Sentences with phrase «conservative party on the side»

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A founding member of the Reform Party, he quit Ottawa to become head of the anti-tax National Citizens Coalition, «on the libertarian side of the conservative movement,» as he described it.

Stephen Harper and the Conservative party, but also friends * who find themselves on the opposite side of the political spectrum, still think there's a choice to be made between the economy or the environment.

Her decision is vastly more common among veteran Tory moderates: disillusioned and aware that Jason Kenney is crushing his way to control the Progressive Conservative party and marry it to the Wildrose opposition, Kennedy - Glans and her centrist ilk will camp out on the sidelines for now, and watch how Alberta politics reorganizes on either side of them.

In it, Huckabee assures conservatives that God is on their side and the source of their strength and power, comparing Republican Party purists to the Prophet Elijah and King David.

His stance can be a little too conservative for my taste (mostly on social issues) but he is articulate and has some well thought out plans, not to mention he is pretty moderate and I think in this day and age we need a centrist, someone who isn't afraid to work with both sides of the aisle instead of just playing party politics and only pandering to one half of the country.

«The problem is that many of those at the top of the Conservative Party are simply not on our side.

Auburn fans have a warranted reputation for being on the conservative side, but that doesn't mean fall Saturday parties are dominated by a bunch of teetotalers.

He co-founded with Congressman Jerrold Nadler and Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long the New York Task Force for Port, Rail, and Industrial Development, which restored lost jobs to New York's manufacturing and transportation industries and preserved a portion of the Port of New York on the New York side of the harbor in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

But in terms of the Conservative electoral coalition, Brexit has produced a less ambiguous effect: the party has absorbed a large portion of the former UKIP vote, as voters on the authoritarian side of the political spectrum have migrated, or returned, to a Conservative Party that now promises concrete, credible action to regain control of the borparty has absorbed a large portion of the former UKIP vote, as voters on the authoritarian side of the political spectrum have migrated, or returned, to a Conservative Party that now promises concrete, credible action to regain control of the borParty that now promises concrete, credible action to regain control of the borders.

On the Labour side, rebellious MPs have tended to be from Eurosceptic wings of the party, either from the Socialist Campaign Group wing (e.g. Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell) or from its conservative communitarian wing (e.g. Kate Hoey, Frank Field).

In practice (not least given the current standing of the parties in the UK - wide polls of Westminster vote intention) both Conservative and Labour voters might still be hoping in September that their side will go on to win the following May.

Labour is split down the middle on electoral reform, unlike the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats who are overwhelmingly united as parties on separate sides of the argument.

Unlike in Senate races where American Crossroads — the leading conservative - aligned outside group — spent heavily to make up the difference with Democrats, there was far less third party money spent on the GOP side in House contests in the month.

And he claimed the Conservative party did not just say it was on the side of hard - working people but showed it «day in, day out in the policies we deliver.»

On the Labour side, for example, prominent non-Corbynites and former Shadow Cabinet members such as Yvette Cooper, Hilary Benn, Mary Creagh and Rachel Reeves will chair committees, while the list of Conservative party chairs and candidates is significantly more liberal and less Eurosceptic than the party leadership, with Tom Tugendhat, Robert Halfon and Nicky Morgan joining fellow Remainers Damian Collins, Sarah Wollaston, Bob Neill and Neil Parish.

The Conservative Party and UKIP want an in / out referendum, Labour does not and the Liberal Democrats certainly recognise it as an important matter, even if leader Nick Clegg is refusing to come down on either side of the debate.

«Who here is the small «c» conservative saying to people «stay stuck in your sink estates» - have nothing better than what Labour gave you after the war... that's the fact of politics today - a party on this side of the house that wants to give people life chances and a Labour opposition that says «say stuck in poverty».»

The former chancellor told the Daily Mail: «It would clearly be sensible in terms of party management to allow Cabinet ministers to speak out on both sides — once the date for the referendum is set — not least to enable the Conservative party to reunite easily once the referendum is over, whatever the result.

It includes unions, the state's Conservative Party and groups on both sides of the abortion debate.

Replacing Howard with a leader who is seen as less extreme should help the Conservatives move people's perception of them closer to the centre ground, and once Labour's leader is a figure who is percieved as being on the other side of the psychological left - right divide they may be in a better position to win support back from Labour amongst right - of - centre voters, but either way you cut it they are still as by far the most extreme of the three main parties.

And the race between Republican state Assemblywoman Jane Corwin, Democrat Kathleen Hochul, the Erie County clerk, and Jack Davis, a once - conservative Democrat who is running as a so - called tea party candidate, is becoming more and more a referendum on House Republican plans to alter Medicare, as both sides filling the airwaves with television ads attacking the other side over Medicare.

