Sentences with phrase «unpopular coalition policies»

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The Scottish Lib Dem leader has struggled to separate himself from the unpopular policies of the Westminster coalition.

Matthew Elliott Chairman, TaxPayers» Alliance Centralising education Neil O'Brien's uninformed dismissal of critics of government education policy, like myself, suggests that the Tory part of the coalition has no awareness of how divisive and unpopular its reforms have become (TP, February).

Forgoing his slicker, better - known brother David, it apparently bought into the younger Miliband's soft - left strategy of opposing the coalition's austerity policies, on the assumption it would fail and become wildly unpopular among voters.

The party put all its eggs in one basket by assuming that the coalition's austerity policy would be unsuccessful and unpopular.

He is seen as a key figure on the left of the party and his candidacy has been helped by the fact that he kept his hands clean of the coalition's most unpopular policies, voting against the bedroom tax and, crucially, higher tuition fees.