Sentences with phrase «question for labour»

Then there is the big question for the Labour party.

The most interesting question for Labour in the polls will be about Gordon Brown.

Question for you Labour loyalists: is there a snowball's chance in hell that Labour will win a majority of seats in the election?

That is the central exam question for Labour politics now, and in an age of political disruption there is an argument that nothing is guaranteed anymore.

However, he rejected the inevitable suggestion he is trying to bring back the Blairites, insisting: «There is only one question for Labour - how do we win the next election.»

«There are serious questions for the Labour party here about inadvertent giving through the political levy.

«The vow» jointly made by David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband poses questions for Labour.

Not exact matches

«There is a lot of cost pressure, and now you have Brexit as well, so there is a question over labour availability, and a lot of companies are hurt by currency swings, so to go and ask for # 10 million to build a new food factory, it's a difficult climate,» he says.

There are many benefits of going to antenatal classes; they are a great way to learn about pregnancy, labour, birth and caring for a newborn baby and you have access to trained professionals to ask any questions you might have and share any concerns.

Know I'm 20 years too late with these questions, but how is she in labour for about two days, with about three contractions, and also gets to 10 cm without much pain?

The Healthy Pregnancy Book takes you month - by - month through your pregnancy, answering all the questions you have about your baby's development, your own body's physical and emotional changes, medical technology you might need during pregnancy and childbirth, how to prepare for labour and delivery, and those first days at home with your new baby.

12:24 - Right - after a question on families from a Labour MP, it's time for Ian Swales - the improbable Liberal Democrat MP from Redcar - who invites Cameron to comment on councils thinking of turning down the government's offered council tax freeze.

«As for the role of the Labour government and the people around Gordon Brown, well I think there are questions to be asked of them,» he said.

Andrew Marr & Gordon Brown Marr provoked criticism for his last question during an interview with prime minster Gordon Brown at the 2009 Labour Party conference.

A Labour source told me last night that a «massive offensive» is beginning today against the Tories on party funding; of course prime minister's questions provides the stage for Miliband to mount this attack.

The question of what type of inquiry would look into the scandal was fought out earlier at prime minister's questions with Labour pushing for a judge - led approach and the government a parliamentary inquiry.

For Labour the question was the balance between individual and affiliated membership, and the role of the trades unions was undoubtedly strengthened by wartime mobilisation.

Fair enough about the inequality, but Labour had been in power for ten of the previous 14 years, and not even to question the ability of late - 70s Labour to tackle inequality is pretty breathtaking in its myopic partisanship.

A one - time Labour researcher, he began his lobbying career with the disgraced lobbying firm Ian Greer Associates, resigning in the aftermath of the «cash for questions» affair in 1996, shortly before the whole agency liquidated itself.

Delaying the question until next year or the one after would buy time until an eventual crunch when, whether Labour's for or against Trident, part of his base is going to revolt.

12:25 - Michael McCann, Labour, says Salmond owes the people of Scotland an apology for a white paper that dodges the tough questions.

Four years later, many question what the current leadership actually stands for and whether Labour has witnessed an authentic ideological revision.

The election results will influence thetiming but questions about the future for Labour need to be urgently raised within the parliamentary party.

Yet the Labour leader ducked the question of England's place within the next stage of devolution, instead warning that Prime Minister David Cameron's raising of the issue of «English votes for English laws» could divide the UK.

15:56 - Labour's Toby Perkins raises the accountability question - it seems there is cross-party consensus against the reforms as much as there is for them.

Labour's complaint — that the Prime Minister's raising the question of English votes for English laws was simply a partisan ambush — is unconvincing, because it fails to answer the key questions.

They'll also be «Fabian Question Time: The Challenge for Labour» featuring Yvette Cooper MP; «Is There Such a thing as Society?»

The Labour leader also plumped for shortbread when asked the staple Mumsnet question about his favourite biscuit.

