Sentences with phrase «parliament than coalition»
Majority Conservatism is viewed by Party members as a better course to pursue as we prepare for the next Parliament than Coalition Conservatism (with its strong points, such as the deficit reduction programme and the Gove / Duncan - Smith reforms, as well as its weak ones).
http://conservativehome.blogs.com/ Not exact matches
Greek TV networks predict that New Democracy will take about 127 seats in the parliament, which when combined with the 32 seats for PASOK, give the coalition more than the 151 seats needed to form a government.
Given that Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's ruling Liberal - National Coalition has consistently stated it wants to hold a referendum on the issue rather than pass it in parliament, it's unlikely a change in marriage law will now happen for the foreseeable future.
... Delight in smooth - sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the State, genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation, obvious lack of intellectual vigour in both leaders of the British Coalition Government, marked ignorance of Europe and aversion from its problems in Mr. Baldwin, the strong and violent pacifism which at this time dominated the Labour - Socialist Party, the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality, the failure and worse than failure of Mr. Lloyd George, the erstwhile great war - time leader, to address himself to the continuity of his work, the whole supported by overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Parliament: all these constituted a picture of British fatuity and fecklessness which, though devoid of guile, was not devoid of guilt, and, though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries which, even so far as they have unfolded, are already beyond comparison in human experience.
He defended the coalition's legitimacy by pointing out that the votes received by the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats were higher than the number cast for the SNP in the Scottish parliament regional list.
In Scotland, dissolution of parliament requires a two - thirds majority — significantly higher than 55 % proposed for Westminster, and that threshold was set by Labour - Liberal coalition.
Despite the coalition's determination to get the legislation passed quickly, enabling same - sex couples to marry as soon as this summer, the government may find it harder than it expects to get the bill through parliament.
Elliott explains: «They'll be dissatisfied with those broken promises you get from coalition government and will be quite pleased we can have a referendum to keep the system which will generally give single - party government rather than one which will generally give hung parliaments.»
We predict that by Christmas Liberal Democrat MPs will have rebelled more often in the short life of the Coalition than in the whole of the last Parliament...
- if there was a hung Parliament (current chances: over 50 %, under 66 %, eg 8/11), it is more likely than not that there would be a minority government than a coalition, and the most likely outcome is a Conservative - led minority govt if the party does win most votes, and esp if it wins most votes and seats.
What he also said in that speech was that at some stage in this parliament the Conservative party rather than the coalition government would publish a bill to provide for a referendum by halfway through the next parliament, so 2017.
The tradition in the United Kingdom appears to be that single party government is the norm, even when a general election leads to a hung Parliament, and that the largest single party, rather than participate in a coalition government, usually forms its own ministry, supported tacitly or openly by one of the smaller parties.
To the uninitiated, the State Senate looks more like a multiparty coalition in a European parliament than a product of the American two - party system.
With a hung parliament expected following the UK general election this week, most partners would prefer another coalition over a minority government, with more than two - thirds of respondents to a new Legal Week survey arguing a minority government would be bad for the economy.
Kevin Rudd presented his report card on closing the gap in Indigenous disadvantage and life expectancy to Parliament today (correction, it was actually on Thurs 11th), but he got a much tougher assessment from a «shadow report» released by Close the Gap, a coalition of more than 40 of Australia's leading health, human rights and Aboriginal organisations.