Sentences with phrase «abandoned the party in»

Madigan, who had kept the bitter and racially charged Chicago City Council fight out of the capital until last week, suffered a jolt when 14 black Democrats threatened to abandon the party in the November election if the park district bill passed the legislature.

Corbyn's message — against austerity, for public ownership — strikes a chord with many Scots who had abandoned the party in recent years.

Ukip will certainly lose some support; 36 % of those who voted Ukip in the European elections are already planning to abandon the party in 2015.

Not exact matches

They had to vote for either the Party of Lincoln, which had abandoned African Americans in Reconstruction's demise, or the Democratic Party, which was the party of white supremacy in the one - party SParty of Lincoln, which had abandoned African Americans in Reconstruction's demise, or the Democratic Party, which was the party of white supremacy in the one - party SParty, which was the party of white supremacy in the one - party Sparty of white supremacy in the one - party Sparty South.

What's unusual about Mendoza's approach is that it involves abandoning the website his company, Jewelry Sales & Design, launched close to a decade ago in favor of a simple third - party - hosted landing page.

Any resolution likely will contain things that Tsipras's left - wing Syriza party dislikes, and elements could opt to abandon him in parliament.

For example, the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the proposed merger, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals of the proposed merger that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the businesses, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, the possibility that Kraft shareholders may not approve the merger agreement, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the proposed transaction in a timely manner or at all, risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction, the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of Kraft's common stock, and the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of Kraft and Heinz to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally, problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses of the companies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected, the combined company may be unable to achieve cost - cutting synergies or it may take longer than expected to achieve those synergies, and other factors.

Opinion polls showed that voters had opposed privatization at the outset (as did the press and many Conservative back benchers), but the Conservatives pointed out that Tony Blair rode to victory in part by abandoning «Clause Four» of the Labour Party's 1904 constitution, advocating state control over the means of production, distribution and exchange.

With less than four months until the general election, Ontario's Progressive Conservative party is leaderless, and would - be-leaders have already abandoned at least some of the commitments in the party's election campaign platform.

As anti-establishment and populist parties rise in other peripheral countries (the Spanish election is up next), we worry that a step backward in Greek reforms could be the beginning of more reckless reform abandon.

In the 2012 election, conservative voters in rural Alberta abandoned the PCs in favour of the opposition Wildrose PartIn the 2012 election, conservative voters in rural Alberta abandoned the PCs in favour of the opposition Wildrose Partin rural Alberta abandoned the PCs in favour of the opposition Wildrose Partin favour of the opposition Wildrose Party.

So, Mr. Kenney, who just this week was appointed to the parliamentary committee studying electoral reform, could be abandoning plans to replace Rona Ambrose as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and setting his sights on uniting - the - right and challenging Rachel Notley «s moderate New Democratic Party government in 2019.

Since Southern Baptists abandoned native son Jimmy Carter and joined the Reagan revolution in 1980, they have become an increasingly important part of those values - voters who have made the Republicans, at least for now, the majority party in American political life.

Christians in this country need to totally abandon the two corrupt parties we have, because those who are seated in the seats of making decisions will NEVER abandon their practices, for their love of power and the love of BRIBE that comes abundantly to them from those who have means to give it, in order to receive favors in form of making our country's laws and policies to further allow them to do their self serving practice, disregarding those which they hurt by them.

Actually Saraswati, you abandoned your original position that America is a «two party system which only legislation is likely to change» and supported everything I said, which is that legislation is not required, and the number of parties is not designed into the system, and it's not likely to happen because people here prefer to abandon their true beliefs in favor of a lesser evil that might win.

But Rodriguez is closing the Republican National Convention's first day with a prayer Tuesday, helping to give presumptive nominee Mitt Romney entrée to the Latino community, a swing voting bloc that has largely abandoned the Republican Party over immigration policy in recent elections.

John Quincy Adams gains Kennedy's praise for abandoning the Federalist party in his youth.

In Minority Party, Scripps Howard newspaperman Peter Brown cites the Sumas to support his argument that the Democrats simply abandoned the middle class, the values as well as the people.

Rather, he depicts Roosevelt as a major force in shifting the historic roles of the two political parties, whereby Democrats abandoned the habits of nineteenth - century individualism for «a spiteful and ultimately self - destructive inactive protectionism» and Republicans traded the moral paternalism of nineteenth - century Whigs for a «narrow and doctrinaire brand of «free enterprise.

Timothy Cardinal Dolan, who principally preaches at St. Patrick's Cathedral, wrote in the Wall Street Journal that the Democratic Party platform appears to be abandoning its former pro-life stance.

The WFP does engage in a lot of saber rattling, but there is some precedent for the party abandoning a Democratic member of Congress on the issue of health care reform just to make a point — even if that means losing a seat to the Republicans.

Yet in recent months he has abandoned this cross-party appeal in a transparent bid to win his party leadership.

Whereas this performance and the 7.1 per cent in the 2014 European elections can be explained by the party's anti-EU campaign, the AfD quickly extended its programmatic appeal by incorporating positions previously abandoned by the CDU / CSU.

I'm surprised my bosom friend Agyepong left me to my fate — Afoko Paul Afoko, has said that he was surprised his comrade, Kwabena Agyapong, abandoned him in court as prosecution witness in his case with the party.

