Sentences with phrase «against the conservative party»

«We had public sector workers in the NHS using social media to campaign against the Conservative party.

«I think some of the members were upset that he campaigned against the Conservative Party candidate Jane Corwin,» Long said.

The Crown Prosecution Service has ruled that no charges will be brought against Conservative Party candidates following an investigation into how 2015 campaign spending was reported.

I have no doubt that the Conservative Party will make major gains in votes and seats in the next 10 years that will build to their return to power ultimately, but they are a long way off actually winning a majority and it has to be said that a Hung Parliament now looks more improbable than at any time since 2001, demographic factors are working against the Conservative Party as well - Labour seats mostly are held with far lower turnouts which is partly why Labour can get fewer votes than the Conservatives and end up with an overall majority and far more seats than the Conservative Party.

The release of last week's 38 - page Electoral Commission report produced a minor political earthquake: as a result of the biggest investigation the commission has ever undertaken, it levied its largest - ever fine against the Conservative party and referred the case of the party's treasurer, Simon Day, to the Metropolitan police for further criminal investigation.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City — County executive candidate Legislator Ed Day has initiated court proceedings against Conservative Party opportunity - to - ballot candidate Simon Leschinsky, alleging petitioning irregularities.

In the last four general elections the voting system has delivered significant bias against the Conservative party.

New City — County executive candidate Legislator Ed Day has initiated court proceedings against Conservative Party opportunity - to - ballot candidate Simon Leschinsky, alleging petitioning irregularities.

However, SNP leader Alex Salmond said it was «blatantly obvious» that people in Scotland had voted against the Conservative Party, and challenged their mandate to govern north of the border.

In 1964, he contested the Torrington seat as the Labour candidate against the Conservative Party incumbent, losing in what was a traditional Conservative - Liberal marginal.

Other prominent examples include Theaster Gates, who repurposes Chicago's derelict buildings as arts and community venues, and Jeremy Deller, who co-ordinated a street - art campaign against the Conservative party's «strong and stable» slogan repeated throughout the UK general election by Theresa May.

Not exact matches

The prime minister's Conservative party critics, who are already unhappy with her leadership on Brexit, are poised to speak out against her leadership should Labour make major gains across the country.

The bill has shown divisions in the Republican party, which dominates Texas politics, pitting the pro-business establishment wing against the powerful socially conservative wing, which said it was a common - sense measure needed to protect privacy.

But while Amash's conservative record is strong, he has occassionally bucked his party, most notably by voting against Paul Ryan's budget and against the deal to raise the debt ceiling.

Unlike the Greens in the U.S., who have a policy of not running against Democrats where they have a chance of winning, May and her party are fielding a complete slate, once again risking electing Harper Conservatives.

Scheer, for those who missed it, edged out a narrow victory against Maxime Bernier in May in the contest for leader of the Conservative party.

A decade ago, he was the Harper Conservative MP assigned to gleefully explain to reporters the party strategy behind the attack ads unfurled against Stéphane Dion weeks after federal Liberals crowned the former environment minister as leader.

After running for the Alliance leadership as the moderate who would preserve the party from the moral crusaders clustered around Stockwell Day, Harper reached out to social conservatives and took a tough stance against gay marriage.

Either it means that other members of his party — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United Stparty — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United StParty, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United StParty in the United States.

Conservative Party members will gather in Manchester next week for the party's annual conference, against the backdrop of Mrs May having lost her parliamentary majority in a snap election and continued questions about cabinet unity over BrParty members will gather in Manchester next week for the party's annual conference, against the backdrop of Mrs May having lost her parliamentary majority in a snap election and continued questions about cabinet unity over Brparty's annual conference, against the backdrop of Mrs May having lost her parliamentary majority in a snap election and continued questions about cabinet unity over Brexit.

It was a shrewd move that could be a decisive win for Mr. Prentice in the Conservative Civil War that the two parties have waged against each other since the mid-2000s.

Reminiscent of the federal Conservative Party attacks against former Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, Ms. Smith tried to plant the seed in Albertans» minds this week that Premier Redford is not a real Albertan.

United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney has called on the provincial and federal governments to take action against rural crime.

Push Polls Led by Wildrose Party cheerleader Ezra Levant, the conservative - leaning SUN TV tackled the Tories for a push poll launched against Ms. Smith.

