21.   But the traditional Liberal and Conservative parties have lost favor with voters, and even candidates associated with them are creating new movements to distance themselves from the parties.

22.   But they could cause the party to lose the swing votes they need if they are to gain seats in the November election.

23.   But the ruling party lost important cities, including Nezahualcoyotl, a vast urban slum in Mexico state that went to the PRD.

24.   Coupled with the tradition that the party in power loses seats in off-year elections, this is grim news for Democrats.

25.   Despite the findings of government polls on the eve of the vote, the ruling party lost squarely.

26.   England is becoming less a Conservative heartland because the party has all but lost its grip on local government power.

27.   Even so, increasingly there is talk that the party has lost some of its fizz.

28.   Gingrich has told the Republican conference that he will step down from the House leadership if his party loses the majority.

29.   He is all but snared in the Hoover trap where his initiatives are limited, his foes are jubilant and his party has lost its majority status.

30.   His party lost, and so there followed a year and a half of prison.