Sentences with phrase «european referendum»

However, Wolchover says there has been no such Act of Parliament, since the European Referendum (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 is procedural and does not enshrine the result of the referendum as a constitutional decision.

With splits over the European referendum to contend with, Mr Cameron may simply have decided it was not worth a fierce fight with the backbenches.

The Chancellor's pledge to make every school in England into an academy shows a continued effort to place education into the hands of head teachers and teachers rather than bureaucrats, despite the heavy distraction of the European referendum.

The Scottish Cabinet is holding an emergency meeting after the shock victory for Brexit campaigners in the European referendum.

Staying with Scotland for a moment, the Guardian's Libby Brooks points out how there are a few Scottish #indyref cobwebs on some of the slogans being deployed by David Cameron at the outset of the European referendum.

The Electoral Commission has confirmed to openDemocracy that in the European referendum, where the whole country was treated as a single constituency, donations made to a Northern Irish party such as the DUP could be used to fund campaigning in Scotland, England and Wales, and yet Northern Irish secrecy laws still apply to this cash.

In the coming weeks, the Electoral Commission will publish details of how much cash the various larger campaigns threw at the European referendum.

I think the European referendum offers us a great opportunity to break the Labour Party, as well as get the majority of the chattering class media on our side.

The Electoral Commission also confirmed that in the European referendum, legal responsibility for doing so lay with the party Treasurer.

The measure means that while the Electoral Commission can now publish information about any donations since July last year — and in the future — it is still banned from sharing key information about donations to Northern Irish parties during a period which included the European referendum, when the DUP received # 435,000 for their Brexit campaign from an unknown source via a secretive group in Glasgow whose chair set up a company in 2013 with the former head of the Saudi intelligence service.

«Robert Halfon MP: Conservatives should believe in good business, not big business - as the oil market shows Main John Baron MP: Why is the Prime Minister taking so long to answer our European referendum letter?»

But it increasingly looks like the European referendum was used to pioneer a range of techniques for circumventing these rules.

It's also noteworthy that one of Palantir's shareholders is Field Marshal Lord Guthrie, former head of the British Army, and adviser to Veterans for Britain, one of the groups which funnelled money to AggregateIQ ahead of the European referendum.

Before the European referendum, Soopa Doopa branding in Ely had a turnover of # 750,000 and two staff.

The Prime Minister is determined to avoid a Pyrrhic victory in the European referendum campaign

«Let no one ever forget whenever a European referendum is discussed, Labour and the Liberal Democrats solemnly promised a referendum and then shmefully broke that promise.

I think the European referendum was a test of leadership and Jeremy failed that test.

Given voters» experience of public polling at the last general election, it would be natural for them to take a more cynical and circumspect view of opinion research in the lead up to the European referendum.

«I want us to use the European elections to cause an earthquake in British politics, to change the Labour party position on the European referendum, for the Conservative party post the European elections, well you guys will have to decide whether you think Cameron is the right person to lead in 2015 or not,» Farage said.

Now is not the time to say we should have a European referendum now» Kennedy argued, warning that the focus should remain on the referendum on Scottish independence and to «get base camp established first.»

It should have agreed on an experienced interim leader who commands general confidence to take the party past the Scottish elections and the European referendum and into 2017, while preparing Labour — and its electoral system — for a proper contest between its next generation of leadership candidates in time for 2020.

What we do now know is Miliband's position on the European referendum.

He added: «I know how disappointed people are at the loss of the European referendum.

[41] He was one of the «Tory Rebels» who oversaw the largest post-war defeat of any Conservative government concerning a European Referendum.

2016 could also be the year of the European referendum.

The People's Pledge campaign group, which argues in favour of a European referendum, has just announced the result of two referendums it held in the Greater Manchester constituencies of Cheadle and Hazel Grove, voting for which closed at 5 pm today.

After two weeks of Conservative battles over a European referendum and gay marriage, Clegg will also admit that the past fortnight has seen the coalition lacking leadership, focus and an ability to govern.

This is significant because Freer was not one of the 81 rebels, but has now come round to the view that Britain should have an in / out European referendum.

At the Council, issues like the next European budget and a Europe - wide banking union were discussed, and at home, the issue of a European referendum continues to trouble the Government.

The more recent speeches linked to include Brian Binley on the EU fiscal union, David Amess on the future of the BBC, Jacob Rees - Mogg on a European referendum, John Hayes on apprenticeships, and Robert Halfon and David Nuttall on human rights.

If you stir in legislation such as the European Referendum Act 2015 which set the question to appear on the ballot paper but failed to address the legal consequences of a vote to leave, and the anomalies thrown up by the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011, not least the ability to avoid a fixed - term, then the unsatisfactory basis upon which the country has gone to the polls three times in the last three years is underscored.

Our European referendum produced unprecedented levels of insult — and its results still do.

With the European referendum highly likely to be this year, that matters.

«Clearly immigration, trade and terrorism were key issues that swayed electoral opinion in a very significant way, just as they did in the U.K., and probably will in the European referenda and elections to come,» he continued.

Many Tories feel the party has lost out to voters because of eroded levels of public trust in former promises on European referenda.

Paul Taggart is Professor of Politics and Jean Monnet Chair at the University of Sussex, Editor of Government and Opposition, former Editor of the journal Politics, co-Convenor (with Prof. Aleks Szczerbiak) of the European Referendums, Elections and Parties Network (EPERN).

Davidson insists that while the Scottish and European referendums are not comparable, she is in no doubt that a UK outside the EU would be significantly diminished.

Not exact matches

The most immediate and tangible signal might be the June 23 referendum on the United Kingdom's potential departure from the European Union, or Brexit.

The leader of the Front National has pledged to hold a referendum on leaving the European Union and the single currency within six months of becoming president.

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney backed U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron's European Union deal ahead of a June referendum on membership, saying the agreement allowed the central bank to do its job.

It's worth pointing out here that the HSBC survey was conducted between March and May 2016, before the U.K. referendum on membership of the European Union, so the views of expats may change in a post-Brexit world.

Welcome to part two of our live coverage of the historic referendum on Britain's membership in the European Union.

The odds of Britain voting to leave the European Union in a June referendum narrowed on Tuesday as attacks in Brussels were seen boosting the Out campaign.

Last year, the governing coalition broke its campaign promise to hold a referendum on Iceland joining the European Union, prompting thousands of Icelanders to protest and sign petitions demanding a parliamentary vote.

Barclays analysts cut their forecast for U.K. growth this year to 1.9 % due to uncertainty over the upcoming referendum on leaving the European Union.

He says that countries like Italy and the Netherlands could call for their own referenda and undermine the negotiations between Britain and the European Union.

One major catalyst for the referendum was U.K. citizens» fears that high immigration was fueled by the right to free movement of people throughout the EU, which is entrenched in European law.

If you need divine guidance on which way to vote in the forthcoming U.K. referendum on European Union (EU) membership, the Church of England has released a prayer to help that could help you decide.

More broadly, concerns about trade and its impact on workers figured large in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and in Britain's referendum vote to leave the European Union, a free - trade bloc.

Hiring of permanent staff via British recruitment firms increased at the slowest pace in six months in March, with employers perturbed by Britain's approaching European Union referendum and the global economy, a survey showed on Friday.