Sentences with phrase «risk election defeat»

this weekend on Andy Burnham telling her that Labour must shout louder or risk election defeat.

Not exact matches

Since the beginning of this election campaign, polls have shown the Wildrose Party in a position to make significant gains across Calgary and Southern Alberta, putting many Tory incumbents and rookie candidates at risk of defeat.

With the French election ending in the defeat of Le Pen, one more risk factor has been removed from the table and low volatility has returned.

Since neither cynical liberal supporters of Clinton, nor idealistic liberal supporters of Sanders see much prospect of general election defeat, they are both willing to take more risks (both ethical and ideological) in order to get more of what they want after the 2016 election.

I don't see how either party base is doing their parties any good - they are pulling their candidates and office holders to the extremes - and thus risking defeat in the general election.

At the risk of sounding cynical, everything about this — including the perfect timing — suggests to me that it's being staged: 1) Labour is on course for a huge defeat 2) no - one wants to take on the leadership of the doomed party at the 11th hour 3) GB's popularity (such as it is) is at an all - time low Given that no - one else wants the job on the eve of such a crushing defeat, surely the only chance Labour have of gaining support and mounting any semblance of an election campaign is to first restore some faith in their battered leader.