Many leading intellectuals, including the authors Amos Oz and David Grossman, are backing Meretz rather than Labour this time.
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Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Rachel Reeves told the BBC it had taken Labour some time to go through the figures and talk to people who would be affected by the changes.
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Lib Dem supporters who voted Labour last time to ensure a Tory defeat will, the theory goes, be less inclined to do so next month, partly because they feel more hostile towards the government because of Iraq and partly because they no longer fear a Tory recovery.
The second was that these traditional Labour supporters had no time for the prevailing view in elite Labour circles that the wickedness of society, rather than that of criminals, was responsible for most crime.
But was it still such good sense by the time Labour had won the 1997 election?
And according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labour Statistics, time has changed little.
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In 1997 Mr Blair commissioned Roy Jenkins, a one-time Labour home secretary, to report on the subject.
But Mr Bremner foresees several areas which have the potential to turn Labour, in time, into a laughing-stock.
But ministers said there were "questions" about Mr Hutchinson and that the allegations relate to Labour's time in office.
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The Lords have rejected far fewer bills than they did last time Labour was in power, in the 1970s.
As productivity rose wages did not, thus lowering unit labour costs over time.
For most of Labour's time in office, real interest rates have been around the level they were when it came to power.
During Labour's time in office, then-Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott faced regular complaints that his housing plans were a threat to the green belt.
She highlighted a study by the English National Board for nursing, midwifery and health visiting that showed 71% of units provide one-to-one care during labour all the time.
He accused Ed Balls, a former adviser to Gordon Brown and now shadow chancellor, of "sucking up" to the banks and letting them get away with "blue murder" during Labour's time in power.
In the United States, when unions win recognition ballots, they often end up returning to the National Labour Relations Board time and again to try to establish that the employer is acting in bad faith.
The Conservatives lost a seat to Labour for the first time in 15 years in part as they were squeezed by a pincer movement from Labour and UKIP.
For the Liberal Democrats - not many successes at a time of Labour's great weakness.
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At decision time the Labour motion fell despite opposition parties combining to oppose the legislation.
The Autumn Statement replaces what was called the pre-Budget report during the Labour government's time in office.
"It is time for Labour to stop indulging in opposition for opposition's sake and be more consistent, " he said.
For the first time since Labour won power in 1997, opinion polls in Britain now put William Hague's Conservatives ahead.
If Uxbridge had happened in one, two or three years' time, Labour would have been most unlikely to win it.
The share of national income which goes to labour has fallen over time and apparently this is a very bad idea indeed.
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French passing and movement was becoming more evident as the Irish started to noticeably labour for the first time in the contest.
This time the labour ministry alleged that the magazine had failed to comply with a law requiring it to hire a disabled person.
That is the question Labour asked at the time and now they are being joined on the morning after another night before in Brussels.
But while the Scottish Labour leader at the time, Jack McConnell, later stood down, Mr Stephen stayed on to lead his party in opposition.
Ten years later, Rover is still clinging, this time to Labour.
He started by delivering a brief statement in which he highlighted the fact that on Saturday his government becomes the longest serving Labour government of all time.
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