Examples of use of lost labour
1. But he will need to do more than wave his Union Jack if he is to put the lost Labour coalition together again.
2. Clinton said surplus tsunami funds could be redirected to help fight crises in African countries such as Malawi and Lesotho, where AIDS is slashing agricultural production and the cost of sickness, funerals and lost labour drives already vulnerable families deeper into poverty.
3. Of the eight million people who failed to cast a vote in the last general election, he said, just over half were "Tory inclined" and the rest were "lost Labour voters". "These figures are what compel me to differ from the current Conservative leadership," he said.
4. Instead of tacking endlessly to the right, a ploy that has lost Labour 4 million votes since it came to power, Labour could do worse than recreate the potential of the the progressive consensus that expectantly secured its victory in 1''7.
5. The only party whose vote increased significantly over this period was the Liberal Democrats, by nearly 2%of the electorate, accounting for about 20% of the lost Labour voters; most of the rest can be accounted for by non–voters in 2005.