Sentences with phrase «conservative party positions»

The lobby didn't seem wholly convinced and David Cameron quickly dubbed the report «complete junk» but it had the effect of flushing out the truth on a number of Conservative Party positions.

The position of the Coalition is to the right of the Liberal Democrat party position, but to the left of the Conservative party position.

But the key passage of the resolution is this: «Be it resolved that any elected official or potential candidate who does not support marriage as defined between one man and one woman, shall not have their name appear on Row C, the New York State Conservative Party position on election ballots, in any election.»

He called for clarity, and for his coalition colleagues to live up to their manifesto pledge on a vote, calling on them to support the Conservative Party position.

That's what I was getting at by my reference to the Conservative party position paper on the ECtHR.

Not exact matches

Not running a deficit under any circumstances was the position that the Conservatives had run on in the 2008 election, and the other parties had made similar promises.

Polls in the United Kingdom indicate the forthcoming election is likely to increase the majority of the ruling Conservative Party, an outcome that should strengthen Prime Minister May's position at home and on the international stage at a crucial time, and one we think would be welcomed by financial markets.

The poll of 900 Albertans showed that the Progressive Conservatives have once again risen to a dominant position over the opposition parties, including the ambitious Wildrose Party.

Mr. Cooper is known in political circles for his hard - line conservative positions and has been involved in politics since he was a teenaged national director of the Canadian Alliance Party.

Brad Trost The Saskatchewan Tory is one of the foremost advocates for socially conservative positions within his party.

This is interesting given the positions of Alberta's two principal political parties, the governing NDP and Opposition United Conservative Party, on both issues.

He was widely expected to run for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada and only just recently began positioning himself as candidate to unite Alberta's conservative partisans underConservative Party of Canada and only just recently began positioning himself as candidate to unite Alberta's conservative partisans underconservative partisans under one banner.

Mr. Marciano recently stepped down from his position on the National Council of the Conservative Party of Canada and served as Campaign Manager for Edmonton - Centre MP Laurie Hawn in 2004 and 2006, and for Nunavut MP Leona Aglukkaq in 2008.

When Mr. Anglin failed to persuade the Wildrose officials to disallow Mr. Nixon's candidacy on the grounds the challenger didn't resign his constituency position soon enough to comply with party rules, he accused the party of being no different from the long - governing Progressive Conservatives.

If the latter party positioned itself as moderately conservative on fiscal issues it would have potential to be very influential.

Conservatives and Republicans have put him in the position of being the party's chief ideologue and political strategist.

Over the past couple of decades, Evangelical Christians have often been associated with the Religious Right and the most conservative positions of the Republican Party.

Both in opposition and then in government Oliver's principal aim had been to help a succession of leaders to move the Conservative Party towards a particular ideological position — social and economic liberalism, tempered by a commitment to social justice and environmental stewardship, both globally and nationally.

Neither Labour nor the Conservative party has an official position on hunting - all the votes of recent years have been free votes, as hunting is regarded as an issue of conscience.

The spat was about the Conservative Party's position on Education Maintenance Allowances (EMAs), a weekly cash payment for 16 to 18 - year - olds from low income families to help with the costs of staying in education.

Just as Tony Blair had worked to move Labour away from some of the party's traditional, less electorally appealing positions in the 1990s, so David Cameron, taking Blair quite consciously as his role model, sought to reposition the Conservative party on a number of key issues in a push for electoral popularity.

For Thatcher's Conservative critics, it allowed them to position themselves as the authentic voice of party tradition.

Despite it's disastrous track - record of macro-economic management, epitomised by the Lawson boom in the late 1980s and George Osbourne's ill - timed retrenchment since 2010, the Conservatives have consistently positioned themselves as the party of fiscal discipline and economic competence, as well as the party of entrepreneurship and material affluence.

But the 2010 Republican gubernatorial nominee in an email says he hasn't «weakened my position» when it comes to his threat to running on the Conservative Party line if the state GOP doesn't adhere to his demands.

GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino, who has not yet given up hope on convincing conservatives to back his candidacy, even though the state party's executive committee has endorsed Rick Lazio, today announced the formation of «Gun Owners for Carl» to inform voters of his position on «the right to keep and bear arms.»

Former RNC chairman Michael Steele responded to a Conservative Political Action Conference official who insulted him at the conference, linking Steele's race to his position in the party, saying his was «shocked,» «disappointed» and «surprised.»

