Sentences with phrase «question time election»

«I will never apologise... for having stepped up to the plate in a plucky and brave way,» he told the Question Time election special.

«I'm not going to sacrifice the future of our country, the unity of our country, I'm not going to give in to SNP demands around Trident, the deficit or anything like that,» he told Question Time election special.

A decidedly uncomfortable moment during the BBC's Question Time election special, between one angry man and Ed Miliband, who refused to admit any spending profligacy proved to be, in Burnham's words, «a very big moment in the campaign».

Cameron stated quite definitely during a question time election debate that he had no intention of cutting tax credits

Not exact matches

Democrats and some Republicans have questioned the White House's motive and timing for the move since Comey was also investigating whether the Trump campaign had colluded with Russian officials to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

The Times «attorney also argued that Trump's proximity to the nation's highest office, and the fact that Trump's past treatment of women has become a major talking point in the election, mean that the article in question addresses «an issue of national importance.»

The Cambridge Analytica issue was the reason Zuckerberg was on Capitol Hill, answering questions for the second time in two days about how the group - which has counted U.S. President Donald Trump's election campaign among its clients - got hold of data on many millions of Facebook users.

Special counsel Robert Mueller's team, who is looking into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, have asked questions about Kushner's interactions with potential foreign investors, the Times said.

Given the certainty that revisions will always be made, it might even be worth questioning the wisdom in Statistics Canada publishing marginal declines in GDP unless it is absolutely certain the data is flawless: a 0.1 per cent drop in GDP receives a 100 times the attention that zero growth does (and 1,000 times more during election campaign), so the agency needs to be several times more certain that the economy really did shrink.

The New York Times late Monday published the more than 40 questions that Mueller wants to ask Trump as part of his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and whether Trump campaign associates colluded.

Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia's election interference, has at least four dozen questions on an exhaustive array of subjects he wants to ask President Trump to learn more about his ties to Russia and determine whether he obstructed the inquiry itself, according to a list of the questions obtained by The New York Times.

The question of election and reprobation, from the time of St. Paul onward, has been inextricably linked with theodicy: «O man, who art thou that repliest against God?»

In a contentious election between candidates with historically high disapproval ratings, voters across the country are asking such questions, incredulous that their fellow Americans could be on the other side this time.

Timing is the critical question: if the Russian ads ran months before Election Day as part of a package of content aimed at traditional U.S. battleground states, they become less of a sign of potential collusion.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

I didn't vote in the one general election I was eligible to vote in, simply because none of the parties did enough to earn my vote... On the other hand, I regularly write to my MP, sign e-petitions, watch Question Time, and so on.

Other question topics included how Cuomo's love of cars and motorcycles affects his actions on mass transit, the ongoing investigations of Mayor de Blasio's fundraising efforts in the 2014 senate elections and whether Cuomo has been questioned in those investigations, current legislative efforts at retroactively extending the statute of limitations in child sex abuse cases, the developing troubles of Suffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota and whether Cuomo will act to remove Spota, the likelihood of «ethics reform» passing in this legislative session, the timing of an inspector general's report on the 2015 Dannemora prison escape and Cuomo's planned trip to Italy.

David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg faced a grilling from the public in a special election edition of BBC Question Time.

06 December 2010 — GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS: STAFF Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were employed by the Department for International Development (a) at the last general election, and (b) now; and what is the expected number in 12 months» time.

A good way of assessing this question is to look at the experience of local elections and analyse how much other parties benefitted when UKIP stood a candidate in 2013 but not this year, compared with where they had candidates both times.

There are important political questions about how the trends for the Westminster parties up to last year's local elections have been disrupted by the rise of UKIP since this time last year.

He questions the timing of the announcement, just after his election to a new post as Rensselaer County executive.

Here's a question that's come up several times lately, at panel discussions, on a listserv and (most recently) after a Campaigns & Elections event last week.

Griffin sparked angry protests in 2009 when he was invited onto the BBC's Question Time programme, the same year the party won two seats at the European elections.

This is a serious enough policy question; certainly the military and police are interested both in estimating, (and perhaps at budget or election time mis - estimating), crowd sizes.

There is also the question of Gordon Brown — voting intention figures 4 years from a general election are of little importance at the best of times, let alone when we know the sitting Prime Minister will probably change before the next election.

Asked about the results on the BBC's Question Time programme, Harriet Harman, the Deputy Leader, who scored 4.95, said it was just «one poll» and said those within the party calling for a leadership election were making «an error of judgement».

