Sentences with phrase «liberal democrats on»

[48] An elections judge noted that it was «immediately apparent that cheating the system would scarcely require the talents of Professor Moriarty... the leader of the Liberal Democrats on Birmingham Council [stated]: «the system invites fraud».»

The first sentence of that story contains: «a new report put out by the Liberal Democrats on the London Assembly suggests that...» and goes on to retail some facts but without any link to the report.

YouGov's Anthony Wells has noted on his blog a rumour this afternoon that a MORI poll will show the Conservatives at 52 %, with Labour on 24 % and the Liberal Democrats on 12 %.

A ComRes poll for tomorrow's Independent on Sunday finds the Conservatives on 46 %, Labour on 25 % and the Liberal Democrats on 16 %.

The Conservatives are on 44 % (+6 %), Labour on 32 % -LRB--1 %) and the Liberal Democrats on 16 % -LRB--3 %).

The Tory rating rises to 46 while Labour slumps to 30, 16 points behind, with Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats on a lowly 13.»

> Click here to listen to Huhne and Eric Pickles discussing Tory efforts to love - bomb Liberal Democrats on this morning's Today progamme.

Home Secretary Alan Johnson has signalled that Labour would be prepared to open up discussions with the Liberal Democrats on reform of the voting system in the event of a hung Parliament.

«Let's imagine for sake of argument the Tories reached 302 seats... with the Liberal Democrats on a more realistic 22.

The Political Forecasting Unit's «election barometer», designed to capture the changing state of the race as it unfolds through the campaign, shows the Conservatives on 34 per cent, four points ahead of the Liberal Democrats on 30 per cent, with Labour on 27 per cent.

The latest voting intention figures in our daily polls for the Sun have the Conservatives on 39 %, Labour on 44 % and the Liberal Democrats on 8 %.

For the last three days YouGov has showed the Conservatives with a 2 point lead over Labour, with the Conservatives on 40 - 41 %, Labour on 38 - 39 % and the Liberal Democrats on 11 - 12 %.

The latest Sun / YouGov poll gives Labour a four - point lead on 38, the Conservatives on 34 %, Labour on 38 %, the Liberal Democrats on 7 % and Ukip on 13 %.

He re-joined the Liberal Democrats on 29 September 2011.

As I indicated yesterday, it will be said that the speech was in part an exercise in «reverse differentiation» - doing to the Liberal Democrats on welfare what they've done to the Conservatives over the NHS, Beecroft, the ECHR, and now GCSEs.

Until it is complete, we are surely entitled to expect a period of silence from the Liberal Democrats on «women's issues».

Today's daily polling for the Sun shows the Conservatives on 38 %, Labour on 40 % and the Liberal Democrats on 10 %.

Even Liberal Democrats on the right of the party will find the cuts difficult to support if they are seen to fall disproportionately on the less well - off.

And whilst it is welcome to have Liberal Democrat support on spending cuts and on certain civil liberties issues, and whilst we could well have compromised with the Liberal Democrats on a number of other issues, we didn't need a coalition and if a referendum on AV was the price of formal coalition we should never have agreed to it.

Such massive support from public employee unions indicates Irwin is likely to fall in lock step with liberal Democrats on pension reform, tax increases and budget cuts.

Our latest daily voting intention figures for the Sun yesterday showed the Conservatives on 37 %, Labour on 42 %, the Liberal Democrats on 9 % and... (Comments: 0)

Our latest voting intention figures in our daily polling for the Sun have the Conservatives on 37 %, Labour on 42 % and the Liberal Democrats on 9 %.

The survey puts the Tories on 44 per cent (down two points on the last monthly ComRes poll), Labour on 25 per cent (up one point), the Liberal Democrats on 17 per (down one point) and other parties on 14 per cent (up two points).

In the 40 crucial constituencies, Mr Miliband's party enjoys the backing of 41 % of voters (up five points since a similar poll in June), ahead of the Tories on 30 % (down one), Ukip unchanged on 17 % and Liberal Democrats on 6 % (down one).

