The Tories are on 33% in the monthly state of the parties poll, up a single point and two points ahead of Labour, which has sunk by six points since April.
What is the point of Labour if it doesn't oppose these kinds of bills?
The point of Labour's link to the unions is the benefit it brings of a close relationship with workers up and down the country.
What is the point of Labour if not to stand up for ordinary working people, whether they are currently in work, sick, disabled or on the scrapheap?
Labour insists that it will vote for a post-legislative referendum at some point in the debates, forming another possible point of Labour alliance with dissenting Tory MPs to defeat the government.
Many are asking what the point of Labour is, particularly as the time is ripe for an economic vision that refuses to bow at the altar of growth – one that sees people as fully human, not competitive economic units.
But the whole point of Labour's new foundation trusts was that that they should have more autonomy than their traditional counterparts.
Birth of a child with perinatal brachial plexus palsy causes parents a considerable amount of stress amplified by realisation that the child was perfectly healthy up to the point of labour [ 17].
It says it will leave oil taxes well alone and, more to the point, is already nine points ahead of Labour in the race for elections to the Scottish parliament next May, according to an opinion poll published on June 9th.But paradoxically, if Mr Brown does produce a new tax regime which raises more money for the Treasury, that could also help the SNP in the long run.
The Tories are on 34%, down from 39% in the same poll last week, but still two points clear of Labour, which slips back one percentage point to 32%.
