Sentences with phrase «conservative side of the coalition»

«Undoubtedly some on the Conservative side of the coalition see fiscal consolidation as a cover for an ideologically driven small state agenda.»

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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.

The conservative politician who can listen to members of the other political coalition like Reagan did, and who can learn to respond to the arguments of the other side (as opposed to just posturing for the amusement of their own side), won't just win over those who currently think of themselves as swing - voters.

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 borders.

It is indeed a pity that Corbyn was captured by the dominance of «free marketeers» in Labour and seen to be sided with what in my CLP, outside of a small group of Supporters (not necessarily0 members), looked liked a Conservative - Labour Coalition.

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.

The Coalition's programme needed, he said, to recognise, that five - sixths of the MPs on the government side were elected as Conservatives.

He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: «There is a sense within the Home Office — and it is sensed around the rest of government, both sides of the coalition — Theresa May behaves as though the Conservatives won the last election.