Sentences with phrase «one's reputation for economic competence»

That trend is particularly evident among women — with the party's reputation for economic competence falling from 20 % to 11 %.

There is strong evidence that Labour is still carrying the burden of being in office when the financial crisis struck, fatally damaging its hard won reputation for economic competence.

Not only did it destroy Norman Lamont's Treasury career (although not that of his special adviser David Cameron) but it torpedoed the Conservatives» reputation for economic competence for well over a decade.

He explains that he originally recoiled from such action partly because of his fear that nationalising a major UK bank would undermine New Labour's reputation for economic competence.

Labour took the blame for the crisis, just in the same way the Conservatives lost their reputation for economic competence on Black Wednesday in 1992, when the pound was ejected from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.

They need to exploit what is still their strongest card, their reputation for economic competence.

A leftward movement would also have consequential impacts on Labour's reputation for economic competence, in particular further eroding business support for any social democratic programme.

His task now is to develop a reputation for economic competence and gravitas.

Black Wednesday in September 1992 damaged the Conservative government's reputation for economic competence, and by the end of that year Labour had a comfortable lead over the Tories in the opinion polls.

Unfortunately, thanks to Thatcher's success some of our activists don't have much perspective on opposition — or arguably on government: it was when the Tories lost their reputation for economic competence and tax cuts that we started flatling, not under Hague or IDS or Howard but under John Major.

A key factor in eroding the Conservatives» poll lead in the 1992 was Black Wednesday, when the pound's disastrous exit from the European exchange rate mechanism ruined the Tories» reputation for economic competence.

This event will explore the crucial issue of how the centre - left in British and European politics can restore its reputation for economic competence drawing on the recent research from Southern Discomfort — One Year On, which identified that Labour has a mountain to climb in winning back voters» trust.

The efforts of the Labour Party to build its reputation for economic competence have, of course, been most damaged by its disastrous mismanagement of the public finances since 2002.

But some senior backbenchers fear his message that Osborne's economic recovery is «built on sand», will fail to win back Labour's reputation for economic competence.

Labour would borrow billions of pounds to fund public investment projects, while exerting an «iron discipline» over day - to - day spending, shadow chancellor John McDonnell has said, as he seeks to win back the party's reputation for economic competence.

Instead, what appears to be getting through to the public is that Labour will increase welfare spending, which for a party that is deeply mistrusted on spending is lethal to rebuilding a reputation for economic competence.

On the one hand, his reputation for economic competence was called into question.

Some Conservative insiders worry that February 22, 2013, might go down as «Black Friday», comparable to «Black Wednesday» in 1992, when Britain fell out of Europe's currency club, the Exchange Rate Mechanism, and the Tories lost their reputation for economic competence.

On Sunday George Osborne declared that Labour's reputation for economic competence had died.

If Labour wants to establish a reputation for economic competence, it really needs to cut this sort of language out.

They believe that Northern Rock, in particular, is fast eroding the Prime Minister's reputation for economic competence.

Will Labour recover its reputation for economic competence — or continue to take the blame for the spending cuts?