Sentence examples for awkward labour from inspiring English sources
The prime minister's reluctance to participate in the debates spoke not just of the elevation of his office, but of his massive personal poll lead over the often awkward Labour leader sometimes as big as 40 points.
The surge in inflation will be temporary because the recession has opened up so much spare capacity; but the timing is awkward for Labour, and could further dent voters' faith in its competence.Alongside economic performance, the public finances will be a central campaign theme.
Given that this is a crime Mr Miliband accuses Mr Cameron of, it was awkward for the Labour leader.
But if they stay in, as many are expected to, their employers must contribute as well.The lure of the short termLord Turner's success in designing a workable set of reforms holds an awkward lesson for Labour.
The first awkward fact for Labour is that its MPs and any voters who follow these things remember that Blair gave away half Britain's budget rebate on a half-promise that something would be done to cut agricultural subsidies, which still dominate the EU budget – weirdly so considering how small a part of the EU economy farming now is, though less weird when we remember the sacred French farm vote.
Casting a problem forward helped deflect awkward questions about what Labour had actually achieved in office.
Mr Barak made a first, awkward attempt, saying that Labour would assail the "pig capitalism" of the right.
Alongside his late friend Bob Crow, Serwotka has often been pegged as a member of organised labour's "awkward squad": not Labour-affiliated and keen to push the union movement leftwards.
But isn't that a very big 'if'?... "His once rock-solid majority has dwindled and could vanish altogether if Labour's awkward squad unites against him.
But when the numbers in the national accounts started to pose awkward questions about whether Labour's big spending spree was delivering value for money, ministers started to take a keen interest.
Is it awkward that one of Labour's policies is to allow the Office for Budget Responsibility OBRR) to "independently audit every spending and tax measure in the manifestos of the main political parties", when the Institute for Fiscal Studies IFSS) has pretty much slagged them all off?
