Sentences with phrase «liberal democrats supporting»

He read out a series of quotes from senior Liberal Democrats supporting the equalisation of constituency boundaries.

Furthermore, I can't see people taking very well to the Liberal Democrats supporting a Labour government (not that that would work, since there is still liberal elements in the Liberal Democrats, notably Nick Clegg) if as seems likely less than a quarter of the population votes for Labour.

Clegg claimed on Monday that Lords reform was the Tory offering in exchange for Liberal Democrat support over the constituency boundaries review, but Cameron is now insisting the actual deal was over the AV referendum.

Without Liberal Democrat support it is unlikely this will be accepted and the Conservatives have been unable to say what they will do if the treaty is ratified.

In retaliation, he withdrew Liberal Democrat support for changes to constituency boundaries for the 2015 election, which virtually eliminates the potential for a Conservative majority.

Labour and Conservative support stayed unchanged at 34 % and 40 % respectively, while Liberal Democrat support rose by four points to 15 %.

The same is true of the one - point fall in Liberal Democrat support to 6 %.

Liberal Democrat support nationally has dipped from 23 % in 2010 to 8 % in current polls, a fall of 15 percentage points.

How does this narrative of internal debates help us to understand Liberal Democrat support for the coalition?

According to the electionsetc.com forecast there is about a 67 % chance that post-election the government will depend on Liberal Democrat support or at least their acquiescence.

- An unprecedented surge in Liberal Democrat support following the first leaders» debate sees the party in first place in many polls, a development which sends many Lib Dem activists into utter euphoria.

In the buildup to the politicking of the last 24 hours tensions were undoubtedly raised by Nick Clegg's departing adviser Richard Reeves, who threatened the withdrawal of Liberal Democrat support for boundary changes — which will benefit the Tories disproportionately — if, as has now transpired, Conservative MPs wreck Lords reform.

Media reports over the weekend suggested Ed Miliband's team may be prepared to back the proposal, which also has Liberal Democrat support.

The decline in Liberal Democrat support and the failure of the Tory - backed bill that would change parliamentary boundaries tipped the balance in Labour's favour.

Analysis shows that as far as these issues are concerned Conservatives are the focus of attention rather than the coalition government — this helps to explain why Liberal Democrat support has not improved over time.

Here's what a senior Conservative strategist told the Telegraph: «As one door closes with the surge in Liberal Democrat support, so another door has opened with the collapse in Labour support.»

The UK centre - left / centrist vote has clearly become more liberal, due to the surge of liberal democrat support.

Labour took a lead in the polls in the second half of 2010, driven in part by a collapse in Liberal Democrat support.

4.59 pm: An ICM poll for the Sunday Telegraph has given the Conservatives a clear lead and revealed a fall in Liberal Democrat support.

The Liberal Democrats support much of the government's stance on Palestine.

The geography of Liberal Democrat support in the BES suggests even greater losses for the party than the already dire overall vote share in the polls.

From my point of view the main embarrassment has been and continues to be Liberal Democrat support for Osborne's economic policies: others may be concerned about other issues (support for the restructuring of the NHS, or the creation of «free» schools and extension of the academy programme, for example).

Again like the prime minister, his own party supporters are also increasingly satisfied with his performance (68 %, compared with 50 % last month), although this may be a sign that Liberal Democrat support has reached a core rump of those who generally agree with the coalition agenda.

Here the sharp dividing lines on Europe and immigration may help bolster Liberal Democrat support, which will be reflected proportionately in seats.

The by - election was a single - issue election in regards to government security policy, in which the Liberal Democrats supported the Conservative candidate.

This is, however, an under - performance relative to the party's national advance, and suggests that Labour have not benefitted from the collapse in ethnic minority Liberal Democrat support (down 14 points overall) in the way they would have hoped.

This has been partially down to Labour voters» hardening disapproval of the government, and partially due to falling Liberal Democrat support.

His performance in the first leaders «debate in the 2010 election produced a huge spike in Liberal Democrat support, which largely faded by the time of the election, but was enough to secure a hung Parliament.

While this extreme low may turn out to be a blip, it is symptomatic of a collapse in Liberal Democrat support since the election.

This is the highest level of Liberal Democrat support we have recorded... (Comments: 0)

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.

A 1 point fall is, obviously, not significant in itself and YouGov's methodology does normally produce the lowest level of Liberal Democrat support of the main pollsters.

This has been partially down to Labour voters» hardening disapproval of the Government, and partially due to falling Liberal Democrat support.

The goal was to use it as a wrecking amendment, which would draw in Labour and Liberal Democrat support and delay the gay marriage bill for up to two years.

While the headline level of Liberal Democrat support is unchanged, there could be underlying churn — perhaps Sir Menzies Campbell's election has taken support from the Tories but lost support to Labour.

Plus it gained significant 2010 Liberal Democrat support.

The reasons why Liberal Democrat support has collapsed are fairly obvious.

If you look at where the lost Liberal Democrat support has gone (and I'm looking now at standard polls asking how people would vote tomorrow), the biggest chunks have gone straight over to Labour, or are saying they don't know what they'd do at the next election.

The collapse in Liberal Democrat support since the election is startling.

Although all the psephological calculations have gone haywire, it seems clear that the Tories are being hit hardest by the rise in Liberal Democrat support.

Insisting that Labour can still win the election without the need of Liberal Democrat support, he argues: «This is a progressive moment,» claiming «there is no rebellion against collectivism in the country» akin to the late 70s.

The responses were heavily divided along political party lines: the majority of Conservative Republicans were in favor of expanding offshore drilling (76 % in favor) and coal mining (73 % in favor) while only 26 % and 14 % of liberal Democrats supported increases in offshore drilling and coal mining, respectively.

Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson David Laws said it was vital a wide range of modern languages were available in schools, and that Liberal Democrats support those parents who are making their case to the exam boards.

Not exact matches

She also managed to pass one budget by tailoring it to satisfy the New Democrats, who helped to trigger the election last month by pulling their support for the Liberals.

The point is that Zuckerberg is no different from media baron Rupert Murdoch, who uses the Wall Street Journal and his tabloid papers to berate liberals, or the Sulzberger clan who control the New York Times (NYT) and staunchly support Democrats.

It is unclear what level of financial support the Liberals and New Democrats would be willing to provide Chrysler, except that the amount is significantly higher than zero.

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.:

Polls tell us why Trudeau could seek Mulroney's counsel with impunity: A recent Pew Research survey found an almost identical 82 per cent of Liberals and 83 per cent of Conservatives in Canada support NAFTA, compared with 68 per cent of Democrats and just 30 per cent of Republicans in the U.S.

Just two months ago, B.C. Liberal MLAs threw their support behind these New Democrat commitments in their own throne speech — the so - called «Clone Speech.»

«If it wasn't for families stepping forward to share their struggles publicly, the Liberal government would have continued taking child support money that rightfully belonged to kids,» said Michelle Mungall, New Democrat spokesperson for social development.