{"id":33320,"date":"2017-05-17T07:38:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T07:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=33320"},"modified":"2017-05-17T07:38:02","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T07:38:02","slug":"destroy-labour-british-conservative-party-given-election-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=33320","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Destroy Labour\u2019, British Conservative Party given election orders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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British Prime Minister Theresa May delivers a speech to Conservative party supporters in Mawdesley Village Hall near Ormskirk, in north west England on May 1, 2017 as campaigning continues in the build up to the general election on June 8, 2017AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The goal is nothing less than to ‘destroy Labour' by targeting the seats of up-and-coming opposition politicians to stunt its growth<\/h2>\n
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No talk of opinion polls and definitely no boasting, Britain\u2019s governing Conservative Party is under strict orders before a June election which it hopes will \u201cdestroy\u201d the opposition.<\/p>\n

The Conservatives, once criticised by Prime Minister Theresa May for being called the \u201cnasty party\u201d, won seats from left-wing parties and from the right in local elections this month by capitalising on the opposition Labour Party\u2019s divisions to appeal to their working-class voters and Brexit supporters.<\/p>\n

The elections to local councils and a handful of mayoral positions were a dry run for the June 8 parliamentary election in which opinion polls suggest May\u2019s party is set to add dozens of additional seats, possibly reshaping the political landscape in Britain by ushering in years of Conservative rule.<\/p>\n

The goal is nothing less than \u201cto destroy Labour\u201d, one Conservative lawmaker said, by targeting the seats of up-and-coming opposition politicians to stunt its growth. This, the Conservatives say, would hand May the kind of commanding victory she needs to strengthen her hand in divorce talks with the EU.<\/p>\n

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But the message to Conservative lawmakers, members and activists is true to form for the risk-averse prime minister, do not take anything for granted. For her, the biggest electoral threat is not from other parties, but the risk of the Conservatives appearing over-confident.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must not be complacent and I am not complacent,\u201d May said just a week after she called the early election.<\/p>\n

This month, after making gains in local elections, she told supporters: \u201cI will not take anything for granted and neither will the team I lead, because there is too much at stake.\u201d<\/p>\n

Opinion polls give the Conservatives around a 20-point lead over Labour, and the party won some seats traditionally supportive of the opposition party in the local elections.<\/p>\n

They even won the mayoral contest in Tees Valley, part of Labour\u2019s heartlands in northeastern England, only one of two regions where Labour is ahead of the Conservatives but where May\u2019s party has reduced a wide gap to just two points.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not allowed to talk about the polls, we\u2019ve got to say they are notoriously unreliable,\u201d said the Conservative lawmaker, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of explaining Conservative strategy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not allowed to crow.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The goal is nothing less than to ‘destroy Labour’ by targeting the seats of up-and-coming opposition politicians to stunt its growth No talk of opinion polls and definitely no boasting, Britain\u2019s governing Conservative Party is under strict orders before a June election which it hopes will \u201cdestroy\u201d the opposition. The Conservatives, once criticised by Prime […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":33322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n