In UK and New Zealand political shorthand, 'Labour' (capitalized) refers to the Labour Party — the center-left political party historically representing organized labor, workers, and social democratic values.
Yep, it's all the press! The fact that Labour have been fronting a ton of cruel and hateful policies that have gone down like a bucket of cold sick obviously played zero role in their losses.
Labour turned into a bunch of stinking Britain First asswipes
In UK and New Zealand political shorthand, 'Labour' (capitalized) refers to the Labour Party — the center-left political party historically representing organized labor, workers, and social democratic values. Used without further qualification in news, political commentary, and conversation. In New Zealand, the Labour Party is similarly the main center-left party. The capitalized form distinguishes the party from the general noun.
Labour means: In UK and New Zealand political shorthand, 'Labour' refers to the Labour Party - the center-left political party historically representing organized labor, workers, and social democratic values.. The word is mostly archaic or historical; you will only encounter it in old texts, period drama, or school history rather than current teen conversation. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(Australia) A political organization representing labor.
(UK politics, New Zealand politics, Internet slang, derogatory) The Labour Party (with an implication that its leadership are liars).
Any of a number of political parties of various nationalities, often opposed to conservative parties.
(UK, informal, derogatory, UK politics) New Labour.
It's insane how after G&D, Labour and Reform went from attacking each other to BOTH attacking Greens.
Labour won the seat by a larger margin than anyone had predicted.
Labour means: In UK and New Zealand political shorthand, 'Labour' refers to the Labour Party - the center-left political party historically representing organized labor, workers, and social democratic values.. The word is mostly archaic or historical; you will only encounter it in old texts, period drama, or school history rather than current teen conversation. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour.
Labour means: In UK and New Zealand political shorthand, 'Labour' refers to the Labour Party - the center-left political party historically representing organized labor, workers, and social. Register: informal, New Zealand English. Often not understood outside its region; gloss the word on first use when writing for an international audience. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
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(UK, NZ) the Labour Party.
“Yep, it's all the press! The fact that Labour have been fronting a ton of cruel and hateful policies that have gone down like a bucket of cold sick obviously played zero role in their losses.”
“Labour turned into a bunch of stinking Britain First asswipes”
“It's insane how after G&D, Labour and Reform went from attacking each other to BOTH attacking Greens.”
“Hopefully they will soon be gone if the local elections go badly for Labour.”
“Remember on Thursday that Labour in Wales, after nearly 30 years in power run the worst ambulance service in the UK talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/04/29/a...”
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