Sentences with phrase «general election event»

Sega is preparing for a «surprise announcement» at the upcoming Yakuza Character General Election event in Japan; fans speculate possible reveal of PS3, PS4, or Vita games.

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«The theory is that if the by - election results are good enough, surely she will be tempted to have a general election,» he said at last week's event, held by public affairs firm Westminster Policy Institute.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell and shadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey both attended a private event held by the club in the run - up to the general election, and McDonnell also recently attended a private round table event at the London Stock Exchange.

The bill in question was proposed by Tory John Stevenson, and asked «that leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Representation of the People Act 1983 to disenfranchise all residents of Scotland eligible to vote in any United Kingdom General Election held after 18 September 2014 in the event of a positive vote in the Scottish Independence referendum; and for connected purposes.»

Of course we don't know when the next general election will be, still less what events there may have been ahead of it.

Nevertheless, the declaration of the billion dollar election ignored the fact that the quadrennial general election in America has been a billion dollar event for decades — election campaigns at the federal level alone have achieved an aggregate spent in excess of a billion dollars since the 1990s.

The single most important event to influence Kenya's political landscape over the next five years will be the general election to be held on 4 March 2013.

Indeed, as EU observers have been noting, the more extreme eurosceptic Conservative noises off from Westminster have been anticipating — in the event of a «Yes» win - the end of Cameron, a caretaker leader until the May 2015 general election and a Labour victory.

The move will no doubt spark glee among sketchwriters who dubbed her «The Maybot» during last year's general election for her cold and clunky campaign events.

The event itself was an opportunity for Blue Labour friends and others to take stock following Labour's terrible defeat at the 2015 General Election.

If the general election on June 8 can be considered British politics» «main event» for 2017, then the recent local council and mayoral elections on May 4 can be seen of something of a dress rehearsal.

Coverage of the latest general election news and events, including Gordon Brown's speech on Labour's fight for fairness

Turner was introduced at the event by Juan Reyes, the attorney and former low - level Giuliani administration aide (UPDATE: A reader insists Reyes was not, in fact, «low - level,» noting his last title was general counsel to the NYC Board of Standards and Appeals, and he also served as counsel to the NYC Loft Board) preferred by the Queens GOP to get the party's nod in the upcoming Sept. 13 special election.

(UPDATE: A Bishop aide says the Biden event has been in the works since February — long before the Democrats knew who the congressman would be facing in the general election — and thus isn't a reflection on whether the race is tightening).

The film was launched during a British Election Study event for journalists, politicians and researchers entitled «Insights into the 2015 General Election», held at...

The Lib Dems might well walk and there would then be a General Election (a much better referendum on the EU as it would allow the issue to be argued in the context of what each party would do in the event of their preferred option happening).

Under the legislation, general elections would become a two - day event.

As Labour spokespeople will no doubt reiterate in the aftermath of this morning's events, by - elections are not general elections.

A «Yes» victory would have been seriously damaging for his standing in his party and the country and would have raised the prospect of him possibly leading a lame duck government, in the event of a narrow victory in the 2015 general election.

Speaking on the sidelines of a STAR - Ghana - organised event on Wednesday, March 15 to review the 2016 elections, Dr Afari Gyan did not mince words about the success of last year's general elections.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D - N.Y.) engaged in a nasty, lone radio debate in her Democratic primary against upstart Reshma Saujani on Tuesday morning, in which the two traded barbs — but managed to up the ante after the event, as the incumbent literally fled from reporters and the challenger said she might not vote in the general election if she loses.

Dominic Wring has received funding from the Electoral Commission and The Guardian in relation to their past analysis of media reporting during UK General Elections and also from the BBC Trust in respect of broadcasters» coverage of various topical news events.

In the event the implementation of the Boundary Review was postponed for partisan reasons until after the next General Election by Home Secretary James Callaghan (on the pretext of waiting until after the Redcliffe - Maud Report on local government reorganisation).

