Sentences with phrase «conservative side of the party»
Ball, who has settled in as a member of the GOP majority even though the Republicans actively tried to prevent him from joining their conference during the 2010 campaign, trends toward the conservative side of the party.
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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.
Political affiliation emerges as another key driver of opinion, with past Conservative Party of Canada voters overwhelmingly taking Alberta's side.
Both the Conservative Party and the Socialist Party in Greece, just like the Republicans and Democrats here, are both taking the side of the banks.
Due to a lack of traditional organized conservative political opposition outside the PC Party, it has been an odd and sometimes humorous sight to watch rookie Wildrose MLA's stand side - by - side with New Democratic Party MLAs at protest rallies over the course of the summer.
«Mr. Speaker, one of the commitments the Conservative Party made in 2006 was to create an independent parliamentary budget authority to provide objective analysis directly to Parliament,» Bob Rae offered with his third intervention, stepping forward and jabbing his index finger at the government side.
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.
AND And teaches us to say yes And allows us to be both - and And keeps us from either - or And teaches us to be patient and long suffering And is willing to wait for insight and integration And keeps us from dualistic thinking And does not divide the field of the moment And helps us to live in the always imperfect now And keeps us inclusive and compassionate toward everything And demands that our contemplation become action And insists that our action is also contemplative And heals our racism, our sexism, heterosexism, and our classism And keeps us from the false choice of liberal or conservative And allows us to critique both sides of things And allows us to enjoy both sides of things And is far beyond any one nation or political party And helps us face and accept our own dark side And allows us to ask for forgiveness and to apologize And is the mystery of paradox in all things And is the way of mercy And makes daily, practical love possible And does not trust love if it is not also justice And does not trust justice if it is not also love And is far beyond my religion versus your religion And allows us to be both distinct and yet united And is the very Mystery of Trinity
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.
By yet again pulling consideration of this bill because of the amendment being proposed to it by distinguished members from all sides of your Lordships» House, the Conservative party, for party political reasons, is seeking to subvert the role and practice — the constitutional role and practice — of this House.»
The introductions of these two sub-demographics naturally pushed the overall party's «average» ideological stance closer to the conservative side of things.
Voters were courted by political institutions from all sides — the government, all the political parties apart from UKIP, the Bank of England, international organizations, foreign governments, the US President himself and the «Remain» or StrongerIn campaign convened by Conservative, Labour and the smaller parties.
Cuomo's rebuke of the majority yesterday for being too closely tied to the «extreme» state Conservative Party gave the Democrats some hope that he will indeed side with them in the upcoming elections.
There may be something of a rebound against politicians (of all three main parties) who won't even discuss cuts before they are elected, who tell specific lies in order to get elected (Liberals and Conservatives) and who speak out of both sides of their mouths (New Labour) when in opposition.
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.
The Conservative Party turned down an approach from Cambridge Analytica, the firm accused of illegally harvesting personal data to win elections both sides of the Atlantic.
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).
If the Conservatives were merely the biggest party in rump UK, but lacked a majority — i.e. rump UK would also have a hung parliament — the Liberal Democrats could switch sides after the departure of the Scots, and remain in power.
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.
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.
The letter, organised by Jesse Norman and Eleanor Laing, states: «We come from all sides of the Conservative Party and are writing as reformers to express our serious concern at the current proposals to create an elected House of Lords.
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.
Wendy Long coasted to the New York State Conservative Party's U.S. Senate nomination today, with the strong backing of the state chairman Mike Long, who's made no secret of the fact that he thinks running a tough woman against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand gives his side the best chance in an uphill battle.
8 pm WATCH: Peter Cruddas after his libel victory: «No - one in the Conservative Party wanted to listen to my side of the story»
Press regulation campaigns said there was anger at how the government won Wednesday's vote in the Commons owing to a strong whipping operation and the support of the Democratic Unionist party, who were promised their own inquiry into the activities of the Northern Irish media in return for siding with Conservative ministers.
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.
He has to have support from all sides of the Conservative party, but he also has to win over disaffected Labour and Liberal voters to take those vital marginals.
John Harris's fringe: Conference season 09: Boris Johnson, his dad, and other Conservative party delegates are quizzed about which side of the European fence they, and David Cameron, now sit
McDonald is one of three state Senate Republicans who met stiff primary challenges from the party's conservative wing because they sided with Senate Democrats in support of gay marriage last year.
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.