noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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new
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But it's no uncritical endorsement of any part of the socialist tradition, or of the New Model Labour Party.
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Perhaps this will change with a new Labour government-but that is something I would not bet on.
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Too often New Labour appeases and buys off opposing forces: this third-way strategy makes few friends or permanent changes.
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That fault line runs through the New Labour coalition.
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Now, though, the New Labour high command seems ready to drop the pretence.
■ NOUN
candidate
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Standing nearby was Darlington Labour candidate Alan Milburn with a group of his supporters.
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Last night Darlington Labour candidate Alan Milburn said he had visited the site and was impressed with the work being done there.
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Also pictured is Darlington Labour candidate Alan Milburn.
government
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Many, of course, are too young to remember the last Labour Government .
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Fifteen years ago a Labour government in New Zealand abolished subsidies almost overnight.
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These ideas came together and were put into operation by the 1945 - 51 Labour Government .
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When the last Labour Government left office there were 6,000 training jobs.
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Getting the pound down was what Labour governments did with metronomic regularity.
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But the Left-wing were not satisfied and sought to ensure that the next Labour Government would do what the party wanted.
party
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But it's no uncritical endorsement of any part of the socialist tradition, or of the New Model Labour Party .
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But it was more a Conservative than a Labour party concern.
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He wore rosettes for the Labour Party .
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But some in the Labour party challenged the legality of the rule, and it was dropped.
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In reality, however, the Tory tactics simply had the effect of getting a deeply reluctant Labour Party off the hook.
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Britain's general election is expected early this month, and will probably be won by the ruling Labour Party .
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Remember when Michael Foot, as leader of the Labour party , shattered the consensus.
■ VERB
lose
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He had lost and Labour had no hope of winning nationally.
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In the end it was not Mr Kinnock who lost the game for Labour .
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The Conservatives would lose 19, and Labour one.
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Defence, which lost Labour so many votes in 1983 and 1987, is especially important.
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If ground had been lost since 1963, it had been lost before Labour took power.
win
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Ladbrokes are offering 55-1 against Party Politics winning today and Labour having an overall majority in the election.
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To win another term Labour needs to ensure the turnout of its heartland supporters and those who switched to Labour in 1997.
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Britain's general election is expected early this month, and will probably be won by the ruling Labour Party.
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Council election results suggest local headmaster David Jamieson will win for Labour .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In 1979 Labour was obviously in a panic - that set the mood.
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The case for abolition was made more urgent as a result of the experience of Labour in government after 1974.
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The fact is that Labour wants to keep the poll tax so that it can attack us with it.
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They will get it under Labour .
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Weizman, who had by then become a minister, soon joined the Labour party.