Sentences with phrase «at coalition deals»

Everyone knew ID cards was symbolically and substantively crucial: I made the point in looking at coalition deals in the New Statesman 18 months ago.

Not exact matches

For the deal to close, the investor coalition must buy at least 13.4 % of Uber shares from existing shareholders, so if enough shareholders choose not to tender, it may have to raise its price.

Germany is not putting its finances at risk with coalition deal, a former lawmaker told CNBC Tuesday.

For most contemporary political scientists, however, the cultural basis for party coalitions, if recognized at all, ended with the New Deal, the historical backdrop for interpretations of contemporary politics.

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.

FI joins call for new deal for dads in election manifestos The Fatherhood Institute has joined a coalition of charities and trade unions, to call on the UK's political parties to include policies aimed at promoting involved fatherhood in their election manifestos.

Laws had a rare vantage point at the centre of Coalition government as he attended the Quad, met regularly with Clegg and his policy advisers, served on important Cabinet Committees, frequently brokering deals between the Coalition parties.

I believed at the time it was signed that the coalition deal wiped out support for electoral reform because it meant its core left wing rump, which felt it would ensure more left wing government in future, suddenly felt that wasn't true any more.

Bargaining, over a Lib Dem deal and anger at the «vote Clegg, get Cameron» Tory - Lib Dem coalition outcome.

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.

These reservations are shared widely in the Liberal Democrat Party, and have given rise to separate reports that Business Secretary, Vince Cable, who is a former member of the Labour Party, was deeply unhappy at the time of the deal being struck and made last ditch appeals to outgoing Prime Minister Gordon Brown in an attempt to strike a Coalition deal with Labour.

He injected himself into the Senate coup in 2009 just long enough to accrue a fancy title, and then escaped the charges filed against his compatriots; he had weathered investigations into the Aqueduct bidding contract, and a questionable nonprofit called New Directions; and somehow, despite that, he had succeeded again this spring, when he managed to cut a favorable deal for himself with the Independent Democrats, who at the time were badly in need of a non-white member to join their coalition with the Senate's (also entirely white) Republican conference.

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

Revealing the kills, Prime Minister David Cameron said that the tabby tom hasn't got it quite right yet — a criticism some may be levelling at Mr Cameron's coalition government — as he's been catching mice instead of the more muscular rats he was brought in to deal with.

Ed Davey, former pork pie manufacturer and current energy secretary, today gave a speech at Lib Dem conference championing the Green Deal and insisting that the Lib Dems would ensure there would be no coalition U-turns on their energy commitments.

With electoral reform at the heart of any coalition deal, today's noisy protest will go some way towards strengthening Mr Clegg's hand in his talks with Tory leader David Cameron.

Sir, At a time when political leadership and vision are in short supply, to present a manifesto devoid of either, as you report some Liberal Democrats as planning [«Lib Dems axe pledges for coalition deal», 18 Feb] would be an act of folly.

Mr Hunt was given responsibility over the deal after two reporters secretly recorded business secretary Vince Cable telling them the coalition was «at war» with Mr Murdoch.

With mutterings of Clegg's removal, either by his own party, or by force of having to enter into coalition with Labour — who would be more likely to do a deal without him at the helm, and with Vince Cable or even Tim Farron instead — had some wondering if Clegg's forward - looking speech was a little unrealistic.

The 55 per cent threshold means that Prime Minister Cameron could survive at the head of a minority Conservative government even if the Lib Dems pulled out of the coalition deal.

Indeed, it's looking increasingly likely that Conservative MPs were pushed into accepting the coalition deal on the basis of what was, at best, a misunderstanding - and, at worst, an outright untruth.

Liberal Democrat MP David Laws was at the heart of talks with the Conservatives and Labour as a Coalition Government deal was thrashed out against the clock in May.

Speaking on the programme, Five Days That Changed Britain, broadcast on 29 July, he said that when he went to meet the Queen at Buckingham Palace, the coalition deal had not been finalised.

The Conservative - Lib Dem coalition at Westminster has announced it will press ahead with billions of pounds of cuts immediately, to start dealing with the UK budget deficit.

The move - announced at a meeting of all Tory MPs in the Commons tonight - could allow David Cameron more control over the body amid disquiet over the coalition deal with the Liberal Democrats.

«It has all the hallmarks of a behind the scenes coalition deal designed as a fig leaf for Mr Clegg to cling to at a difficult Spring Conference this weekend.

When making his deal with the Conservatives, Mr Clegg reasoned that he could secure more of the Lib Dems» priorities in coalition with Mr Cameron than with Labour - and he won the backing of his party for the deal at a special conference.

Concerns Liberal Democrat activists at the party conference have been expressing concerns over the coalition deal recently, as cracks have begun to appear.

Deputy Prime Minister is set to defend the coalition deal with the Conservatives to his party today at the Liberal Democrat conference, saying it is the «right government for right now».

We are expecting people to accept the cuts that the coalition claim are necessary if we are to put the country back on its feet and deal with the mess that we inherited, but at the same time we are telling them that politicians may decide to spend # 153 million on more politicians.»

A deal this fall to cap carbon emissions from global aviation at 2020 levels must be enforceable and set long - term goals in line with the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change, a coalition of environmental groups said.

«Although it's well - documented that teachers had their pay frozen at the beginning of the Coalition Government, education was actually dealt a better hand during the economic downturn than many other professions.

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On October 21st of last year, SAG - AFTRA, a labor union coalition representing over 160,000 media professionals working in various mediums, began a strike after 19 months of failed attempts at negotiating deals with games industry employees regarding the poor treatment, conditions, and pay faced by voice actors.

I am just so disappointed at the lack of knowledge and / or will demonstrated by the Coalition in dealing with the Labor / Greens warming hysteria.