While they are quite well aligned with their voters, who on ICM's poll averaged at 27, they are both a long way from the political centre, and on the «wrong side» of their voters, i.e. Conservative voters consider their party to be further to the right than themselves.

On the Conservative side of things, after the short - term honeymoon for Theresa May, it is inevitable that a clash will eventually occur between the proper Brexiteers who campaigned for Leave and those that hold a softer, watered - down Brexit position within the Conservative Party, and who would be quite happy for us to maintain open borders and remain in the single market.

I had planed on voting for Howie Hawkins to give a line to the Green party (although admittadly so they would be a thorn in the Dem side to balance out the Conservative thorn on the Republican side) but just to show how this kind of crap can backfire, I'll be doing all I can to help the Lerertarians get a permanent line on the ballot.

Rather, he refused to distance the party from its coalition with the Conservatives and pledged that the Lib Dems would be on the side of small business.

Miliband has struck a popular chord with his promises of energy bill freezes and support of small business; Cameron was determined to show that the Conservative agenda placed his party on the side of the British people.

Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long has said his goal isn't simply to be on the winning side in elections, but to continue a conservative voice in New YoConservative Party Chairman Michael Long has said his goal isn't simply to be on the winning side in elections, but to continue a conservative voice in New Yoconservative voice in New York politics.

I'm sure they feel a little strange to find themselves on the same side as the Conservative Party, which will be campaigning for a «no» vote — but it's right that an issue as important as this should rise above party poliParty, which will be campaigning for a «no» vote — but it's right that an issue as important as this should rise above party poliparty politics.

Michael Dawidziak, a veteran Long Island political consultant who works largely with Republicans, said the new progressive groups that helped Pellegrino mount and fund her campaign did an impressive job in a low - turnout special election with party divisions on the Republican and Conservative side.

There is no chance of her doing a deal with Labour or the Scottish National Party, who are on opposite sides of the political divide to the Conservatives.

The parliamentary majority required in the Commons after 6 May is a majority of pluralists — of MPs committed to deep political reform, willing to work with pluralists in other parties, and ready to face down the tribalists and conservatives on all sides.

Lord Ashcroft: «It is only in government that the Conservative Party can complete the rehabilitation of its brand — that it can show doubtful voters that it really is on the side of ordinary people, that it is competent to run the economy, and that it can be trusted with public services like the NHS.

Maybe Clegg's come down on the side of those who argue - in his Party's internal debate - that his Party must play up its differences with the Conservatives rather than down.

This culminated in our first debate elections, which pitted the head of the conservatives against the head of the liberals, while party members on both sides peppered them with questions.

Even though the two political sides have each different goal and idea on anti-Common Core, anyway, it is clear that the ties between the conservative and progressive parties support the back - step of the Common Core.

While casualty figures are disputed by various parties, numbers released by the Anadolu Agency, citing a Turkish security source, said that from 1984 to August 2015, there were 36,345 deaths in the conflict — a figure that may well be on the conservative side.

Already, deep fissures are emerging between, on one side, a base of ideological voters and lawmakers with strong ties to powerful tea - party groups and super PACs funded by the fossil - fuel industry who see climate change as a false threat concocted by liberals to justify greater government control; and on the other side, a quiet group of moderates, younger voters, and leading conservative intellectuals who fear that if Republicans continue to dismiss or deny climate change, the party will become irrelevant.

The extremist party that in its majority rejects science is on the conservative side of politics (called the Liberal Party), whereas the party that nearly exclusively relies on peer - reviewed science is the Greens — yet, the latter are readily labelled «extremist» by the media whereas the former are considered mainstream and «serious.&rparty that in its majority rejects science is on the conservative side of politics (called the Liberal Party), whereas the party that nearly exclusively relies on peer - reviewed science is the Greens — yet, the latter are readily labelled «extremist» by the media whereas the former are considered mainstream and «serious.&rParty), whereas the party that nearly exclusively relies on peer - reviewed science is the Greens — yet, the latter are readily labelled «extremist» by the media whereas the former are considered mainstream and «serious.&rparty that nearly exclusively relies on peer - reviewed science is the Greens — yet, the latter are readily labelled «extremist» by the media whereas the former are considered mainstream and «serious.»

«On the other side, there will be renewed claims of a war on science, a circling of the wagons among greens and liberals, and name calling strategies such as labeling [Tea Party - backed] conservatives «denierOn the other side, there will be renewed claims of a war on science, a circling of the wagons among greens and liberals, and name calling strategies such as labeling [Tea Party - backed] conservatives «denieron science, a circling of the wagons among greens and liberals, and name calling strategies such as labeling [Tea Party - backed] conservatives «deniers.

«I know my party is not the only one in the world... I'm not on Facebook saying vote Conservative... I have a mutual respect for all political sides.