Sentences with phrase «liberal party its position»

His roll of the dice has cost the long esteemed LIBERAL PARTY its position in parliament and brought to the fore a more left - oriented NDP.

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After an intervention from the Bloc Quebecois it was Jack Layton's turn to stand and take credit for the Liberal party's position on corporate tax rates.

A small majority (54 %) of those who voted for the governing federal Liberals also take the position that B.C.'s government is in the wrong, while most — but far from all — past federal New Democrats support the party's provincial wing in B.C.:

BC Liberal environment minister Terry Lake said Horgan's comments show Dix is not being clear with voters on the party's pipeline position.

Though it is not clear if the Liberal Party is in any better position without him as leader.

I understand that the WR rejection of any tax increases is inconsistent with the Liberal and the NDP positions, but the question all the opposition parties have been asked is «will you work with the other parties if there's a minority government».

As I am sure Dr. Sherman and Dr. Swann would attest, being leader of the Liberal Party in Alberta is probably one of the least rewarding positions in provincial politics.

It is the latest in a line of increasingly liberal positions on drugs from the party, as it becomes more confident in demanding wholesale reform of Britain's drugs laws.

The policy position of the Liberal Democrat Party has not changed.

The position of the Coalition is to the right of the Liberal Democrat party position, but to the left of the Conservative party position.

At the time Cable, then the Liberal Democrats» Treasury spokesperson, held an essential agnostic position: his party would plump for something vague in the middle, he suggested.

The Sun's change on the issue hints at why Labour has not savaged the Liberal Democrats for the liberal position the party has adopted over recent Liberal Democrats for the liberal position the party has adopted over recent liberal position the party has adopted over recent months.

Over the many years (since the late 1970s) during which I've gone to Liberal and Lib Dem conferences, from Margate to Dundee via many stops in between in Bournemouth, Brighton and Harrogate, crucial party positions have been decided at our conferences.

While he used the party as a way to highlight women's issues and prove his campaign's socially liberal positions — and even got Hillary Clinton to join him in touting it — critics dismissed the party as an effort to siphon votes from the labor - backed Working Families Pparty as a way to highlight women's issues and prove his campaign's socially liberal positions — and even got Hillary Clinton to join him in touting it — critics dismissed the party as an effort to siphon votes from the labor - backed Working Families Pparty as an effort to siphon votes from the labor - backed Working Families PartyParty.

Gyory, a former advisor to several Democratic governors and now at Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, says Cuomo is in better position, considering he has spent this term successfully pushing issues friendly to the liberal base of the Democratic Party, like paid family leave and a $ 15 minimum wage.

Alex has stood for the Liberal Democrats a number of times and will be hoping that this historically Lib Dem leaning seat, the ongoing investigation around sitting MP Michelle Thomson (who has resigned the SNP party whip), and his position at the top of the Liberal Democrat list bring his seeking election to a successful end.

Many people know that that was my first instinct and would have been more logical given the historic Liberal position as a left of centre party.

The results of what is happening now will dictate the positioning of the Liberal Democrat party for years to come.

The Liberal Democrats no longer occupy the position of an alternative, outsider party able to critique those in power, but neither are they an establishment party seen as automatically capable of running the country.

Having declined to third party status after the rise of the Labour Party from 1918 and especially during the 1920s, the Liberals were challenged for this position in the 1980s when a group of Labour MPs broke away and established the Social Democratic Party (party status after the rise of the Labour Party from 1918 and especially during the 1920s, the Liberals were challenged for this position in the 1980s when a group of Labour MPs broke away and established the Social Democratic Party (Party from 1918 and especially during the 1920s, the Liberals were challenged for this position in the 1980s when a group of Labour MPs broke away and established the Social Democratic Party (Party (SDP).

The Greens and Sinn Fein are furthest to the left; the SNP and Plaid Cymru occupy the same position to the left of Labour; the SDLP adopts the same position as Labour (its MPs informally take the Labour whip in the House of Commons); the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland adopts the same position as its sister party, the Liberal Democrats; the Conservatives are on the centre - right, followed by the DUP and the independent Unionist MP, with UKIP furthest rParty of Northern Ireland adopts the same position as its sister party, the Liberal Democrats; the Conservatives are on the centre - right, followed by the DUP and the independent Unionist MP, with UKIP furthest rparty, the Liberal Democrats; the Conservatives are on the centre - right, followed by the DUP and the independent Unionist MP, with UKIP furthest right.

In the run - up to the May 7 election, Nick Clegg is trying to position the Liberal Democrats as the natural party of coalitions.

That is the heart of the issue,» he said, adding that: «Of course if there is no consensus, well then it is something at the general election, the parties will have to stake out their positions, but I think there is a strong view in England among the people of England as well the Conservative party and I think many Liberal Democrats as well.»

With the present erractic position in the polls though it is hard to say for sure — we will have another two polls in the week from ICM and ComRes which may shed some light, but it looks as though we can conclude little other than that the two main parties are close to one another in the high thirties and low fourties, with the leaderless Liberal Democrats languishing in the low teens.

