Sentences with phrase «strength on the council estates»
A minor party, the Independent Working Class Association, has some strength on the council estates here and returns several councillors, however they have a negligible effect at the last election.
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The old core of Labour support has been squeezed by the Con - Lib Dem contest, with the old areas of Labour strength on the council estates now bases of Lib Dem support.
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The Thatcher administrations indeed aimed to undermine the institutions on which the political strength of the Labour movement rested (i.e. big - city local authorities, council estates, monopoly nationalised industries, trade unions and local government authorities).