Sentence examples for back of labour from inspiring English sources

If Thatcher broke the back of Labour, New Labour broke its heart.

His administration, in the fulfilment of a conservative erotic dream, broke the back of labour, and the voter was induced to vote for fantasy: every man a millionaire; no more government intervention.

And many female Labour MPs were elected in marginal seats on the back of Labour's landslide.

The context in which Bevan spoke was critical, of course: on the back of Labour's third successive general election defeat of that decade there was a recognition that the party had gone wrong somewhere along the line.

Having only squeaked a victory over his brother, David, for the party crown last September, and even then without the backing of Labour MPs or activists, little was expected of him.

He said the party would research and test the policy, which has won the backing of Labour MPs from different wings of the party, including former shadow transport minister Jonathan Reynolds.

The private members bill, named the NHS reinstatement bill, has received cross-party support, including the backing of Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn, Liberal Democrat MP John Pugh and the SNP's health spokesperson Philippa Whitford.

Vote Leave used to have the full backing of Labour Leave, the party's anti-EU group, but at the end of last week Labour Leave effectively split as some of its members declared they could no longer work with Vote Leave.

The charity has the backing of Labour leader Ed Miliband and of campaigners for better mental health support for young people.

This means wages could grow faster than productivity for a while without pushing up inflation, just by clawing back some of labour's share.

You were talking about Gordon Brown and how you can trace back some of Labour's problems to 1994 [when Brown failed to contest the leadership with Tony Blair]?