Sentences with phrase «conservatives during the debate»

So below are some of the highlights from the contributions of other Conservatives during the debate.

Not exact matches

Conservative supporters have looked the other way when it comes his multiple marriages and dalliances with Democrats (during the debate he boasted that Hillary Clinton «had to come to my wedding» because of his donations to the Clinton Foundation.)

Last week, while live - tweeting during the third and final presidential debate, conservative commentator Ann Coulter wrote, referring to Mitt Romeny's passive demeanor towards President Obama: «I highly approve of Romney's decision to be kind and gentle to the retard.»

There was a bit of fraternal biffing during a recent Conservative mayoral candidate debate about who and what a «proper Tory» is.

However, during a debate in the Strasbourg parliament yesterday, East Midlands Conservative MEP Roger Helmer warned it would be «pig - headed» to progress with a treaty that had been rejected by the electorate.

GOP / Conservative gubernatorial candidte Rick Lazio was relentlessly heckled during a campaign stop in Orange County earlier today by Carl Paladino supporters furious over the former congressman's refusal to debate his Republican primary opponent.

Those are the words of Conservative MP Aidan Burley, co-founder of the Trade Union Reform Campaign, during a Westminster Hall debate on trade union funding yesterday.

During the 90 - minute debate, the Conservative leader said for the first time that he might have to work with his rivals if there was no outright winner.

As the following graph of opinion poll trends during the 2010 campaign shows, so - called «Cleggmania» peaked immediately after the first debate, when he did most to introduce himself to most voters: his poll ratings, and his party's, surged, while both the Conservatives and Labour fell.

It became an issue over which Conservative MPs argued during the debate in the chamber yesterday.

For instance, in 1976, Conservative MP Michael Heseltine seized and brandished the Mace of the House during a heated debate.

Kris Hopkins, the Conservative MP for Keighley, spoke during the Commons debate on the Libyan intervention:

Fifteen Conservatives and eight other MPs, including three from Labour, voted to provide for a personal income tax allowance transfer between married couples during a debate on the report stage of the finance bill last night.

The two sides of what will likely be an overarching debate during the 2018 legislative session were on display yesterday with progressives calling for an increased millionaires» tax and conservatives saying that existing taxes should be phased out as scheduled to prevent a further exodus of Empire State residents.

Also in the debate, Conservative MP Victoria Prentis broke down in tears as she explained that after two miscarriages she had developed a life - threatening complication during her third pregnancy.

During today's radio debate, the state Democratic Party sent out a statement from former governor David Paterson criticizing Teachout for debating Astorino, saying it was «providing a platform for Rob Astorino to promote his extreme conservative agenda.»

Several remain - backing Conservatives also expressed their concerns about the government's plans for Brexit during the two - day debate, with former chancellor George Osborne warning that May had decided not to make the economy the first priority as she opens negotiations.

[10] Also in 2007, Cameron used the website to challenge Gordon Brown to a live televised political debate as he prepared to succeed Tony Blair as Prime Minister, arguing the format had proved useful for discussing «serious policy issues» during the 2005 Conservative leadership election.

Indeed, during his maiden speech in yesterday's debate on the Finance Bill he recalled that one biographer of John Neilson Gladstone — a Liberal Conservative predecessor as MP for Ipswich an done of the William Gladstone's brothers — wrote of him that «he took no strong independent line such as would anger his father but accepted his minor role in the scheme of things.»

In August 2009 during the heated healthcare debates, Flanagan's Conservative Society for Action joined another local group and crashed a town hall meeting Bishop was holding in Setauket.

Asked why he and Percoco called each other «Herb» in emails, Howe traced the nickname back to a joke in the tight Cuomo circle during a helicopter ride to Albany after a 1990 debate in which Howe and Mario Cuomo laughed about Conservative candidate Herb London's toupee.

«Many Conservatives feel the European Community is not good for Britain... The Conservative party is divided on it too», du Cann — head of the Conservatives» 1922 Committee — added, [12] although there were far fewer Eurosceptic figures in the Parliamentary Conservative Party in 1975 than there would be during later debates on Europe, such as the accession to the Maastricht Treaty.

During the Legislature's preliminary debate of the policy, conservative Republicans have raised questions about the practicality and fairness of the standard, which requires partners to affirmatively and continuously consent throughout a sexual act.

During the 2015 Canadian federal election, the Conservative party led by incumbent Prime Minister Stephen Harper was accused of communicating «code» words in a debate to appeal to his party's base supporters.

Cameron's creation of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)-- an association of the Tory MEPS with «homophobes, anti-Semites and climate - change deniers», as Nick Clegg described it during one of the 2010 TV leaders» debates — was initially considered a triumph by Cameron.

In response, Mr Farage said he wanted the Conservative and Labour leaders to join in a four - man debate, which he suggested should take place during the campaign in April or May.

During the debate, Starmer argued that passing the papers initially to the Brexit select committee would be a prudent approach, not least as it has a majority of Conservative MPs, despite being chaired by a Labour member.

Tory insiders acknowledge that the 2010 debates were very disruptive and rather than hold them during the heat of the four week campaign the Conservatives will propose that they are scheduled for January, February and March, before the campaign properly kicks off.

During the 2006 debate over a referendum to establish universal pre-K in California, the Heritage Foundation, Reason Foundation, and other conservative groups published articles highlighting fade - out.

During the recent Canadian election a spokesperson for the Conservative Party said that if Justin Trudeau arrived at a key debate with his pants on he would have exceeded expectations.

During the debate, Conservative MP Edward Garnier, a former solicitor general, predicted the Bill would become «the object of derision and ridicule».

The allegations of collusion and overspending were also discussed by MPs in the Commons during an emergency debate attended by only a few Conservative MPs.