Sentences with phrase «of opposition labour»

Cameron will celebrate a victory for his authority and the disarray of the opposition Labour Party.

The question of exactly what kind of opposition Labour should provide has been rather neglected.

And yet May's party is four points ahead of the opposition Labour party.

Not exact matches

A war erupted inside the Labour Party, the government's official opposition, over leader Corbyn's decision to make the party's parliamentarians vote in favour of May triggering Article 50.

The comments from Defense Minister Michael Fallon in an interview with the Daily Telegraph suggested that the ruling Conservative Party would not increase the top rate of income tax, striking a contrast with main opposition Labour Party.

The opposition Labour Party, which requested the figures under freedom of information, said they showed the government's «utter failure» in ensuring wealthy people and large corporations pay as much tax as they should.

Khan, a politician from the opposition Labour Party who is also chairman of TfL, has long criticized Uber's British management and backed the regulator's decision Thursday.

Allegations of sexual abuse have ranged from a charge of rape by an activist in the opposition Labour Party by a senior party member, to unconfirmed details of serial «sex pests» on a list reportedly drafted by aides and researchers in parliament.

May's government also faced questions from the opposition Labour Party about why it awarded the company 1.3 billion pounds of state contracts after Carillion fell into financial difficulty in July last year.

However, it would have been far better for us all if he had been held to account in a court of law,» said Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Labour, the main opposition party.

Britain's opposition Labour Party said the attack on English hospitals showed the need to place cyber security at the heart of government policy.

Opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband on Friday urged Cameron to apologize for «the appalling error of judgment he made in hiring Andy Coulson,» but Cameron refused and said Coulson remained a friend.

«It is right that Rebekah Brooks has finally taken responsibility for the terrible events that happened on her watch, like the hacking of Milly Dowler's phone,» said opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, who had been demanding that she quit.

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Hugh MacDonald Slogan: None Elected experience: MLA for Edmonton - Gold Bar from 1997 to present Background: Since stepping into his role as the opposition labour critic during his first - term and making headlines over the government's shaky handling of rotting pine shakes roofing and lack of whistle - blower protection, Hugh MacDonald earned a reputation as a dogged critic of the Tories.

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But her proposal split the Lords, with Labour's Baroness Young of Old Scone among those voicing their opposition and describing it as «unnecessary and potentially dangerous» given existing protections.

The Labour party was undone in the recent British election by a combination of Scottish nationalism, concerns about immigration, and opposition to EU integration — each a version of identity politics.

Most of those MPs will come from either the Conservative Party, who are currently in government, or the Labour Party, who are currently Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition.

On any normal day, a lead of five points in mid-term would be unlikely to be enough for the opposition to win, but thanks to the Conservatives» failure to get the planned boundary changes passed, Labour could still win an overall majority on a tiny lead.

I guess one of the hang - ups with the word «Family» for Labour is it was used so centrally by Thatcher in opposition to Society.

These private overtures were the way of escaping from the deep hatred of 2010 and 2011, when Ed Miliband appealed to disgruntled left - leaning liberals to desert to the Labour party and Clegg was painted as being a closet Tory by every opposition figure you ever met.

The winner becomes the one who can minimise the damage: Cameron by pouring scorn on Labour's record, the opposition by reminding voters of the pain of spending cuts.

Has the level of scrutiny / opposition research, either by those within the Labour party, people in other political parties, those in the media, or those in social media, increased?

Jeremy Corbyn — all but certain to be re-elected as Labour leader next weekend - really believes he can win the next general election, despite having the worst ever poll ratings for a leader of the opposition, not just at this stage, but at any stage, of a parliament.

While Labour could be clear in their opposition and so respectful and dignified like Ed Miliband, or angry like Glenda Jackson, the Lib Dems appeared to be paralysed by fear of «being too close to the Tories» or endorsing Thatcherite politics in some way.

These recommendations will be welcomed by opposition parties, Labour backbenchers and civil rights campaigners, who have long argued for the element of intent to be included in the terrorism proposals.

«We have not been able to proceed on Lords reform, frankly, because there is opposition in parliament and the opportunism of the Labour party,» he said.

