supporters by accusing the Lib Dems of being collaborators — a word John Prescott used to describe his former colleague John Hutton, advising the Government on pensions — as if we were now living under Nazi occupation.
There has been a preparedness to admit mistakes and ask painful questions about why so many of its
natural supporters ended up feeling so betrayed by or isolated from
Labour.
So my estimation is that
Labour supporters are resigned to defeat but see it as a way to bounce back with a healthier and more
natural Labour party.