Queens Sen. Tony Avella, a conservative Democrat, announced today he has abandoned his quixotic bid to defeat de Blasio in their party's primary due to lack of funds.

Mr Mahama's comments come just a few days after his arch-rival, Nana Akufo - Addo, flag bearer of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) told party supporters in the Volta Region during his campaign tour that he will not abandon projects started by the Mahama administration should he (Akufo - Addo) win the forthcoming pParty (NPP) told party supporters in the Volta Region during his campaign tour that he will not abandon projects started by the Mahama administration should he (Akufo - Addo) win the forthcoming pparty supporters in the Volta Region during his campaign tour that he will not abandon projects started by the Mahama administration should he (Akufo - Addo) win the forthcoming polls.

«It is disappointing that Laura Curran's assertion her administration will not look to party contributors in selecting people to serve in her administration has already been abandoned,» Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves (R - East Meadow), who is retiring, said in a statement.

The meeting, on the tarmac at Albany International Airport, was the first time the two men crossed paths since the news broke that Mr. Obama had told Mr. Paterson that the White House had lost confidence in the governor's ability to win election next year and that he should abandon his campaign for the good of the Democratic Party.

A minority Labour government would also be feasible if the Liberal Democrats emerged as the party of the median MP, provided that the latter abandoned their current alliance with the Conservatives in favour of one with Labour.

The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central Constituency in the Upper - East Region, HON. ISAAC ADONGO.has made arrangements to donate an undisclosed cash amount and some other items to the regional chief Imam in support of this year's Eid - Ul - Adha Salla Festival because the regional minister and executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party have abandoned the regional chief Imam on preparations pertaining to this year's Eid - Ul - Adha celebrations.

He reminded them of the on - going projects that were abandoned by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) when the NDC lost political power in 2000.

Abe's statement, titled: «The APC must distance itself from the show of shame going on in Rivers State» said: «I have decided to address you this afternoon because it has become clear that my party, the All Progressives Congress, has reached a point where it must take a decision either to live up to the values of our leader, President Muhammadu Buhari, and do the right thing or abandon our values and destroy our soul in order to please man.

How parties in coalition negotiations abandon their promises and alienate those who did vote for them without winning the support of anyone who didn't.

«I'm glad the delegates of the state Democratic Party join our conference in recognizing the need for the IDC to abandon its coalition with the Republicans and work to ensure a Democratic majority,» she said.

Elsewhere, both parties agree they should abolish child tax credits for those on middle to high incomes and similarly, both say they would abandon Labour's child trust fund that gives # 250 to every newborn in the country to set up a bank account.

Last December, Boehner shot down calls for the NRCC to abandon gay GOP candidates, arguing the party needed to make better inroads with gays, women and minorities following the party's poor showing in the 2012 election.

As the threat from Nazi Germany increased, in the late 1930s the Labour Party gradually abandoned its pacifist stance and came to support re-armament, largely due to the efforts of Ernest Bevin and Hugh Dalton who by 1937 had also persuaded the party to oppose Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeaseParty gradually abandoned its pacifist stance and came to support re-armament, largely due to the efforts of Ernest Bevin and Hugh Dalton who by 1937 had also persuaded the party to oppose Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeaseparty to oppose Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeasement.

Tony Blair continued to move the party further to the centre, abandoning the largely symbolic Clause Four at the 1995 mini-conference in a strategy to increase the party's appeal to «middle England».

Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged GOP officials across the Empire State to abandon their party's nominee — and their state's native son — after a 2005 video surfaced last night in which Queens - born businessman described how his supposed stardom enabled him to sexually assault women with impunity.

In the scramble last year to replace resigning Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Mr. Wright abandoned his own bid to lead the body and backed Assemblyman Carl Heastie, then - chairman of the Bronx Democratic Party.

Tom F. Allon, another Republican hopeful, had previously received the Liberal Party endorsement, but he abandoned his mayoral bid in March.

It's highly unusual for a party to abandon a still - active candidate — particularly an incumbent — in the midst of a campaign.

As for Flanagan, «It's clear that to an embarrassing degree Flanagan is Cuomo's flunky, his most loyal ally in the Legislature, a guy who will abandon the supposed fundamental positions of his own Republican Party in order to hold on to power,» said the lobbyist, a Democrat who has worked with both leaders.

According to his spokesperson, Kwaku Tawiah Ampah, reports saying he has abandoned his desire to lead the party in the 2020 elections, are false and must be disregarded.

NPP members Boye Laryea and Gladys Tsotso Mann - Deddey in their petition say Mr. Crabbe «failed, neglected and abandoned his duties as a member of the party, and has fallen short of the standard required of national officers».

Kennedy told a local newspaper that he was upset Marcellino had not spoken up in his defense and he felt «abandoned» by the party.

At the first time of asking, she pathetically abandoned her oath to uphold judicial independence, and acquiesced through her silence in the vicious vendetta plotted against the judges by the tabloid media, Ukip and the lunatic fringes of Truss» own party.

In return the government deal has seen the Lib Dems abandon their party policy to secure a decarbonisation target for 2030.

Her decision to abandon her constituency in favour of seeking fame and fortune in the jungle has not sat well with those in her party at a local or national level.

Workers abandoned Labour in 1983 and 1987 when the party backed a policy of unilateral disarmament, making voters sense it was the Tories who had their best interests at heart.