Sentences with phrase «strong labour party»

Britain needs a strong Labour party and now it's time for someone else to take forward the leadership.

Mr Murphy concluded his speech by saying: «Scotland needs a strong Labour party; Scotland needs a united Labour party.

Not exact matches

«My party (Labour) hasn't been strong enough to push for red lines» and the May - led - government «answers to only a few Brexiteers» with the prime minister focused on «keeping her party together and win the next elections,» Dance added.

Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party leader, who has expressed ambivalent views about the EU in the past, was not seen as a particularly strong voice for the Remain campaign.

The Labour Party has been a strong supporter of breastfeeding as it ensures a healthy start for infants, and promotes women's health.

Tony Blair has offered strong support to David Cameron on his approach to terrorism - and used the same TV interview to warn Ed Miliband of a «big challenge» facing the Labour party.

John Reid today raised the odds that he might stand as Labour leader when he set himself out as a strong and powerful leader at the party conference in Manchester.

And he lists Major's achievements, a strong and growing economy, the foundations for peace in Northern Ireland and, the reinforcement of a sea change in British politics, thrusting change on the Labour Party.

A graduate from the John Prescott school of politics, Craven has strong Labour connections cemented with a brief period as the party's chief media spokesperson in the late 1990s.

... Delight in smooth - sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the State, genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation, obvious lack of intellectual vigour in both leaders of the British Coalition Government, marked ignorance of Europe and aversion from its problems in Mr. Baldwin, the strong and violent pacifism which at this time dominated the Labour - Socialist Party, the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality, the failure and worse than failure of Mr. Lloyd George, the erstwhile great war - time leader, to address himself to the continuity of his work, the whole supported by overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Parliament: all these constituted a picture of British fatuity and fecklessness which, though devoid of guile, was not devoid of guilt, and, though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries which, even so far as they have unfolded, are already beyond comparison in human experience.

After a year of strong economic recovery and declining trust in Labour and Miliband, any other governing party would expect to be sweeping up support by now.

It has been described by party sources - and by the Britain Stronger In Europe campaign - as the first part of a «Labour fightback» against Brexit, amid concerns that the party's supporters will not vote in sufficient numbers for Remain.

Labour did well in London, winning Hammersmith and Fulham, David Cameron's favourite council, and overturning a Conservative hold on Croydon despite a strong track record by the party in the area.

Perhaps surprisingly, only 17 % of this group planned to vote for UKIP, suggesting that they are not quite the party of English Nationalism that Nigel Farage has suggested during the campaign.In Scotland, meanwhile, 56 % of those who considered themselves «strong Scottish Nationalists» planned to vote for the SNP, and just 19 % planned to vote Labour.

Scotland needs a strong Scottish Labour Party to stand up for working people.

Labour has had a successful party conference, Ed Miliband made a powerful speech with a strong commanding narrative of Labour's objectives for government, but the only let - down was in the crucial area of economic policy.

You and I are in the same position in relation to that but it is absolutely clear that your continued leadership is putting the Labour party's future in jeopardy... so I ask you to follow the strongest possible view of the parliamentary party and stand down.»

Such an effect might also see Labour move back towards the vast majority of BME candidates in high minority population seats — ie less Parmjit Dhanda / Ashok Kumar examples of representing areas with low BME populations — but one difference between Labour and the other parties is that Labour does hold such seats, and so the effect of very strong local preferences in the other parties would be stronger.

Labour members voted for six candidates backed by Momentum and the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy to represent the constituency Labour parties on the 33 - strong NEC.

So yes I think the Labour party can win, but we need a really clear strong message.»

Now that the Tory - inclined swing voters have a strong Tory party to vote for, what use for New Labour?

«This publicity stunt by Plaid Cymru is a crude attempt to weaken our strong and historic link with the Labour Party and to deprive trade unions of a legitimate political role.

In what is perhaps the most enigmatic statement of the article, Purnell comments that while Labour has «strong roots in the liberal tradition... we are not a liberal party».

Labour needs to reinvent itself as a party of strong and clear principles, applied in a modern setting in ways that are relevant to the lives the people lead.

