Sentences with phrase «dems after the general election»

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The Lib Dem leader resigned from his position less than a week after the general elections citing that he was «torn between living as a faithful Christian and serving as a political leader».

That could be what people are asking on May 8th, after two new polls found that the Lib Dem leader and his deputy are set for the chop in the general election.

Lib Dem leader Tim Farron sacked former MP David Ward as a general election candidate after a storm over his past comments about Israel and Jews.

[30] This Lib - Lab pact failed to form because Labour's massive majority after the 1997 general election made it an irrelevance for Labour, and because Labour were not prepared to consider the introduction of proportional representation and other Lib Dem conditions.

After disastrous showing in May general election, and as the party begins its annual conference, what are ousted Lib Dem MPs up to now?

On the basis of a close relationship with the Prime Minister, Paddy Ashdown predicts there will be Lib Dem MPs in government after the next general election.

More than three months after the party lost 48 of its 56 seats in the general election, only a handful of former Lib Dem MPs have secured new roles.

The MP for Sheffield Hallam resigned as Lib Dem leader the morning after the general election, when it emerged his party had lost 48 of its 56 MPs and two - thirds of its voters.

After the general election, pianist and Lib Dem MP John Hemming had to pack his bags and leave Westminster.

«I think after the general election we're between a rock and a hard place,» our Lib Dem from Sheffield says.

14:31 - We knew there would be an attempt from Labour to capitalise on Lib Dem / Tory divisions on Europe, although I hadn't quite expected the cheeky wink of echoing Cameron's language to Nick Clegg right after the general election.

Moments after the close of the first debate of the 2010 general election, Lib Dem officials were breathlessly rushing around the Granada studios in Manchester.

It is possible that after the next general election, there will be 100 % male Lib Dem MPs, and 0 % female Lib Dem MPs.

Nick Clegg resigned as Lib Dem leader after the party's worst performance in a general election since its formation.

The Lib Dem vote collapsed in the 2015 general election, after the party joined the Conservatives in coalition and broke a manifesto pledge not to increase tuition fees.