It was tried once by the Indira Gandhi government and it contributed along with some other factors to the party
losing the next elections.
I think it's worth mentioning that the point of the 50 % + rule is to ensure that a party that wins the popular vote should not
lose the next election due to gerrymandering.
Nor does it actually touch on where things have gone wrong, which would surely be the starting point for making things work, where we to
lose the next election.
Labour will
lose the next election and we will hear nothing more of electoral reform.
Next leader of Labour, if Miliband
loses the next election and if Cameron is still in power and wins well, labour will look for somebody who has the same style as cameron, somebody who looks the same sounds the same, lets see who can that be.
However, were this to be the case PiS will likely
lose the next elections.
If he wins, well... we'll be surprised but cheer him to the rafters; but if
we lose the next election, that that will have to be his defeat.
In our analysis of 100 years of fiscal squeezes in the UK, we found that hard revenue or spending squeezes were associated with a 77 to 86 per cent likelihood of the incumbent parties in government losing at the next general election, compared with the 38 to 42 per cent likelihood of
losing the next election that was associated with soft revenue and spending squeezes.
Maybe Cooper will run if Balls loses now and whichever Miliband
loses the next election.
Labour will be lucky if they simply
lose the next election - if I had any say in it - they would all be hanging from the lamp posts in Parliament square.
By any standards the Tories must be odds - on to
lose the next election.
Ok the Unions have surrendered to Progress and the boy scout leader who is Miliband sadly we do not need boy Scouts and labour will
lose the next election because none of us believe that Ball's or Miliband have a clue.
(My articles entitled «The UKIP threat is not about Europe» and, if that is not clear enough, «Turn down the volume on Europe or
lose the next election», among others, might have given a clue as to my view.
Everyone escaped in the end, but few doubt the scandal hastened Blair's departure from office, and precipitated the financial difficulties which could still see Labour
lose the next election.
The party is now at last making the intellectual case for tax cuts without which we would face
losing the next election.
However, expectations continue to be that Labour will
lose the next election.
It's the last set of figures showing Labour in 3rd place if Ed Balls was leader — this is not fantasy land / as per my previous predictions — that is where Labour will be within months of
losing the next election (3rd place) before breaking up for good — once again cut and paste!!
«The public know sleaze when they see it and the public know spin when they see it,» she told MPs, before predicting Labour would
lose the next election.
Many MPs confess to being unenthusiastic about the party's leadership contest and concede that Labour will likely
lose the next election.
Political economist and life peer Your question is based on the assumption that Labour will
lose the next election.
Prime Minister Baldwin perceived the public mood as against re-armament and apparently thought that if he moved towards re-armament he would
lose the next election to the Labour and Liberal parties.
NYSUT wasted $ 200,000 on electing someone to join a conference that has a 70 vote majority and who will just
lose the next election.
John McDonnell suggested at the weekend that Corbyn would at least call it a day should Labour
lose the next election.
Harriet Harman, Labour's deputy leader, is facing accusations that she is «on manoeuvres» for a leadership contest if Labour
loses the next election.
Speaking to journalists, he said that he could envisage Unite changing its rules on funding to support other parties and leaving Labour, if the Labour was to
lose the next election.
Yet Koch was never charged or implicated in any crime and went on to finish the term with solid accomplishments, though he did
lose the next election.
I'm hoping that
we lose the next election, Cameron gets booted out, and either Davis or Brady take over.
Boris Johnson is the choice of 37 % of Tory members to succeed David Cameron if the Tories
lose the next election.
Its a site for those Conservatives who want the Conservative Party to
lose the next election!!
The findings of the survey, carried out by YouGov, will be a blow for Ms Harman who has faced accusations of disloyalty and political manoeuvring to succeed Gordon Brown if Labour
loses the next election.
I reckon Corbyn would still cling on even if Labour
lost the next election (which they will by a landslide, by the way).
Mr Field said Mr Afriyie would only stand for the leadership if Mr Cameron
lost the next Election and resigned as Conservative leader.
You have explicitly theorised the basis for Aregbesola
losing the next election in Oshun.
Another Labour MP declared that it was «inevitable» that the party would
lose the next election to the Tories.
Despite this, most would still expect him to lose — 60 % think the party would
lose the next election with Brown as leader.
Albertans say if the NDP
loses the next election home prices will get crushed due to massive job cuts.
But the period of adjustment would almost certainly lead to the gov
losing the next election
Thus, any politician that actually advocates or agrees to anything truly effective and equitable, which can so easily (given the mentality) be framed as «putting the country at a competitive disadvantage», will surely
LOSE the next election — BIG TIME in the bad economic times that will surely prevail.
The NDP would
lose the next election because they would be chastised as the «No Development Party.»
Politicians could
lose the next election because of property taxes, so they stand sanctimoniously and declare that property taxes will not rise on their watch.
Not exact matches
I certainly hope we don't
lose the fight or wait for the
next election.
This week,
lost in the media circus caused by the resignation of Premier Stelmach and Finance Minister Morton, the announcement of the Alberta Government's Oilsands Panel and the David Suzuki CBC documentary on the oilsands was a very important announcement in advance of the
next Federal
Election.
Conservative Party members will gather in Manchester
next week for the party's annual conference, against the backdrop of Mrs May having
lost her parliamentary majority in a snap
election and continued questions about cabinet unity over Brexit.
A Jean political action committee simultaneously market - tested and marketed this approach with a push - poll question blasted out this week to every Wildrose member: would you rather have a moderate non-ideological leader, or an ideological leader who might
lose in the
next election?
Like the Wildrose Party, who
lost leader Danielle Smith and 10 other MLAs when they crossed the floor to the Progressive Conservatives in the final months of 2014, the Liberals will now need to find someone to lead them into the
next election.
Mr. Benito is the third PC MLA to
lose a nomination contest in the run up to the
next provincial
election.
After
losing the Wildrose Party nomination in Rimbey - Rocky Mountain House - Sundre last weekend, some political watchers have speculated that he might join the Alberta Party, others believe he could run as an Independent candidate in the
next election.
there's a whole laundry list of minor changes that could save billions but no one wants to talk about them because they will
lose their seat during the
next election.
One Labour MP said that he wanted a higher salary in case he
lost his seat in the
next general
election.
He tells the Daily Politics that the Lib Dems are currently on course to
lose between ten to twenty seats at the
next general
election and are likely to only get a «tiny» bounce from the conference.