It is possible that the 2019 General Elections would be one of the most intense media - focused events in our political history.

The 1992 general election was widely tipped to result in a hung parliament or a narrow Labour majority, but in the event the Conservatives were returned to power, though with a much reduced majority of 21.

David Deacon has received funding from the Electoral Commission and The Guardian in relation to their past analysis of media reporting during UK General Elections and also from the BBC Trust in respect of broadcasters» coverage of various topical news events.

Two - thirds (273 of 399) of the general - election campaign events in the 2016 presidential race were in just 6 states (Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, and Michigan).

Typically we would expect at least 50 % of all bets on an event like this to be placed in the last two weeks, but judging on current trends [these few weeks] are set to be bigger than the last general election period put together.

If indeed Nana Addo was as competent and experienced as he claims to be, then winning the 2012 general elections should have been a mere walk - over for him and I find it difficult to reconcile that interesting turn of events.

The Question Time event covered other topics including housing and the future of the monarchy and was the first of two in the run up to May's general election.

Last week saw the start of campaigning for the general election in May, with a series of carefully choreographed events and launches rapidly descending into free - form mud - slinging.

With such a wide data base, the disparate surveys strongly suggest that Thursday's leaders» debate was a game - changing event which could impact the result of the general election, probably by taking enough votes from the Tories to secure a hung parliament.

Mr. Koomson, in the run - up to the 2008 general election, warned he won't be comfortable in the unlikely event that his friend, Nana Addo, is voted as President of Ghana because, «it is not safe» for a great country like Ghana.

Prophet Badu said our politicians are well aware of what they did before the just ended general Elections in December and therefore must be answerable to these tragic events.

Ed Miliband has pledged to campaign against Nick Clegg in the 2015 general election — a move unlikely to help him in the event of a hung parliament.

Asked which 2014 events mattered most to them by Ipsos Mori, the general public was twice as likely to choose the World Cup than the European elections.

An assessment of European and general election results by the think tank British Future branded the event an «outlier election» which will do little to indicate performance in the general election which follows.

The event launched Macmillan's campaign to make cancer a top priority in the upcoming general election.

Labour's biggest union backer says the Labour leader should govern as a minority government in the event that Labour does not win the 2015 general election outright but is the biggest party.

Obviously I accept that when the conference was being put together we were unsure as to whether a general election campaign might already be under way, so there was always going to be a need for some flexibility; but it would be good to know what's on the agenda with only days to go before the event.

According to a piece published in Le Figaro on 22 November 2017, Najat Vallaud - Belkacem, former Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research and defeated candidate in the 2017 legislative elections, sought to lead the Socialist Party (PS) list in the 2019 European elections as a condition of her becoming a candidate for the party leadership, in addition to asking that the post of general secretary be paid in the event that she obtained the post.

The campaign said it'll kick off the opening with a 3 pm event where Levine will speak to supporters, volunteers and locals on «his bold, progressive vision to move Florida forward» as well as Broward's importance in the primary and general elections.

As we head towards the General Election and the 2010 council elections, we will be holding numerous campaigning and membership boosting events.

Absent a precedent - shattering event when the electoral college votes, the apparent winner of the general election will be the next President.

The previous Labour government indicated that it would reassess the bands, but in the event decided to wait until after the general election.

Nick Clegg has said that he will not be prime minister after the General Election in the final televised leaders event before the poll next Thursday.

But recent events have opened an opportunity to place our presidential candidate on Georgia's 2012 general election ballot and you can help!

Andrew Sparrow covers the latest general election news and events, including Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg on the campaign trail.

Labour are so convinced that the referendum could trigger a meltdown of the coalition that officials have been put on alert to ensure the party is ready in the event of an emergency general election as early as this year.

Next month's event looks uncomfortably like a partisan attempt to hijack one of the great glories of our common history for party political purposes on the eve of a general election.