The party ignores truly good and just conservatives like Huntsman and Paul (and Gerald Ford in his time) and go after people like Santorum, Palin, and Bachman who could never possibly win against the all - inclusive Democrats.

The lines of argument currently being deployed by «conservative» activists against the GOP «establishment» are remarkably similar to the lines deployed against the conservative candidacy of Ronald Reagan by the 1980 Libertarian party ticket (Ed Clark and David Koch):

It is against this background of public moral struggle that the people of Israel prepare to vote on July 23 for their next government, in an election that pits the conservative Likud Party of Menachem Begin and current Prime Minister Yitzak Shamir against the Labor Party headed by two - time loser Shimon Peres.

Either social conservatives will devise effective new political strategies now, in 2018, or the Republican party will turn against them, and Democrats will exercise their power more aggressively, unhampered by fears of opposition.

In Western Europe the socialist parties still have a considerable popular support as against the capitalistic conservatives.

Conservatives can be the party that reduces the tax system's bias against working parents, that uses markets to increase the productivity of our enormous health care system, and that transforms our welfare state to make work and family formation a better deal.

Since May, Cuomo's state Democratic Committee has served as the conduit for all things anti-Astorino: His fight with the Department of Housing and Urban Development over affordable housing, his conservative stance on abortion and a lawsuit filed against him stemming from the obscure battles within the Independence Party in Westchester County.

The state Conservative Party's coveted nod in the US Senate race against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is still up for grabs.

If Cuomo wins because Lazio and the Conservative Party splits the vote against Cuomo, Paladino voters will blame Lazio and the Conservative pParty splits the vote against Cuomo, Paladino voters will blame Lazio and the Conservative partyparty.

Energy and climate change secretary Ed Davey led attacks against the Conservatives at the start of the Brighton conference, telling the Observer newspaper «tea - party Tories» were threatening his environmental agenda.

For Labour, the party's organisational and membership struggled against the weaknesses exposed in the 1930s against a very superior Conservative organisation.

Boris Johnson's performance against Ed Miliband on the Andrew Marr sofa could go down in history as the moment he threw away his best chance of becoming Conservative party leader and prime minister.

They expressed sympathy for the WFP and Conservative Party's argument against doing away with Wilson - Pakula, but also said they would support rescinding it for major party primaries, reasoParty's argument against doing away with Wilson - Pakula, but also said they would support rescinding it for major party primaries, reasoparty primaries, reasoning:

One hundred and thirty six Tory MPs opposed the bill against 123 in favour, meaning a majority of the Conservative party voted against the legislation.

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.

During a live interview with NY1's Erin Billups during our live statewide election coverage, Conservative Party Chairman Michael Long re-asserted that Rick Lazio will be the Conservative Party's nominee even if Lazio loses the GOP primary to Carl Paladino, although he says he's confident Lazio will be victorious against the Buffalo businessman.

The reason for this is that there are many more liberal parties in the UK Parliament than Conservative, and chances are that during motions that have to carry in parliament that need a majority conservatives will have a hard time passing laws if the Liberal Democrats, Green Party, SNP and Labour all vote against the Tories» motions.

All that matters is that the Conservative party is against them (the job - stealing / workshy aliens) and for us (the hard - working, benefit - repelling Britons).

London's former mayor, Boris Johnson, a Conservative figure, is advocating Vote Leave, going against the party leadership and the government.

Stachowski also had the added benefit in 2008 of the Conservative Party line, but this year that went to Kennedy (which is sort of amusing, when you consider that the Erie County Conservative chairman, Ralph Lorigo, has launched a primary against GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio for Row D, complaining that he's too liberal).

It was difficult for both parties to fight against the «fear factor» whipped up by the press and the huge amount of direct mail which the Conservatives poured into target seats, but there were also significant self - inflicted wounds.

Remember: Turner ran with Conservative Party support against ex-Rep.

It suggests the party is pulling its punches against the Conservatives — but maybe activists can embrace the hidden meaning of the figures and point out that the Lib Dems are becoming the party of tax rises.

They only have a matter of weeks to come up with a strategy that demonstrates what their version of the Labour Party will look like against the Osborne inspired Conservatives.

Against this background, the Conservative back benchers» attempt to repeal the Fixed - term Parliaments Act in order to promote their party's vested interests, just like the Prime Minister's attempt to shape devolution with much the same aim in mind, appears ill advised.

Goldsmith is running as an independent, though the Conservative party has given him a free pass by declining to stand its own candidate against him.