Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Labour

Labour: noun - Effortof body or mind; physical or mental work; a job performed; pains taken tofurther a matter or obtain a favour; childbirth, the time from the start ofregular uterine contractions until the placenta is expelled; physical work requiredto execute a task; the contribution of a worker to production; workers, especiallymanual workers, taken as a social class or a political force; the Labour Party.
'Irish navvies supplied much of the labour needed toconstruct such engineering marvels as the railway viaduct at Ribblehead.'
'Catherine spent 27 hours in labour, puffing, panting andoccasionally cursing and screaming, before she gave birth to a wailing babyboy.'
'Labour and Conservative governments have more or lessalternated in power in the UK for the past century, often overturning the lawsmade by the previous incumbents and working in open opposition instead of rulingby consensus, as voting habits would suggest is the will of the people.'
Pic: The road down to Stainforth, North Yorkshire.