Even though their positions in the political spectrum span from the left to the extreme right, the total number of votes won by these three parties amounted to nearly 6.5 million, against the Conservatives» 11.3 million.

Who David Cameron chooses to appoint as Britain's next European commissioner is going to be critical for the UK's standing on the continent — and for his position as leader of the Conservative party.

Theresa May is expected to approve the creation of about 10 Conservative peers and at least one for the Democratic Unionist party, perhaps as early as Friday, in an attempt to improve her position in the House of Lords, which has voted 15 times against her government over Brexit.

Some party leaders believe his increasingly conservative positions as he approached a presidential campaign turned off Massachusetts» more - moderate brand of Republicans.

Labour is currently trailing the Conservatives in the polls by 12 - 17 percentage points (depending on the pollster), an extraordinary position for a party seven years in opposition.

The polls were predicting a tight race between Labour and the Conservatives for second place, although most commentators believed that Labour would just about hold on to its position as the largest opposition party.

If we take the average position of the general population on a scale ranging from (0) European Unification has gone too far, to (10) European Unification has not gone far enough, we find that the average position of the electorate is closest to the Conservative Party (measured by where survey respondents think the major parties» policies are on the same scale).

The Tory chief whip offered David Cameron his resignation after his lack of support in the Conservative party made his position untenable.

Cameron stuffing the place with fresh Tory peers to strengthen his party's position while axing 50 MPs under a boundary review is again intended strengthen the Conservatives.

He said the eurozone crisis gave the Conservative party an «opportunity» to set out its position on Europe more clearly.

He has a chance in 2012 to take the position from whoever wins this race... but if he does back Davis, I suspect he will not get any backing from any of the REAL Conservatives or Republicans, not to mention REAL tea party people.

The manifesto is carefully calibrated not only to dodge the hostages to fortune of 2010, but also to offer plenty of scope for the Lib Dems to cut a deal with whichever party, Labour or Conservatives, are in a position to offer a second coalition.

In 2015 we conducted an event at the 2015 Conservative Party annual conference at which we presented analysis of the Conservative's electoral position and prospects, we were invited to submit independent scholarly evidence to Labour's Learning the Lessons Review, chaired by Margaret Beckett, and we co-hosted a 2015 post-election event in June 2015 with cross-party attendance and participation by a broad political range of commentators, and also leading UK journalists.

Conservatives also backed 70 Republicans on their minor party line for various town and county positions.

He subsequently held the positions of Conservative Party Chairman and Shadow Secretary of State for the Office of Deputy Prime Minister.

[19] With no party having an overall majority, the Lib Dems agreed to form a coalition government with the Conservatives, with Clegg becoming Deputy Prime Minister and other party members taking up ministerial positions.

The Greens and Sinn Fein are furthest to the left; the SNP and Plaid Cymru occupy the same position to the left of Labour; the SDLP adopts the same position as Labour (its MPs informally take the Labour whip in the House of Commons); the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland adopts the same position as its sister party, the Liberal Democrats; the Conservatives are on the centre - right, followed by the DUP and the independent Unionist MP, with UKIP furthest rParty of Northern Ireland adopts the same position as its sister party, the Liberal Democrats; the Conservatives are on the centre - right, followed by the DUP and the independent Unionist MP, with UKIP furthest rparty, the Liberal Democrats; the Conservatives are on the centre - right, followed by the DUP and the independent Unionist MP, with UKIP furthest right.

This article details how many of the Erie County Conservative Party's leadership has been appointed to positions in government, suggesting some sort of political gamesmanship.

Without the former party leader and popular local candidate standing for the Conservatives it seems unlikely that Gordon MacDonald's position will be usurped.

While May has announced herself as the prime minister of a minority government, with support from Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, her position is now so untenable that another general election, with a different Conservative leader, is extremely likely before the end of 2017.

That is the heart of the issue,» he said, adding that: «Of course if there is no consensus, well then it is something at the general election, the parties will have to stake out their positions, but I think there is a strong view in England among the people of England as well the Conservative party and I think many Liberal Democrats as well.»

If a new leader is elected and a bold radical policy programme is formulated, and integrity among politicians is established the Labour Party will be in a unique and highly rewarding position of taking on and resoundingly defeating the Conservatives.

Interestingly, a similar effect was seen in the centre and centre - right, with normally quite conservative commentators noticeably hardening their position on the party.

But the Conservatives had three more seats - suggesting they would indeed take the position of the second biggest party.