There is no question that while the investigation revealed serious issues with regard to fundraising and the manner in which it was conducted, including the use of public resources, I am confident that Mr. Levy did not personally profit... The decision to allow Mr. Levy to complete his term was carefully considered and involved weighing his conduct, the need for stability in government in these difficult economic times while affording a smooth transition after the 2011 elections.»

The big question is whether her name recognition can rise in a positive direction in time for Election Day.

Hoon insisted the move, timed on the day that the prime minister faced his first question time of general election year, was designed to «clear the air» and to end divisions within the party ahead of the general election.

The Question Time event covered other topics including housing and the future of the monarchy and was the first of two in the run up to May's general election.

I'm tempted to raise the question «What happens to a former SoS» election funds if she's convicted to jail time?»

Since the last prime minister's questions, Labour has lost the election, their leader and almost any hope of winning a majority again in five years time.

Initially, News 12 analyst Mike Edelman called the report «not credible,» and many questioned the timing of the complaint, as the former staff member waited a year to write the letter until a few days before the primary election.

It is a straightforward matter of fact that, with some 6 % of the vote and the election of two MEPs in this spring's European elections — and with some success in local elections as well — the BNP has demonstrated a level of support that would normally lead to an occasional invitation to join the panel on Question Time.

This compares to a 17 point Labour lead on the equivalent question (between Howard / Conservative and Blair / Labour governments) at the time of the election.

This is the first time that Corbyn has led in the question — this is partially because of a sharp drop in Theresa May's ratings (before the snap election she was consistently in the high 40s), but is also due to a significant increase in Jeremy Corbyn's ratings.

Sources told The New York Times that de Blasio was questioned by prosecutors for 90 minutes Dec. 23, and the meeting focused on his fund - raising for state Senate elections.

In the past fortnight, since Labour's election results I've spent time speaking to members, registered supporters, CLP office - holders, MPs and candidates to understand the answer to two questions: who switched to Corbyn — because this level of support for the hard left in the party is unprecedented — and why.

Question Time in the Commons on Thursday saw a large clutch of questions about the campaign to Save General Election Night aimed at Tory MP Gary Streeter in his capacity as the MP representing the Electoral Commission.

Ed Miliband in particular appears to gains a big boost in his Twitter profile from his BBC Question Time appearance on April 30th, a surge that continues through to election day.

The question is how it will use that symbolism around election time»

«It was obvious that my administration, given the time the report was submitted, couldn't have implemented the report, before the 2015 elections, without running into ethical questions.»

'' I will simply say here that the election was a failure and the APC government will definitely return tax payers money when it is time to answer questions,» Igbinsola said.

Questions in the off - topic portion of the Q&A included the role of Mayor de Blasio's wife, Chirlane McCray, and her having City staff, Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos» criticism of de Blasio's involvement in recent senate elections, whether de Blasio supports a tax on grocery bags, an update on the recent change in NYPD practice on marijuana possession, why the average person should care about conditions on Rikers Island (an on - topic question, but posed during this off - topic portion of the press conference), whether de Blasio is troubled by Al Sharpton's tax troubles, what the expected executive action President Obama on immigration will mean for the City, an update on the City's municipal ID program, preparations for a rally being organized by Al Sharpton upon the completion of the Ferguson grand jury, a possible mail - in response for marijuana summonses and whether mayor supports regulating costumed characters in Times Square.

On the eve of the election Woodstock Times asked the three Town Board candidates to answer the following questions.

Viral videos will be big at the next election and not for the squeamish but Guido Fawkes» video of Gordon Brown appearing to repeatedly pick his nose while sitting next to Tony Blair at Prime Minister's Question Time has been watched hundreds of thousands of times on YouTube.

This morning we spent an hour fielding questions from Fixistas on Gov. Charlie Crist's political future (if any), the upcoming House special elections and on where Gordon Brown's live mic incident earlier this week ranked on the all time political gaffe list.

Investigative Post found that Gallivan's $ 80,000 in unreported spending accounted for 26 percent of the $ 212,807 of campaign expenses he reported to the Board of Elections for the time in question.

Speaking with reporters ahead of the West Indian Day Parade today, Cuomo avoided any mention of de Blasio in reply to questions from NY1's Grace Rauh and the Daily News» Erin Durkin, declaring that as a Westchester resident «I'm not voting in this election so I don't have any primary endorsements at this time.»