Sentences with phrase «progressive mantle»

Paradoxically, the Tories and Liberal Democrats are at war over their branding at the moment, with both parties laying claim to the progressive mantle.

Ken Lovett: «(Cuomo) again tried to claim the progressive mantle he hopes could play well at home while also springboarding him into the national conversation for 2020.»

Political editor Gary Gibbon says you see how difficult it will be to secure and hold the progressive mantle through this saga ahead.

Factor in on top of that the serious pressure on the DWP to come up with big additional cuts in welfare payments to reduce the pain on other departmental budgets and keeping things «progressive», living up to the boasts, making the graphs much pointed to by Lib Dem MPs a reality in a five - year retrenchment that leans heavily on cuts over tax hikes... and you see how difficult it will be to secure and hold the progressive mantle through this saga ahead.

So the governor has a right to claim the progressive mantle for these only partially.

But now de Blasio has competition for the progressive mantle in New York State — his rival and fellow Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

It advises, «Advocates should test (emphasis added) owning the progressive mantle on education reform and charters: this is about social justice, civil rights, and giving kids a chance.»