Sentences with phrase «british general elections»

Here's a good post from the Law Library of Congress on the fundamentals of the British general elections process, and a wikipedia page.

Hot off the British General Elections comes the destruction of Big Ben, one of London's most famous landmarks in this first teaser poster for...

The famous Swingometer that charts the changing fortunes of the political parties in British general elections will be replaced for the BBC's coverage of the American Presidential election by three - dimensional animated graphics.

The commission was set up in December 1997 by the Labour government with the support of the Liberal Democrats, to investigate alternatives to the single member plurality (or «first past the post») electoral system used for British general elections.

In comparison, three of the last 28 British general elections have delivered a hung parliament (in 1929, February 1974, and 2010).

They are as bad as their contemporaries in the political world who got it all wrong on the British general elections!

From the University of Cambridge comes ELECTION, an insightful politics podcast; asking the questions that no one else is in the run - up to the British General Election with the most interesting people inside and outside the political arena.

[1] See Murr, A.E. (2016) «The wisdom of crowds: What do citizens forecast for the 2015 British General Election?»

Coverage and analyses of the recent British general election of 7 May have focused predominantly on the surprise victory of the Conservatives, the poor showing of Labour, and the close to clean sweep of the Scottish National Party (SNP).

Did Perception of the Economy Affect Attitudes to Immigration at the 2010 British General Election?

The next British general election is due in May 2015, eight months after the referendum.

The British general election result came at the worst possible time for the polling industry.Over...

On this day in 1918, women voted in a British general election for the first time.

Nicholas Jones» Campaign 2010 (Biteback # 9.99) is a good initial overview but a more substantial analysis can be found in Dennis Kavanagh and Philip Cowley (eds) The British General Election of 2010 (Palgrave Macmillan # 22.99).

Dennis Kavanagh and Philip Cowley, the academic authors of The British General Election 2010 (the first such volume not written or co-authored by David Butler since 1951) conclude that this was «a landmark election», confirming the importance of multi-party politics, so different from the bipolar 50s, and bringing about the first peacetime coalition since the fall of Lloyd George in 1922.

Or rather, Theo Bertram, a number 10 staffer who was playing the role of Clegg in one of many dress rehearsals staged by the Labour party in the build - up to the general election — the first British general election to feature live TV debates.

The format of The British General Election of 2015 is based upon a chronology, with the majority of chapters written by the co-authors, and others by guest writers such as Richard Rose and Mark Shephard on the SNP and David Deacon and Dominic Wring on the Press.

The British General Election of 2015 should be perused by all politicians and campaigners, but especially Labour, not least as a distraction from their current introspection.

The British Election Study is pleased to announce the release of the sixth wave of the Internet Panel, conducted immediately after the British General Election.

Cameron says Salmond only says this stuff because he knows he is irrelevant in a British general election.

It is complemented by The British General Election of 2010 (Palgrave Macmillan, # 22.99) edited by Dennis Kavanagh and Philip Cowley.

The Special Collections holds an extensive archive of over 30,000 election addresses for every British general election since 1892 — and the university wants to keep expanding it.

One «senior member of the leadership» quoted in the book, The British General Election of 2010, by Dennis Kavanagh and Professor Philip Cowley, describes the party as «a bit like an adolescent child... its voice had broken and it had developed some muscles, but it still had child - like instincts».

«This is a British general election where the total number of MPs at Westminster will determine the government - either in one party or a combination of parties - whatever emerges over the next few hours.»

In his piece trumpeting the election as proof that «a different kind of progressive politics can capture the imagination of a public ground down by economic crisis», Ed Miliband's strategy adviser, Stewart Wood, admitted that «New York City is not the UK, and a mayoral race is not the same as a British general election».

Displays show the current rate of the British pound against the Japanese yen and a news program reporting on the British general election at a foreign money brokerage in Tokyo

Cooper was speaking at the launch of The British General Election of 2010, the latest indispensable edition in the unparalleled series of election books, now written by Philip Cowley and Dennis Kavanagh.

They have been rehearsing for weeks in preparation for what will be the first televised debates during a British general election.

And this time last week we were anticipating the first ever TV debate between party leaders in a British general election, with many on the Right nervous that giving Nick Clegg equal billing with Gordon Brown and David Cameron would give a boost to the Liberal Democrats.

«It is great news that David has agreed to our request to take charge of the running of the British General Election campaign in Scotland.

The Press Association analysed Nuffield British General Election studies dating back to 1945 to put Labour's performance under Mr Corbyn in context.

«It is an enormous honour to be asked to manage our campaign in the British General Election.

Presenter Peter Snow will have more than 200 graphics to choose from for Decision» 92, the Presidential election broadcast, compared to the 5000 graphics prepared for the British general election in April — though only 6 per cent of those were used.

One of the casualties of the recent British general election was Dr Evan Harris, a Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon from 1997 to 2010.

In 2001, Stuckist Co-founder, Charles Thomson stood as a Stuckist candidate for the 2001 British General Election, on an anti-Britart ticket, in the constituency of Islington South and Finsbury, against Chris Smith, the Culture Secretary.

Not exact matches

Furthermore, a General Election would give her the opportunity to table for the British people the Brexit deal she will deliver.

Part of the Honour the Covenant campaign included the recent Royal British Legion manifesto, released ahead of the general election.

A YouGov poll for the British Future think - tank found just 41 % of around 3.3 million 17 - to 21 - year - olds say they will exercise their democratic right in the 2015 general election.

«As we get closer to the end point, we will need to consider how best to get the full - hearted support of the British people whether it is in a general election or in a referendum.»

Second, we have assumed that within each local authority the variation in turnout between different demographic groups will be the same as that which pertained in last year's general election across the country as a whole (as measured by the British Election Study, a major academic high quality survey of how people voted in last year's general elelection across the country as a whole (as measured by the British Election Study, a major academic high quality survey of how people voted in last year's general elElection Study, a major academic high quality survey of how people voted in last year's general electionelection).

But, polls show that at least 40 % of the British public, many of whom voted Labour in the last general election, agree with me.

Hague's proposal is the first major request from the British government ahead of its renegotiation, which David Cameron has pledged will culminate in an in - or - out referendum by the end of 2017 if the Conservatives win the next general election.

Ukip will attempt to secure the balance of power in British national politics in the 2015 general election by targeting around 30 seats, Nigel Farage has said.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

Apart from a call for repatriating certain powers, the Prime Minister promised the British people an in - or - out referendum in 2017 should his party win the 2015 general election.

However, I predict that Labour's unwillingness to engage with a left - wing Euroscepticism could lead to the alienation of the roughly one - quarter to one - third of Labour voters who oppose British EU membership, leading many of them to turn away from the party at the next general election.

He is currently the Research Assistant on a British Academy funded project regarding the 2015 general election.

No one could quite believe that a British PM would stand on the streets of Number 10 and accuse EU politicians and Commission bureaucrats of interfering in a UK general election.

The Australian prime minister has said she hopes Queen Elizabeth II will be the last British head of state of her country, putting some life into the ongoing general election campaign.

Congratulating Theresa May on becoming Prime Minister, Huw Evans, Director General of the Association of British Insurers (ABI), said: «The appointment of our second woman Prime Minister is a positive day in British public life which will hopefully encourage many more women to stand for election to Parliament.