Sentences with phrase «traditional heartland»

It's considered the traditional heartland of the Afrikaner; countryside through which one drives en route from Johannesburg or the Western Cape.

In an era when BMW's diversification into every weird niche going can sometimes leave brand fans feeling jaded and confused, it's good to know that Munich still excels in its traditional heartland — building superior sports machines.

It has even edged one percentage point ahead in Labour's traditional heartland in the North, where jobs are likely to be lost at Northern Rock.

Meanwhile, Labour lost a council seat in a traditional heartland last night following a massive swing to the pro-EU Liberal Democrats.

In a further blow, Labour last night lost a council seat in a traditional heartland to the Conservatives.

With the 2014 independence referendum approaching, the possible secession of its traditional heartland is an alarming prospect for Labour.

Australian bakery major Arnott's opened a A$ 22m (US$ 17.5 m) packaging plant in its traditional heartland of Sydney's western suburbs.

Asia will be the biggest profit contributor to Treasury Wine Estates within 18 months, outstripping the traditional heartland of Australia and the United States, where the company ploughed $ 3 billion into big acquisitions under the ownership of Foster's Group.

A familiar myth suggests that it was mainly the force of Islam that brought Arab peoples into the traditional heartlands of the civilized Near East, around the 630s.

More recently, Labour MP Andy Burnham characterised the ethos of Britain Stronger In Europe, the official campaign to keep Britain in the EU, as «too much Hampstead and not enough Hull», lamenting the group's inability to appeal to voters in Labour's traditional heartlands.

Get this right, though, and someone as Thatcherite as Nuttall will have no chance at all in Labour's traditional heartlands.

Traditional heartlands such as Lanarkshire are now dominated by the nationalists.

Ukip is targeting our traditional heartlands, not only do we need strong leadership to reconnect with these voters but also to make connections with those who voted to remain in the EU.

If Labour really want to gain power then they need to address the regions directly and try to get their traditional heartlands back on side.

If Ed Miliband can't even win in his traditional heartlands there must be huge question marks over his ability to win the next election.

Fabian Society report on voting patterns in local elections finds party performed badly in its traditional heartlands

The Brexit debate has amplified the divide between Labour's metropolitan, liberal strongholds and its traditional heartlands in post-industrial areas of Britain, many of which voted strongly to leave.

The Labour rebels fear that the new Tory leader will call a snap election - and that a Corbyn - led party would suffer a «meltdown», particularly in its traditional heartlands.

The realisation that we are taking votes from their traditional heartlands has finally reached Labour HQ in London.

However, Nuttall's gamble of standing himself failed to come off as Labour's Gareth Snell won the seat with a majority of 2,620, raising questions as to whether Ukip could take seats from Labour in its traditional heartlands.

Not exact matches

As the industrial heartland exported its traditional factories and concentrated on information technology, people spoke of a post-industrial age.

People are hitting grocery stores for fresh items and have decreasing interest in the traditional consumer packaged goods «canned and frozen» branded heartland in the center of the store.

Expanding away from its traditional Moscow heartland has helped increase sales and volumes at dairy product and fruit juice maker Wimm - Bill - Dann - but the cost of this programme took its toll on first half profits.

The Tories then made steady progress, expanding from their traditional middle - class heartlands of Sutton Coldfield and Edgbaston and into wards that had long been red.

It was actually 62 % of labour voters voted to remain, and the labour vote, in 2015 was made up of many people who'd voted Libdem, or greens in 2010, labour having lost several of its supporters who'd voted for us in 2010 when Gordon was leader, and many who'd voted labour since the 60's, not voting for us for the first time, but the fact was, with our Scittish and inner London, Manchester, Liverpool vote, voting for us so heavily, ball areas called our heartlands, and Scotland aside, areas we increased our votes in, at the last election, without catching those swing seats, meant that many of our traditional areas Sunderland & Wales saw our core vote, massively vote leave,

These elections are being fought in traditional Labour heartlands, but they are finding it ever more difficult to twist arms and find people willing to be named as Labour candidates.

«According to leading election expert Prof Colin Rallings of the LGC elections centre at the University of Plymouth, resurgent Tories could make gains deep in traditional Labour heartlands.

This narrative becomes a shade more sinister when the dubious category of the «white working class» (apparently neglected more due to its whiteness than its class) is elevated to the status of Labour's «traditional» support — the «core vote» residing in the «heartlands».

Such a move could see the replacement for Mr Johnson increase the Tory majority in traditional Conservative heartlands, further increasing the party's momentum after it overturned Labour's hold over Crewe and Nantwich in yesterday's by - election.

Andy Burnham, the shadow home secretary, had earlier said there was a «very real prospect» of Britain crashing out of the EU because the remain camp was failing to reach beyond Hampstead to traditional Labour voters in its northern heartlands such as Hull.

Wales, particularly in the south, is known as the traditional Labour heartland.

After initial polling suggested it was going to be a landslide win for the Welsh Conservatives, many were left wondering just how much of a traditional Labour heartland the nation could truly be.

Another MP defending a seat in the traditional Labour heartlands said Corbyn's leadership had come up repeatedly in encounters with voters in recent days — and far more strongly than during the 2015 campaign.

Fushi sources their rosehip seeds from Ukraine, the natural heartland of both rose water and rosehip seed oil production, where the villagers have generations of traditional knowledge at hand.

Although the majority of those on the list are based in the traditional world heartlands of corporate online learning — the USA, Europe, India, and Australia — there are signs of other geographies becoming represented on the list.

DETROIT — You could smell the big - truck testosterone wafting in the air early and often, as the traditional «Big Three» US automakers launched new pickup trucks at the this year's heartland auto show: full - size pickups from Chevrolet (Silverado) and Ram (Ram 1500), plus a revived midsize pickup from Ford (Ranger).

Discover the artwork and traditional architecture of Ubud — Bali's cultural heartland — on a full - day tour.

There are several nighttime adventures you could undertake, such as a drive into Gran Canaria's volcanic heartland, to enjoy a traditional candlelit dinner in a quiet village in the shadow of Roque Nublo, the island's ancient volcanic rock.

To this day, Kyoto is still considered Japan's cultural heartland, preserving many of Japan's traditional arts, festivals, handicrafts and ways of life.

In its heartlands in the north, the party's traditional...

In its heartlands in the north, the party's traditional supporters voted to leave the European Union but in its urban strongholds they voted heavily to remain.