Predicting whether Labour will win the next election 22 Articles

by Ann C Evans

Of course Labour will win the next election because the party will continue to do what it does best ..... SPIN. Now that Gordon Brown is in power, this highly intelligent man, who has been ten years in the planning, has ...read more

by Malcolm Toogood

There is a somewhat incongruous atmosphere surrounding the Labour Party's Policy Forum being held this weekend at Warwick University (25th to 27th July 2008). Whilst inside the hall the delegates earnestly debate how the ...read more

by Ollie Jonson

A sense of relief seemed to descend upon the country when Tony Blair finally decided to call it a day, and after his farewell tour' of the world, left Number Ten Downing Street. Finally, the days of Blair's hubris and the ...read more

by Costas Chryanthou

Labour are the existing party of government. They have enjoyed a majority of seats in the House of Commons the lower chamber of elected members of parliament since the 2nd May 1997. Predicting election results is diffic...read more

by R Marie Taylor

I'm not sure if Labour should win the next election. The conservatives appear to have more original ideas to govern the country. I think that Labour may have been able to weather the unpopular war in Iraq and troubles ...read more

by Ian Smith

The UK electorate developed selfish and greedy habits during Margaret Thatcher's terms. To predict whether Labour will win the next election, look at how well-off the British home owner is. In the eighties and nineties, th...read more

by Paul Lines

Will labour win the next general election? There is actually significant doubt whether this will be the case and there are several reasons for this. Firstly, as Tony Blair has already announced his intention to step dow...read more

by John Eastwood

The British Labour Party is currently enjoying its longest ever term in office. Having defeated a demoralised, divided, morally bankrupt Conservative government by a landslide in 1997, Labour has ridden out numerous scanda...read more

by Selim Izza

Our dear leader has been likened to Kim Il Sung. Peter Hitchens brandishes his typical sword of animosity against the "political class" and the Politically Correct. It was "entirely familiar to the benighted people of t...read more

by James Kester

If Tony Blair was to continue as prime minister I think almost certainly yes, he has not been the greatest Prime Minister, especiall with these bad foreign policy choices and it seems power is increasingly going to his hea...read more

by Travis Casey

British Prime Ministers are reading from the Bill Clinton hymn sheet. After 12 years of Republican rule in America, Clinton saw that he needed to move farther right than Democrats usually go. He relaxed some hardcore Democ...read more

by Fiona Evans

The similarities between David Cameron and Tony Blair are obvious in their weak gesture policies and fake publicity stunts leaving the British electorate wondering how many more photos of politicians kissing babies must we...read more

by David Hickling

When assessing this question, it may be helpful to look back into the recent history of British political trends. A new face re-vitalises a party in long need of modernisation, bringing in a new wave of ideas and then d...read more

by Paul Flannery

The Labour Party will win the next general election for one reason and one reason only, and that is that there no considerable political talent elsewhere to challenge their current hegemony. The Conservatives are a party...read more

by Johnny Connelly

So another general election looms, the slander campaigns and photographs of political leaders 'giving something back' to the community will soon be splashed across our newspapers, television sets and radio waves. Although ...read more

by Charles Penman

The voters of the UK face a difficult choice when the next election is finally called and at this time - July 2007 - and that alone presents a rather sad insight into the state of British politics at this time. The remo...read more

by Zog Toorain

What constitutes a 'victory' must be considered in absolute, rather than relative terms. The 2005 election victory was considered far from overwhelming, but the majority of over 60 seats was substantial by any standard of...read more

by Steve Parkes

Despite Labour having won the past three elections quite convincingly there is no doubt that their popularity has decreased significantly, mainly as a a result of the Iraq war. Therefore it would not be foolish to believe...read more

by Harry Aldridge

The short answer is that Labour can most definitely win the next election. Gordon Brown's first few months in office have consistently produced a lead in the opinion polls, which should be of great concern to the Conservat...read more

by Alec Mcneil

The management of Mr Blair's departure will form a significant part of the New Labour future. Should the transition of power be without controversy then its is likely that the new leader will be able to hold on to governme...read more