The poll, released as polling booths closed at 10 pm, predicted David Cameron would gain 307 seats, with Labour on 255 and the Liberal Democrats on a surprisingly low 59, down four on its current number of seats.

It is a contemporary political fact that the stronger the performance of the Liberal Democrats on 6 May the better the chances of progressive reform.

Before the election no party had a majority on the council with the Liberal Democrats on 21 seats, the Conservatives 19, Labour 12 and 3 independents.

On working with Nick Clegg: He said that yesterday's victory on Gurkhas was hugely important and said that the Conservatives will work with the Liberal Democrats on issues of common interest, such as the environment, strengthening local govenment and opposing the surveillance state.

[28][29] Five days later, he defected to the Liberal Democrats on 10 December 2001, citing his disagreements with Labour whips over his opposition to military action in Afghanistan and the resulting civilian casualties.

[4] This meant the council remained under no overall control as it had been since 1983, with the Conservatives on 27 seats, the Liberal Democrats on 19, Labour 6 and there were 3 independents.

Leader Tim Farron said the election was «a «chance to change the direction of Britain», with the debate split between Mrs May, UKIP and Labour on one side, and the Liberal Democrats on the other.

The party will also be encouraged by a finding that 25 % of all voters said they are «likely» to consider voting Green, higher than the Liberal Democrats on 23 % and just one point behind Ukip on 26 %.

He was lead spokesman for the Liberal Democrats on the subject from 2001 to 2005, having worked there since 1999.

The poll for the Sunday Telegraph puts the Conservatives on 43 per cent, Labour on 30 per cent and the Liberal Democrats on 18 per cent.

So: the Conservatives, with an initial lead and reasonable support for their national performance, versus the Liberal Democrats on home territory.

Our daily poll for the Sun has topline figures of Conservatives 40 %, Labour 40 % and the Liberal Democrats on 9 %.

The latest YouGov voting intention figures for the Sun show the Conservatives on 34 %, Labour on 43 % and the Liberal Democrats on 11 %.

The latest voting intentions from our YouGov / Sun daily tracker poll have the Conservatives on 36 %, Labour on 44 % and the Liberal Democrats on 10 %.

[4] This meant the governing Liberal Democrat and Labour alliance was reduced to 27 seats, with the Liberal Democrats on 15 and Labour on 12, while independents remained on 3 seats.

The party is hoping to overtake the Liberal Democrats on 42,501.

Meanwhile, a ComRes poll for the Sunday Mirror saw the Tories on 31 %, just ahead of the Liberal Democrats on 29 % and Labour on 27 %.

An Opinium poll in the Observer showed the party was maintaining its four - point lead over the Tories, by 35 % to 31 %, with Ukip on 17 % and the Liberal Democrats on seven per cent.

Of course Labour can and should challenge the Liberal Democrats on policy issues.

It concurs with a «poll of the polls» by the Independent, which places the Conservatives on 39 per cent, Labour on 32 per cent and the Liberal Democrats on 17 per cent.

In one poll on voting intention last week the Tory lead was trimmed to 7 % with Labour up two to 32 %, the Conservatives on 39 % and the Liberal Democrats on 18 %, leaving the Tories 25 seats short of a Commons» majority.

At his monthly press conference yesterday Mr Cameron admitted that he didn't know Nick Clegg well but restated his December 2005 identity as a «liberal conservative» and he said that the Conservatives will work with the Liberal Democrats on issues of common interest, such as the environment, strengthening local govenment and opposing the surveillance state.

It is still in the balance whether there will be a Conservative - led government, possibly with the Liberal Democrats on board again, or a Labour - led one.

The YouGov poll placed the Conservatives on 41 %, Labour on 39 % and the Liberal Democrats on 10 %.

While there was a split among moderate and liberal Democrats on Social Security, expanding the program rather than cutting it is becoming the party line on the Hill and on the campaign trail.

The Political Forecasting Unit «polling tracker» currently paints a similar picture, with the Conservatives on 34 per cent, the Liberal Democrats on 30 per cent and Labour on 28 per cent.