Sentences with phrase «poor local election result»
And after last week's poor local election result for Labour, she got into ANOTHER maths related gaffe when she said labour only lost 50 seats - when it was 125.
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The Liberal Democrats would be «absolutely foolish» to move against Nick Clegg after poor local election results and an expected fall in support in the European parliamentary elections, the party's president, Tim Farron, has said.
Not exact matches
Westminster by - election swings are way down on 2011 — the last proper comparator — and the local election results in May were just very, very poor indeed.
The trigger for removing him then could be poor results for Labour in European and local elections.
William Hague has dismissed calls from Tories on the right of the party, including one minister, for Downing Street to respond to its poor performance in the local election results by tacking to the right.
«There are undoubtedly raw feelings in the wake of poor local and European election results,» he added.
The Lib Dem candidate in Winchester calls on party leader Nick Clegg to stand down after poor English local election results.
It is normal for the opposition party to win local elections mid-term and a lead of just one point is a pretty poor result comparatively.
[1] The threat of a leadership contest receded due to his perceived strong handling of the global financial crisis in October, but his popularity hit an all - time low and his position became increasingly untenable after the May 2009 expenses scandal and Labour's poor results in the 2009 Local and European elections.
The author analyses Labour s strategic errors and the debilitating bumps in the road the 10p tax rate row, the disastrous battles over 42 - day detention, the plots against Gordon Brown s leadership, poor local and European election results and perceived policy U-turns.
Following poor election results in the 2014 local elections, the 2014 European Parliament election and the 2015 Westminster election McDonnell resisted calls to stand down.