For once, the Labour leader chose to focus all six of his question on the same subject — and lobby journalists agreed that the approach had resulted in his best PMQs performance «for ages&raquFor once, the Labour leader chose to focus all six of his question on the same subject — and lobby journalists agreed that the approach had resulted in his best PMQs performance «for ages&raqufor ages».

This «whitewash for peerages» is a scandal that surely raises serious questions about the integrity of Ms Chakrabarti, her inquiry and the Labour leadership.»

The row, between employment minister Esther McVey and Labour veteran Barry Sheerman, came in a stormy Department for Work and Pensions questions.

I think the key lessons for Labour from this by - election are not about whether «One Nation Labour» is reaching «southern voters», or whether Labour needs to adopt policy x, y or z. Instead, the Eastleigh result poses two questions which Labour need to consider:

The question of how Labour can win is therefore a problem for all the leadership candidates, not just a concern to be wheeled out when attacking Corbyn.

Should the former win the day for him, it would be surprising if some Labour activists didn't begin to question the vastly disproportionate power wielded by MPs under the present arrangements.

Politically, the move has been questioned by opposition MPs who see it as an attempt to shore up the government's majority in the Commons and to cause havoc for any future Labour government.

Important though these are, the real question the party has to ask itself is — what is Scottish Labour for?

The Labour leader came in for tough questioning on the issue of Labour's spending plans.

William Hague is leading a cabinet committee that is due to produce proposals about how to proceed with the so - called West Lothian question (it is being boycotted by Labour, who see the issue as a trap designed to make it harder for them to govern).

For example, if Labour managed to get its act together, a big «if» I know, and they put an amendment to the voting reform bill designed to introduce AV + on to a referendum question rather than AV, how will the Liberal Democrats vote?

When Harman, as Leader of the House of Commons, stood in for Gordon Brown during Prime minister's questions on Wednesday 2 April 2008 (due to the Prime Minister attending a NATO summit in Romania), she became the first female Labour Minister to take Prime Minister's Qquestions on Wednesday 2 April 2008 (due to the Prime Minister attending a NATO summit in Romania), she became the first female Labour Minister to take Prime Minister's QuestionsQuestions.

At the time, we had been shortlisted for «Best Agency» by Research magazine — the most prestigious award in the market research industry — so I was a bit alarmed at first to receive a letter from Labour peer Lord Joffe, possibly frustrated that his attempts to change the law on assisted suicide had failed yet again, expressing unhappiness with the wording of a question.

We have seen labours idea of getting women elected, thats failed, they were hand picked by Blair to vote for him not to question him.

The Pirate Party, for example, might define it in rather a different way to The Labour Party UK, or Partido Del La Red of Argentina, or perhaps even The Green Party... The issue addressed, however, was not authoritativeness, but freedom of speech, so your answer has gone off on something of a tangent unrelated to my question.

«If Labour, for partisan, political, opportunistic reasons want to oppose the programme motion they're going to have to answer some tough questions about that.»

The Labour leader has won many plaudits for her performances in the Holyrood chamber, particularly during first minister's questions, but also needs to continue to increase her profile among voters.

It came at the culmination of a deeply unusual final day of the parliament in which Bercow fought back against Hague's manoeuvring by granting three urgent questions - buying him some more time for Labour MPs to rush back to the Commons to attempt to save him.

Questions were raised about Labour's relationship with wealthy donors in 1997 when, following an announcement that a ban on cigarette advertising would include an exemption for Formula 1 racing, it was revealed that the formula 1 chief executive, Bernie Ecclestone, had earlier donated # 1 million to the Labour Party.

January 2007 — Police questioned, under caution, John McTernan, the Director of Political Operations at 10 Downing Street seconded to the Scottish Labour Party to run its campaign for the Scottish Parliament general election of 3 May 2007.

Hence when Labour was in government the Liberal Democrats could choose topics for three opposition days per session, and enjoyed rights to some (albeit fewer) interventions by frontbenchers during debates and question times.

Titled, «Questions all Jeremy Corbyn supporters need to answer», Jones argues Labour are heading for a disaster due to a lack of strategy from Corbyn's team, and asks supporters the following: How can the disastrous polling be turned around?