Cash-strapped Labour rule out early election.LABOUR have all but ruled out a General Election this year because of the state of Labour Party finances. Premier Gordon Gordon, river in W Tasmania, Australia, 125 mi (200 km) long. Flowing from mountains to the W coast, its main tributaries are the Franklin and Denison from the N, and Serpentine and Olga to the S. Brown had been tipped to call a snap election A snap election is an election called earlier than scheduled. Generally it refers to an election called when no one expects it, usually to capitalize on a unique electoral opportunity or to decide a pressing issue. this autumn to cash in on his opinion poll popularity. But sources say that option is highly unlikely because the party do not have enough cash for another election. They say the earliest party finances could cope with a General Election campaign would be next summer. Figures released this week by the Electoral Commission Electoral Commission (1877) Commission created to resolve the disputed 1876 presidential election between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden. Tilden had won the popular vote and was only one electoral vote short of victory, but the Republicans show Labour made a loss of pounds 814,000 last year. The Tories recorded a surplus of pounds 4.2million, mainly due to donations of pounds 19.9million. A YouGov opinion poll gave Labour a nine-point lead over the Tories. |
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