Sentences with phrase «against eurosceptic»

In 2012 the budget debate pitted the Conservative leadership (for the budget settlement) against the Eurosceptic wing of the Conservative party and Labour who opposed it.

«UKIP, Pearson was promised, would not field candidates against Eurosceptic Tory candidates.

«The Welsh Liberal Democrats are leading the fight against the Eurosceptic establishment.

The justice secretary, who has been arguing against eurosceptics for the duration of his 42 - year parliamentary career, hit out at those calling for a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU in the wake of the eurocrisis.

Not exact matches

Europe minister David Lidington has hit out against Conservative eurosceptics ahead of Wednesday's likely vote by telling them to focus on issues other than the in / out referendum tearing his party apart.

But yes, there is an incentive for May to walk away here, say «to hell with them», and present herself to the eurosceptic press like some sort of Boudica fighting valiantly against a foreign tyrant.

Given the strong eurosceptic leanings of the membership, Johnson might feel confident of winning the membership ballot against a remainer.

The eurosceptic party, which has 11 MEPs but no MPs in the Commons, is looking to capitalise after nearly half of David Cameron's backbenchers rebelled against his party on Europe.

[27] Although Davis is a staunch Eurosceptic and has criticised the record of the European Court of Human Rights, he has also argued against withdrawal from the court's jurisdiction, on the basis it might encourage countries with far worse civil liberties to do likewise.

Nick Clegg has warned eurosceptic Conservatives pushing for an in - out referendum against «putting the cart before the horse».

The campaign ahead, set against a backdrop of deepening economic gloom and institutional malaise, will see the eurosceptics on the defensive and their opponents seeking to respond vigorously.

The impact of this was also clearly demonstrated the last time the Conservatives were in government: even though the newer cohorts of Conservative MPs were then the most Eurosceptic in their attitudes, they were also the least likely to vote against the Maastricht Bill.

The possibility of a eurosceptic plot against Mr Osborne was raised further as a series of «Out» - supporting Tory MPs immediately took to the airwaves to voice their support for IDS.

[9] The Eurosceptic United Kingdom Independence Party did not field a candidate against Hollobone in the 2010 general election and subsequently campaigned for his re-election as a result of his Eurosceptic views.

What is clear from last nights elections is that whilst in Scotland is moving closer to the EU the people of England and Wales no matter what eurosceptic party they voted for are against the EU.

The ruling will be viewed as a victory for eurosceptics, who had spoken out against the creeping influence of the Strasbourg court.

And then it all went downhill for the eurosceptic campaign against Thompson as the discredited former Ukip MEP Godfrey Bloom weighed in... with a suggestion that he should be «the first to spank her silly bottom».

In an open letter to party leader Nigel Farage, Tory donor Michael Ashcroft said the eurosceptic party was acting against its own interest by challenging the Conservatives.

However, Glyn Davies, a Eurosceptic, told Vaughan Roderick on Sunday Supplement on BBC Radio Wales he would vote against any amendment expressing regret that there was no EU referendum Bill in last week's the Queen's Speech.

Being against the Lisbon Treaty does not make a «Rabid Eurosceptic», nor does wanting the EU accounts to be signed off by the auditors for the first time in 14 years.

He was Scottish spokesperson for Conservative Friends of Israel and for the Campaign Against Political Correctness, a campaign allied to the Freedom Association, a right - wing Eurosceptic pressure group that supported apartheid in South Africa.

Mr Cameron will need a number of other allies if he is to be successful in forcing the EU to change and he's in a race against time as the opinion - formers of the new, more Eurosceptic member nations develop a taste for the Brussels gravy train.

Open Europe, the Eurosceptic thinktank, also gave only a qualified approval: «Those outside the eurozone and banking union should not be discriminated against, will not participate in eurozone bail - outs and can keep their own financial supervision macro pro prudential regulation.»

But the Prime Minister is anxious to avoid accusations he is taking revenge against the Party's Eurosceptic wing, and is expected to promote a number of prominent critics of Brussels.

Ukip didn't field anyone against Reckless in 2010 because of his strong Eurosceptic credentials.

Biffen was a Eurosceptic and voted against Britain's entry into the EEC in a parliamentary division in 1972 against his own party.

«Nigel Lawson profile: The eurosceptic leading the battle against Brussels,» Independent, October 2, 2015.