If both Labour and the Liberal Democrats continue their respective downward slides however, it is certainly not hard to see the Conservatives winning a regional list seat given that the party's support is likely pretty stable in what has become one of its strongest areas in the country.

«There was a strong consensus from the Meeting that it would be better to take some of the heat out of this public debate; this would entail taking forward a calmer internal party review of funding which would be more comprehensive and balanced (including importantly, addressing the Conservative multi-million pound donations at and between elections) and putting that forward as part of Labour's manifesto offer for party funding reforms.»

Indeed, had it not been for our stronger performance in the marginal seats, Labour would have been the largest party and would have been able to continue in government.

The Tories will issue their strongest warning about the dangers of a post-election pact between Labour and the Scottish National party when they accuse Ed Miliband of preparing to abandon Britain's nuclear weapons as the price of securing power.

13th August 2016, Huffington Post: Jeremy Corbyn thinks Labour's 500,000 - strong membership can win the party the next general election

After years of Blair and Brown, most of the leading figures in the Labour Party who might be strong candidates — David Miliband being the most obvious example — are too Blairite / Brownite to appeal to an electorate that backed Corbyn in such overwhelming numbers.

The Labour leader used his party conference speech in Brighton to claim that he was «standing up to the strong.»

He said: «We need a strong and united Labour party in Parliament.

«If you believe in this country in a strong, united Labour party to strengthen our democracy and renew our country in these difficult times, join the Labour party, that's what we need to have.

She is a great asset to the Labour Party and a strong voice for Wales.

Second, although it is hard to predict which party Ukip will hurt most locally — in the wards where their advance was strongest, Labour and the Tories lost out almost equally — it is easy to predict which voters they will win.

«I continue to be a strong supporter of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership and want to contribute to his and the Labour party's success in the future.

The new clause would say the party exists to «bring together members and supporters who share its values to develop policies, make communities stronger through collective action and support, and promote the election of Labour representatives at all levels of the democratic process».

He said: «At this critical time for our country following the EU referendum result we need strong and effective leadership of the Labour Party.

In what may be seen as an attempt to counter the strong support for Mr Corbyn among new Labour members, Ms Eagle issued her own plea to the public to sign up to the party, saying:

«He might be seen by Labour Party councillors as best placed to connect with the wider electorate and challenge Theresa May, but he'll need a strong change in the winds to get past Jeremy Corbyn right now.»

He also shared an online petition calling for Dudley North MP Ian Austin to face the «strongest disciplinary action possible» from the Labour party after he heckled Mr Corbyn in a Commons debate.

In the years 2010 to 2012, although the Labour Party recovered from its worst position, in 2010, it has only won seats in its three strongest wards and has yet to challenge the Liberal Democrats grip on votes and power.

But it also accounts for a very significant chunk of the Labour and Liberal Democrats, even given the fact that this is a region with a strong regional / nationalist party, the Scottish Nationalist Pparty, the Scottish Nationalist PartyParty.

In his opening campaign salvo of the year, Labour leader Ed Miliband announced his party's intentions to run a strong grassroots campaign.

Along with the strong run that nearly saw off Labour in Heywood and Middleton, Clacton will undoubtedly give a boost to the UKIP campaign in Rochester and Strood, where Mark Reckless is bidding to become the party's second elected MP.

In cases where party support fell to as low as 4 % or 5 % nationally, as in the case with the April 19th Irish Times - Ipsos MRBI poll, Labour would face a struggle to win seats in every constituency in the state, even in their strongest areas.

The Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru are fighting to be more socialist than Labour and the route is clear for a pragmatic centre - right Conservative Party to establish themselves as a strong opposition.

She was seen as loyal to New Labour - she was one of the most committed of the party's modernisers and even in her time on Redditch Borough Council, she was a strong supporter of Mr Blair.

Henderson turned his attention to building a strong constituency - based support network for the Labour Party.

In cases where party support fell to as low as 4 % or 5 % nationally, Labour would face a struggle to win seats in every constituency in the state, even in their strongest areas.