Sentences with phrase «about coalition deals»

In a clear signal that Mr Clegg will talk to Mr Cameron about coalition deals first, he said: «I have said that whichever party gets the most votes and the most seats has the first right to seek to govern, either on its own or by reaching out to other parties and I stick to that view.

According to a ComRes poll for the Independent on Sunday, 40 per cent would have voted differently if they had known about the Coalition deal with the Conservative party.

Not exact matches

What's to understand, May has said it before this deal is not about endorsing the Liberal party but about their leader who she feels she could work with in a coalition.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

That «coalition» approach is underpinned by the 97 - 01 policy agenda of new deal on jobs and windfall tax, minimum wage, devolution and FoI, public services, social chapter and pro-EU, feminisation of the PLP through shortlists, alongside macroecon stability, aversion to tax rises spoke to a party coalition; the post-01 agenda was arguably rather narrower, with new labour seeming to be about a particular method of public service reform.

Though it's encouraging that the Coalition is thinking strategically about the looming post-2013 EU budget negotiations, Tony Blair's deal to give away part of the rebate in return for vague promises of CAP reform (which never materialised) shows that such deals have rarely worked for the UK.

57 % of the public expected the coalition to be tougher than the last Labour government in dealing with crime; only 13 % thought it was being tougher; 23 % said it was less tough and 64 % said it was about the same.

But the PR was always something that would happen if there were any elections, whoever finally moved on the issue, while the 80 % or 100 % (while perhaps a non-miserable compromise worth making) was still on the table, formally, in the Coalition deal, though I felt Clegg signalled clearly last May he was definitely happy at 80 %, and suspect that there may have been an agreement about that when the language was put it.

She told ITV1's Daybreak: «I'm not worried about the coalition because I work in the coalition day to day and we work together and we're putting through, crucially, a huge amount of reform but also, crucially, doing the job together in terms of dealing with the deficit.

When the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats came together in the summer of 2010 to form a coalition government there was a great deal of speculation about the future of the British political landscape.

«No coalition, no tie - ins, I have said no deals; I have been clear about that... I am not doing deals with the Scottish Nationalist Party.»

After weeks of questions about a Labour - SNP deal, Ed Miliband has formally ruled out a post-election coalition with Nicola Sturgeon's party.

A former Conservative minister wondered about the future of the coalition, after Liberal Democrat partners «ratted and reneged» on a deal over new Parliamentary boundaries, and he claimed the smaller party could no longer be trusted.

Freed of the shackles of coalition, he wants to send a much more stringent message about who the State is prepared to deal with.

After a day - long conference in London on how to move forward the political process in Libya, other developments included: An admission the Coalition did not yet fully know who made up the opposition, which came after Nato said American intelligence had shown «flickers» of al Qaeda among the rebels; A suggestion the Coalition would be prepared to see Colonel Gaddafi go into exile if a country was willing to take him; A claim by the Italians that several nations were working on a deal involving a ceasefire, exile for Gaddafi and a talks framework between Libya's tribal leaders and opposition figures; Nick Clegg warning about the «danger of overreaching» during a speech in Mexico, but stressing liberal interventionism must be upheld.

Lords reform, he says, «goes to the heart of what coalition is about — making and keeping deals... Anyone who thinks Nick Clegg will shrug his shoulders, say «never mind» and «everyone tried our best», will be in for a rude awakening.

Speaking about the coalition's deal to allow Lib Dems to abstain if they don't agree with university funding policy, Katwala said: «If the Lib Dems don't agree, the coalition don't have a policy.

Whether there existed something acceptable which Labour could offer in exchange would of course depend on negotiations, However, this sort of agreement has significant advantages over post-election deals about coalitions or lesser forms of cooperation — they require neither agreement of a programme (which inevitably means political compromise) nor standing down in areas (which can have detrimental effects in the longer term or on other elections such as Euro elections fought over larger geographical units).

NEW YORK, NY (12/06/2011)(readMedia)-- The New Deal for New York — a coalition of grassroots groups in Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, Yonkers, and New York City — today joined with allied organizations to support a progressive taxation plan that would create new tax brackets on the highest income earners and generate about $ 5 billion for the state.

It was made to the surprise and annoyance of some Tory MPs, some of whom were already unhappy about aspects of the coalition deal with the Liberal Democrats.

Asked a more detailed question about coalition preferences, Tory voters would prefer another deal with the Lib Dems to one with UKIP (48 % to 37 %).

What it probably can't do is tell us a great deal about the state of the coalition — however much commentators wish it would.

But the No campaign believes its argument about the cost of the referendum — a sop to the Liberal Democrats as part of the deal to enter coalition with the Conservatives — will anger voters.

EW:... In a coalition you have to compromise and most people I've talked to say given the financial mess that we've got ourselves to try and deal with it's about time parties co-operated and they looked to try and get things done on behalf of the country rather than for party political advantage.

With David Cameron beginning his first full day as prime minister, Tory right - wingers and some Liberal Democrats have expressed reservations about the terms of the parties» coalition deal.

However, as the coalition points out, saying nothing communicates a great deal to children — that you may be insensitive to their needs (not realizing that they are confused and struggling), uncaring about this important event in their lives, disapproving of conversations around death, and other negative messages.

«The coalition's once - in - a-generation reforms of the electricity market, the Green Deal and the Green Investment Bank show we're serious about making the long term structural changes that are vital to cut emissions and keep the lights on.»