Sentences with phrase «admitted election defeat»

President Yahya Jammeh, who initially admitted election defeat, says he will not step down until May, when the Supreme Court can hear his challenge.

Not exact matches

Tom Harris admits that Labour will be defeated in the up and coming general election?

He also admitted the local election defeats last week had revealed a divided country: «It is not lost on me that where our two parties got a particular beating last week was in Wales, Scotland and in the large cities of northern England.

It would hardly be «surprising» if the Conservatives lost the Eastleigh by - election, Ken Clarke has said, becoming the first Tory Cabinet minister to publicly admit the prospect of defeat - Telegraph

Finally, the assemblyman stepped out onstage with his family, and made it clear that — thought the city Board of Elections had called the contest for his opponent — he was not willing to admit defeat yet.

It admits that the overall increase of 25 in the coalition's number of working peers, compared to Labour's extra five, will reduce the number of defeats Labour is likely to be able to inflict between now and the next election.

When looking at the presidential election, supporters of Hillary Clinton must admit that her defeat at the hands of Trump resulted in part from being ineffective campaigner who could not reach either hardcore progressives who had flocked to Bernie Sanders during the Democratic presidential nomination campaign, or inspire the six million Americans who had previously returned incumbent Barack Obama to the White House four years ago.