Article: A little local difficulty; Crewe by-election.(Labour tries to defend a once-safe seat)

Article: Defeat at Crewe will stop Labour in its tracks
The Sunday Telegraph London;  May 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ...'Crewe. 42 days. F----d...worst-case scenario for Labour in the weeks ahead. On Thursday, Labour defends the late...majority of 7,000 in Crewe and Nantwich, the...Three weeks after Labour's local election...Johnson's triumph, Crewe has similar potential...

Article: Foot soldiers in the bitter battle for Crewe and Nantwich THE BY- ELECTION CAMPAIGN THAT'S TURNED INTO A CLASS WAR
The Sunday Herald;  May 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ......is as civilised as Labour's campaign in Crewe and Nantwich gets...out of Number 10. In Labour's campaign HQ six miles away in Crewe, there's no apology...convenient class split Labour hope will work in their favour. Crewe was the location the...

Article: Crewe voters set to derail Labour's fightback
The Independent - London;  May 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Minister. "This may be a Labour town but we want improvements in Crewe," he says. "I think...stakes are high for Labour in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election...an affordable level." Labour is inevitably focusing on Crewe rather than its smaller...

Article: Crewe is not just an isolated case
The Independent - London;  May 24, 2008 ;     382 words ......Campbell. The 21-point swing to Labour in Mid-Staffordshire in 1990...Kinnock victory in 1992. But Crewe is not an isolated pointer...uniformly bleak picture for Labour. In recent weeks the polls...Conservative direction in Crewe than in any parliamentary...a 17.6 per cent swing from ...

Article: Labour labelling Tory Crewe candidate 'a toff' POLITICS.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  May 19, 2008 ;     665 words ......over ten years since Labour has been in government in Crewe and Nantwich and...School in west London. Labour's main message in Crewe and Nantwich was...their advantage in Crewe and Nantwich over...to 37 per cent for Labour. If repeated on Thursday...

Article: SPECIAL REPORT Labour fears a bloody nose in its own 'safe seat'
The Sunday Telegraph London;  May 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ......sprayer at Bentley, Crewe's biggest employer...46-year-old lifelong Labour voter, shopping in...parts of the "safe" Labour seat of Crewe and Nantwich as voters...be all change at Crewe just yet. The seat has been Labour since the Second...

Article: Harman criticises Labour's campaign tactics
Yorkshire Post;  May 19, 2008 ;     456 words ...Labour was braced for another...party faces defeat in Crewe and Nantwich this week...School in west London. Labour's main message in Crewe and Nantwich was that...doubled their advantage in Crewe and Nantwich over the...compared to 37 per cent for Labour. If repeated on Thursday...

Article: Happy Cameron targets Blair voters as huge by-election swing spells 'the end for New Labour'.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  May 24, 2008 ;     500 words ......disillusionment with Labour to grow, there was a sense yesterday that Crewe & Nantwich was awatershedmoment...brief stop-off in Crewe, Mr Cameron said...in a seat that was Labour for 30years, in the...did last night in Crewe & Nantwich - we did...the same swing from Labour to ...

Article: Labour braced for by-election 'punishment'
The Scotsman;  May 21, 2008 ;     573 words ...THE Labour Party appeared to...the towel over the Crewe and Nantwich by...trail, the polls show Labour trailing the Tories...to turn up every Labour pledge. We have enough...after the people of Crewe and Nantwich. The...the by-election in Crewe and Nantwich should...has been chosen as ...

Article: All eyes on seat in big test for labour
Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK);  May 17, 2008 ;     502 words ...As The voters of Crewe and Nantwich prepare...to re-fill one of Labour's safest Parliamentary...their grasp. Taking Crewe and Nantwich would...swing of support from Labour to the Conservatives...on-Trent's three Labour MPs have little to...the fallout of the Crewe and Nantwich ...

Article: Labour bid for a late winner - but where's the manager?
The Scotsman;  May 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ......an electoral liability in Crewe and Nantwich, Andy Burnham...Town FC's new stadium with Labour candidate Tamsin Dunwoody...a by-election in 30 years. Labour, meanwhile, has studiously...plans for Mr Brown to visit; Labour insists this is in keeping...games. I am here to win for Labour and ...

Article: Crewe rout a Tory breakthrough; POLITICS.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  May 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ......contender for government. Crewe has been a Labour seat since the Second World...Tories can win seats in Labour's northern heartland. In Crewe and Nantwich the Tories...McDonnell saying the lesson for Labour from Crewe and Nantwich is that it...

Article: Could anyone resurrect new Labour? If Labour decides to ditch Gordon Brown . . . who would replace him? Westminster editor James Cusick considers the likely candidates
The Sunday Herald;  May 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ......slaughter in the once rock-solid Labour northern constituency of Crewe and Nantwich, which prompted...proclaim the death of New Labour, those around Brown are this...recover well enough to lead Labour to even an honourable defeat...slaughter on the same scale as Crewe, which would leave the ...

Article: Labour MPs' support for Crewe poll's 'toff' strategist.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  May 23, 2008 ;     683 words ......the votes had been counted in Crewe, where Labour was defending a 7,000 majority...political milestone for the Tories. Labour has held Crewe since the Second World War...political milestone for the Tories. Labour has held Crewe since the Second World War...