Sentences with phrase «liberal democrats backed»

This changed in 2007 when the Welsh Conservatives were briefly involved in coalition talks after the indecisive 2007 Welsh election on a «rainbow coalition» with the Welsh Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru which collapsed after the Liberal Democrats backed out.

Three Labour amendments were defeated as Liberal Democrats backed the changes jointly proposed in Nick Clegg and Shirley Williams» letter last week.

Meanwhile the research, which saw 1,864 voters north of the border questioned, put support for the Conservatives on 16 per cent with the Liberal Democrats backed by just 3 per cent.

Nick Clegg has urged the British people to put the Liberal Democrats back in government in 2015 to curb the excesses of the Tories or Labour.

That is why our mission is to put Liberal Democrats back in power at every level throughout Britain.

Bone believes a switch to a minority government, with the Liberal Democrats back in opposition, is in the «national interest».

The question that has faced its 60,000 members is: which man is best to guide the the Liberal Democrats back from oblivion?

The voters» verdict was not as clear as it might have been, but one thing was for sure: they showed their desire for Labour to be ejected from office by sacking the best part of 100 of their MPs (sending fewer Liberal Democrats back to Westminster too).

We are a team, working together with a shared mission of putting Welsh Liberal Democrats back at the heart of Welsh politics.

«Tim is a fantastic communicator and his energy, enthusiasm and passion will inspire and drive the Liberal Democrats back to winning ways.»

I am ready to take our message out to the country, and I ask you to join me on the journey as we, together, take the Liberal Democrats back to government.

Polls just before election day showed a slight swing from the Liberal Democrats back to Labour and the Conservatives, with most of final polls falling within one point of Conservatives 36 %, Labour 28 %, Liberal Democrats 27 %.

I used to identify as a liberal Democrat back in the day, but their extremist views have knocked that idiocy right out of me.

Not exact matches

Ryan suggested McConnell does not have enough Republicans on board do that — because if Democrats take back Congress, «liberals will ram through» legislation.

In theory, there could be appetite in a number of liberal - dominated states, from New Jersey to Connecticut to Hawaii to New York (where Republicans control the State Senate, but only with the consent of a dissident faction of Democrats who might back this change).

VICTORIA — Nearly 6000 children will finally keep their child support payments because parents, advocacy groups and New Democrats pressured the B.C. Liberals to stop clawing back their much needed support.

Carole James and the New Democrats will continue to hold the B.C. Liberal government to account for their HST doublecross and the $ 1.9 billion tax shift on to the backs of consumers.

It's reported the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties will step back and let Labour lead the campaign.

However, Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell said: «All the indications are that the prime minister has made the decision to bring back the 90 - day detention proposals but is now looking for the evidence to justify it.

Diana Wallis, leader of the Liberal Democrats in Europe, added that she had heard many such calls for a renewed interest in the European Union but warned they would be meaningless unless the government actually did something to back them up.

A National Obesity Forum campaign, backed by a parliamentary reception and early day motion, has cross-party support, led by Justin Tomlinson (Conservative), Rt Hon. Kevin Barron (Labour), and Dr John Pugh (Liberal Democrats).

According to the YouGov poll 41 % are set to back Labour, compared to 22 % for the Tories and just eight per cent for the Liberal Democrats.

Following the victory, Lib Dem leader Tim Farron claimed: «The message is clear: The Liberal Democrats are back and we are carrying the torch for all of those who want a real opposition to this Conservative Brexit Government.

So far, the campaign has mainly been backed by Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs.

Liberal activist and filmmaker Michael Moore believes Trump is on track to win reelection in 2020 despite his low approval poll ratings, and he encouraged Democrats to back a movement to award Electoral College votes to the national popular vote winner.

Meanwhile senior Liberal Democrat figures from the Coalition era are set to try to win back their seats in the upcoming general election.

Using status in this way is a pretty common campaigning technique in the UK, though what's become more popular here (at least in the Liberal Democrats) is changing your profile picture to a graphic that says you are backing / have voted for a particular candidate.

Their view was backed by Liberal Democrat MP Julian Huppert, the chair of the all - party parliamentary group on cycling.

The Liberal Democrats were the first party to call for the high speed rail link — as far back as 2004.

Peter Bone, the outspoken MP for Wellingborough, attacked the «appalling behaviour of Liberal Democrat Cabinet ministers» in not having backed Jeremy Hunt last week.

Ukip's extraordinary surge in the polls appears to have faltered, after a new poll saw them lose a third of their support and fall back to level with the Liberal Democrats.

Liberal Democrat MPs will be whipped into backing gay marriage unlike their Tory counterparts, Nick Clegg insisted this morning.

Asked whether he had an «Ed Miliband problem» he replied: «I have only one preoccupation... that Liberal Democrats get back into government.»

The Liberal Democrats became the first party to break the consensus and back the plans last night.

They dumped their Brexit - supporting MP and backed the Liberal Democrats.

Some 12 Labour peers backed the Liberal Democrat's delaying order.

The proposal was framed as an effort to push back against the «anti-worker» policies of President Donald Trump's administration, which comes as the IDC itself has been accused by liberal advocacy organizations and some fellow Democrats for enabling Senate Republicans in Albany.

«The result not only signals that the Liberal Democrats are back in the political big time and the return to three party politics, it is a clear rejection of the Conservative Brexit government's plan to take Britain out of the Single Market,» he said.

Without the Liberal Democrats to hold them back, all the signs are that this government is set to be a far more right - wing and authoritarian than anything we've seen over the past five years.

This is significant because 18 to 24 - year olds, who traditionally provided key support to the party, have apparently deserted them — and the Liberal Democrats still lack a compelling message to get them back.

The poll then asked those who were currently intending to vote for the Conservatives, UKIP and the Liberal Democrats whether they would consider backing Labour at the next election.

But top Democrats in the House of Representatives said Thursday they'll be back next year to press for an increase in the minimum wage, new protections for victims of sexual harassment and other liberal policy priorities.

In the UK, a Conservative — Liberal Democrat coalition government elected in 2010 began a strong austerity drive by halting and reviewing all major IT contracts, squeezing IT suppliers for costs reductions, cutting back consultancy and instituting stringent requirements for the launching of any new government IT innovations.

The vast majority of Tories backed the motion — only seven voted against, and seven abstained — and the Democratic Unionists and the Liberal Democrats also supported it.

The picture is much the same when Labour voters are faced with the prospect of a Liberal Democrat / SNP battle; while 34 % say they would switch to the Liberal Democrats, 27 % say they would back the SNP.

The Village Independent Democrats, located in the heart of Quinn's district, instead opted to back City Comptroller John Liu — the most liberal in the race.

For example, if convinced the battle locally was between Labour and the SNP, a half of Liberal Democrat (50 %) supporters and almost as many Conservatives (44 %) said they would back Labour instead.

Although Chancellor George Osborne said he would back «any arrangement» that secured British jobs, his Liberal Democrat colleague said he was «not ruling out intervention».

As a result he has put Labour and the Liberal Democrats on the spot - they now will have to say whether they do support the idea of a referendum on the European Union and Britain's membership of it when a bill comes back to Parliament.

But the former Liberal Democrat MP quickly hit back, telling PoliticsHome: «This is a rather poor attempt to shift responsibility from where it belongs.