Labour has, however, supplanted the Conservatives as the main opposition party (albeit still 15 seats short of the Liberal Democrats) and the Greens continue to hold their own in Callowland ward, pushing the Conservatives into the smallest party position.

In the years 2010 to 2012, although the Labour Party recovered from its worst position, in 2010, it has only won seats in its three strongest wards and has yet to challenge the Liberal Democrats grip on votes and power.

The Liberal Democrat deputy leader, Alan Beith, said Mr Ashdown was leaving a party which «has a key position in changing the nature of Britain».

The Liberal Democrat leader is investigating an allegation that members of the media have been briefed with erroneous information damaging Cable's position in the party.

A general election campaign seems a peculiar time to discuss a non-vacant position, but ambitious Liberal Democrat MPs are clearly just as uncertain about their party's fortunes as the pollsters.

Confirming its anti-Tory positioning, UK Independence Party chairman David Campbell Bannerman, great nephew of former Liberal Prime Minister Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, told yesterday's Yorkshire Post that the party's legal name would stay UKIP but for popular consumption the party would be totally rebraParty chairman David Campbell Bannerman, great nephew of former Liberal Prime Minister Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, told yesterday's Yorkshire Post that the party's legal name would stay UKIP but for popular consumption the party would be totally rebraparty's legal name would stay UKIP but for popular consumption the party would be totally rebraparty would be totally rebranded.

He became the party's home affairs spokesman in 1999, using that position to articulate the same liberal views he has consistently held on such issues as penal and asylum policy.

[2] Labour retained their position as the largest opposition party, gaining three seats from the Liberal Democrats (Brookvale and Kings Furlong, Brighton Hill North and Brighton Hill South).

The Conservatives will have a significant majority whoever leads them and the opposition vote will splinter — to the SNP in Scotland and in the rest of the country a smattering to Labour, a rump to UKIP and loose change to a Liberal Democrat party that left power regretting it so much that it fled without a credible position to challenge from.

Despised by the far left, scorned by the far right, pushed aside by liberal progressives, mocked by tea party conservatives, we hold what may well be the most assaulted political position in America today.

Rovero is a gun owner and a fiscal conservative who is wary of some positions championed by his party's liberal wing.

[190] Winning just eight seats, the Liberal Democrats lost their position as the UK's third party and found themselves tied in fourth place with the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland in the House of Commons, with Nick Clegg being one of the few MPs from his party to retain his party and found themselves tied in fourth place with the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland in the House of Commons, with Nick Clegg being one of the few MPs from his party to retain his Party of Northern Ireland in the House of Commons, with Nick Clegg being one of the few MPs from his party to retain his party to retain his seat.

The argument is sometimes advanced alongside an objection to the positioning of the party in «the liberal centre ground», a place where, some say, liberalism goes to die.

But this year, the party — founded in 1998 by liberal activists close to Mr. de Blasio — was in a far different position.

Although the Liberal Democrats were part of a coalition that has tightened immigration policy in several ways, in its manifesto, the party positions itself to push for a relatively liberal approach to future decision Liberal Democrats were part of a coalition that has tightened immigration policy in several ways, in its manifesto, the party positions itself to push for a relatively liberal approach to future decision liberal approach to future decision making.

Cuomo is able to avoid the potentially sticky position of having to spend his summer being put on the spot in various primaries, each instance of which would be a reminder for voters that his only unqualified statement in support of a Democratic State Senate came as a condition for securing the nomination of the liberal Working Families Party.

n contrast, the Liberal Democrats consciously positioned themselves as the main party political advocates of radical constitutional reform, with successive manifestos setting out their commitment to the fundamental re-balancing of power within the British state.

The party needs to work with liberals and social democrats across the party divide to restate its position as a voice of the centre - left, and this is best achieved if we clearly communicate how our vision of a fairer, greener Britain differs from both Tory and Labour parties» current stance.

In the 25 Liberal Democrat - held seats, though, the collapse in the Lib Dem vote was much more dramatic: the party was down 15 points from its general election position.

Both parties» ministers shared collective responsibility for the government's positions, although the coalition agreement detailed several issues on which the parties agreed to differ; the Liberal Democrats abstained from voting in such cases.

The Liberal Democrats» autumn conference will focus heavily on the environment as the party tries to stake out a distinctive position in the political battlefield.

By positioning the Lib Dems as a liberal left party, he achieved the party's best ever election result, winning another ten seats to secure 62.

WFP leaders are pushing voters to back Cuomo as a way to send him a message about liberal dissatisfaction with his first term, leading to speculation the party could lose its ballot position or overall ballot status next week.

We are now engaged in a serious fight for the centre ground with a party which is socially more liberal and constantly engaging in counter-intuitive positioning.»

At this election, the Conservative Party was seeking to retain overall control of the council, previously having a majority of four seats, and the Liberal Democrats to maintain or better their position of 13 seats.

Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins receiving 5 percent, with much of his support believed to have come from public employees and liberals who were disappointed with the incumbent's hard line in contract talks, his failure to live up to promises four years earlier to reform Albany, or positions on environmental issues like fracking.