It confirmed the criticisms of the Labour opposition that key decisions were being taken without consultation and found that «high - level military judgements» should have taken another six to nine months to reach.

«Looking back to the Tories in 97 and Labour in 2010, if they both needed a period of time in opposition to recuperate it didn't do them any good, did it?

Put simply, there isn't that feeling of optimism there was in 1995 when even though Labour were in opposition they dominated the political agenda.

The onset of a long period in opposition for social democratic standard - bearers such as Labour in Britain and the SPD in Germany, coupled with continuing slow growth, high unemployment and falling unionisation, led the parties of the Socialist International into a comprehensive accommodation with neo-liberalism — albeit one wrapped in soothing social market rhetoric and homeopathic concessions at the margins.

Recall that during the long years of opposition, Labour actually had socialist policies - and dumping them was gradual rather than sudden.

Of course, Labour as the official opposition, should be piling on the pressure for these sectoral studies to be released.

Labour had adopted a position of limited opposition to the government's proposals in yesterday's debate.

Embattled UK opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he will stand in any new party leadership election amid calls for his resignation in light of the referendum result.

Unless and until Labour achieves some sort of coherence, it is a peculiarity of this parliament that opposition to a government with a truly precarious majority, arises in the oddest places: powerful individual performers, such as Keir Starmer and Angela Eagle, or dynamic parliamentary committees, such as the Women's Committee, chaired by Maria Miller.

In his letter, Duncan Smith attacked Labour for their «out - of - control» spending on welfare and their opposition to government policies like the reform of sickness benefit and work experience programmes for the young and unemployed.

The New Labour veteran makes the best defence yet I've heard of the opposition's position.

He spent much of his time in opposition warning that threats to Britain's AAA rating were a grave indication that the Labour government was struggling to cope with the financial crisis.

Instead Labour's success in London has only proved a saving grace for the national party of opposition, helping reduce the impact of Ukip's national victory.

This uncompromising opposition to the appalling displays of racism and xenophobia witnessed across the country in the last week, is exactly the kind of leadership we need from the head of the Labour Party.

And on the other hand, the post-1688 sense that the Williamite and then Hanoverian State, its Empire, and that Empire's capitalist ideology were somehow less than fully legitimate was passed down among Catholics, High Churchmen (and thus first Methodists and then also Anglo - Catholics), Congregationalists, Baptists, Quakers and others, contributing significantly to the creation of the American Republic, to the abolition of the slave trade, to the extension of the franchise, to the emergence of the Labour Movement, and to the opposition to the Boer and First World Wars.

I watched Brown to day, he is a very very poor leader end of story, he is dragging this government into a very very long stay out of power, I do think people will see Labour in the future as we see the Lib Dem's OK to sit in opposition sadly a waste of time running the country, what next a New Toy Blair, a new newer lLabour in the future as we see the Lib Dem's OK to sit in opposition sadly a waste of time running the country, what next a New Toy Blair, a new newer labourlabour.

The Conservatives have seized on the division as evidence of Labour's poor start to life in opposition.

The Cameronite language of the Big Society is held up in opposition to the Big Government of the (New) Labour Party.

I assume, of course, that others in the party, those who participate in the Labour blogosphere, share my underlying opposition to authoritarianism.

We shall see if the Tories & LDs can continue to sing from the same sheet for much longer, but there may come a point (preferably after the AV referendum) that Labour's best strategy for avoiding another welfare - smashing lockout in opposition is to not take another state retrenchment (after Thatcher) lying down, & to agitate for the collapse of the Coalition, for a new Parliament, & a chance to reduce the deficit in a much cleverer, & less crude manner.

Maximus's time in slavery doesn't detract from the years he spent leading the armies of the north just as the limp Miliband years should not overshadow Ball's time at the heart of the Treasury operation that was key to New Labour's success and vanquished all opposition.

In the 2016 Scottish Parliamentary elections, Labour fell to third place behind the Scottish Tories, whose Ruth Davidson is now leader of the opposition and the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon main challenger to be First Minister after the 2021 election.