Sentence examples for weakness of labour from inspiring English sources

He also argued it was a "sign of the weakness of Labour as an opposition, that the Tories think they can get away with it".

The weakness of Labour in the south, apart from London, and the decline of the Conservatives in the north and the cities has been reinforced.

Spurred on by that threat, and conscious that voters consider law and order a traditional weakness of Labour governments, ministers have introduced plenty of stern laws during their 13 years in power.

Looking back in 1997 he said the besetting weakness of Labour governments lay in getting into a fiscal crisis in their first years of office, then needing to dig themselves out of it – usually with a new chancellor – in what time was left to them.

The weakness of Labour's minority governments in the 1970s gave anti-Labour forces time and cause to rally and eventually thrust Margaret Thatcher to power in 1979.

"The gravest weakness of British Labour is... its lack of creed.

We have argued that the weakness of the labour market relating to structural rigidities has been a key factor behind France's underperformance compared with Germany".

But the Fed's chairman reminded Congress that the official figure "understates the weakness" of the labour market as it does not count people who have given up looking for work or can find only part-time employment.

"The weakness of the Labour party and the resolution of the EU question have created a unique political opportunity to drive through a wide-ranging … revolution on a scale similar to that of the 1980s," it began.

Stuart has become an increasingly prominent figure in Vote Leave as the focus has shifted on to the apparent weakness of the Labour vote in largely white, working-class areas.

"One of the huge weaknesses of New Labour was in its reliance on mobilisation from the centre, rather than organising.