Sentences with phrase «suggest labour supporters»

23:33 - Harriet Harman was just asked if Tom Watson was right to suggest Labour supporters «hold their nose» and vote Ken and answered very firmly.

Data from the «Antisemitism Barometer» suggests Labour supporters are less antisemitic than other parties» supporters.

He has pointed to a string of EU campaign events and argued the claims are «unfair», although polls have suggested Labour supporters are unsure of the party's position.

Not exact matches

Labour supporters are turning on Jeremy Corbyn following his handling of the Brexit vote, new polling suggests.

Recently even key Corbyn supporters like Diane Abbott, Ken Livingstone and Unite union boss Len McCluskey seem to have suggested that the Labour leader has to improve the party's poll ratings in 2017.

Labour sources privately suggested that tactical voting from Conservative and Liberal Democrat supporters may have helped swing the vote further in their favour in what was acknowledged to be a two horse race.

«Labour's solidly successful week in Brighton will have given its supporters heart, but there has been nothing to suggest that it is likely to win a majority next spring.

Near the close of the meeting, some trade unions and Labour's left suggested the reforms could be ditched in five years» time if it emerged that the plans to recruit union political levypayers as affiliated supporters were not working or were putting the party in financial jeopardy.

It suggests that what has happened in the last month is that Labour supporters who had been disillusioned with Brown's government, but in most cases hadn't embraced the Conservatives as the alternative and were just dismissing the lot of them, have been won back over.

His campaign attracted criticism when he joked that the election was «a simple choice between good and evil», [302] and when he was accused of anti-semitism by Jewish Labour supporters for suggesting that being largely wealthy, the Jewish community would not vote for him.

Analysis by YouGov boss Peter Kellner suggests this is unusual, with the party's supporters sitting in between Labour and Tory opinion in the majority of surveys.

In response to James» question about the Labour leadership candidates — Ed Miliband campaigned for Simon Hughes to speak out & is encouraging his supporters to call on the Lib Dems to stand up for their values, David Miliband has suggested ending the charitable status of fee - paying schools and (one of those non-monetary aspects to reducing inequality) giving representation to ordinary workers on corporate remunertion committees, Ed Balls has strongly opposed the VAT rise and is calling for a graduate tax instead of higher tuition fees, Andy Burnham has reiterated his support for a National Care Service and spoken out on the abolition of the Future Jobs Fund, Diane Abbot has called for fair taxation, cancelling Trident, and setting a timetable for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The pamphlet suggests that Labour supporters might wish to dump their local MP because they are «too detached from the opinions and priorities of the Labour - loyal voters who sent him or her to SW1 0AA in the first place».

The shock survey suggested that a massive 43 per cent of Labour supporters and members would vote for Corbyn in the first round of the leadership contest.

Yanis Varoufakis has won plaudits for his appearance on the BBC's Question Time programme last night - with some Labour supporters even suggesting he could be their party's saviour.

On social media, Labour supporter Nicholas Turner indicated that he was not massively inspired by the slogan, while the Daily Mail's deputy diary editor Richard Eden went out on a limb to suggest it could be «the worst campaign slogan in Labour history».

A new poll of Labour - held Scottish seats suggests that support for independence is now the overwhelming reason why former supporters now back the SNP.

Labour voters do not, of course, necessarily reflect the preferences of the Labour members and supporters who get a vote, though the previous YouGov polling of Labour party members also suggested a large lead for Corbyn.

At the time of Corbyn's election polls suggested that his supporters were far more concerned about his beliefs than whether he would lead Labour to electoral success.

All parties» supporters are now surer of how they will vote than they were at the beginning of the campaign, suggesting Labour's lead is now entrenched.

The evidence in the BES suggests that the reason for the increased impact of differential turnout is not due to a change in the relative enthusiasm between Labour and Conservative supporters since 2010.

While this is dwarfed by the nearly 200,000 new members who have joined since May 2015, it suggests that there are dissatisfied natural Labour supporters who could make up the nucleus of a new party.

Following the comments made by Blue Labour leader David Cameron yesterday (4.4.06), suggesting that UKIP supporters are «closet racists», UKIP Leader Roger Knapman MEP has published the contents of the letter he has written to Mr Cameron asking him to apologise.

On Monday Len McCluskey, the leader of the Unite union and one of Corbyn's staunchest supporters, suggested the Labour leader and John McDonnell, his shadow chancellor, would feel obliged to step down if there was no change in opinion polls currently showing Labour lagging behind by about 12 points.

The combination of factors suggests that Corbyn supporters comprise a coalition of traditional «old Labour» members and a more mobile protest vote.

Although the survey shows Mr Brown is unpopular among Labour supporters, it suggests the Labour brand is now tarnished in the eyes of many voters — another sign that changing its leader might have little impact.

I found exactly the same pattern when I first asked the question in this form for PoliticsHome, but the fact that it still produces the same pattern of results is very good news for the Liberal Democrats — it suggests that in Con - v - LD seats many (but not all) Labour supporters will still vote LD tactically.

The Prime Minister has rebuffed Cabinet colleagues who suggested that Labour supporters could back Liberal Democrat candidates where such a vote would keep out a Conservative.

A video posted by the party suggested a slightly different story: one car, apparently driven by a Labour supporter, reversed into a vehicle driven by one of the Respect faithful.

Lord Prescott criticises comments by former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who suggested supporters of Labour leadership hopeful Jeremy Corbyn should «get a transplant».

Suggesting Labour should follow suit, he added: «We have to make sure we look like the country we represent, not just our supporters.»

My BBC colleague Nick Robinson is booed by the crowd of Labour supporters when he suggests the war in Afghanistan is not going as planned.

If anyone doubts that this is the case I would suggest they knock on few doors in their own towns and cities to ascertain what Labour supporters really think of our present leadership.

The controversy to which these proposals have given rise can be judged from the fact that in a letter to The Guardian the redoubtable and distinguished solicitor — and lifelong Labour supporter — Geoffrey Bindman suggested that the only proper course was for the government to withdraw the Bill in its entirety.