Sentences with phrase «by eurosceptic»

The impact of a Johnson premiership on the Ukip vote is likely to be seized on by his eurosceptic supporters who applauded the London mayor's declaration last week that Britain should have nothing to fear outside the EU.

Crampton was suspended by the eurosceptic party ahead of next week's local elections after comments attributed to her were posted on a conspiracy theory website questioning who was responsible for the Holocaust during the Second World War.

There was also a minor disturbance at the speech as Cameron was heckled by Eurosceptic campaigners, understood to be linked to the Vote Leave campaign group.

Since his election as Conservative leader in 2005 he has been held hostage by the eurosceptic wing of his party.

But later in the day, the Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock was given a rough ride by Eurosceptic Conservative MPs in the Commons, as he sought to justify the decision; and Heywood was forced to explain his thinking to MPs on the public administration committee.

Downing Street has brought forward the Commons» vote on membership of the European Union, as it seeks to quell a potential rebellion by eurosceptic Conservatives.

These social identities were mobilised by the Eurosceptic ideology of British exceptionalism, superiority and sovereignty.

With the count still ongoing on Friday morning, there were seven new UKIP assembly members — the first Welsh seats ever claimed by the eurosceptic party.

Former foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind told the Today programme prime minister the prime minister was being put in an «impossible situation» by eurosceptics agitating for the division.

Forget vanquishing Napoleon; the Tory leader, once despised by eurosceptics, is now the anointed saviour of a continent.

Much is made by Eurosceptics that Brussels is more powerful than our Westminster Parliament, something borne out by your statement in your interview with Sharon Bowles: «She has far more impact on our legislation than your average Westminster politician.»

The school of political thought that states that the competences of the European Union should be reduced or prevented from expanding further, is represented in the European Parliament by the eurosceptics.

The usefulness of the lock had already been questioned by Eurosceptics and it looks much more vulnerable today.

John Major was consistently opposed by Eurosceptics in his party (known as the Maastricht Rebels — a small minority of MPs before 1997, but enjoying much wider support among party activists).

This crisis, lucidly foretold by Eurosceptics for decades, is a natural consequence of the Euro.

That foreign policy has now been hijacked by the Eurosceptics in the Conservative party aided by a prime minister who was not prepared to stand up for the national interest.

The coalition has agreed that it will opt back into 35 measures, including most notably the European arrest warrant that is fiercely opposed by Eurosceptics.

Unsurprisingly the Tory right have welcomed this move but others have criticised the prime minister for being weak and driven by the eurosceptics in his party, not by the interests of the country.

Moderate Conservatives say crusade by Eurosceptics would disrupt David Cameron's plans to renegotiate EU membership

Not exact matches

A eurosceptic landslide by Marine Le Pen's Front National, Holland's Freedom Party, Italy's Cinque Stelle and Britain's UKIP, among others, will puncture the sense of historic inevitability that drives the EU Project.

An adjournment put forward by Roger Williams MP on reforming the common agricultural policy on Tuesday will also be worth a watch, if only to see which of the most excitable Eurosceptics get the wildest look in the eyes when discussing it.

Then comes Bill Cash, the most single - minded eurosceptic of them all, who begins by praising Wharton's speech.

In certain circumstances, she might be asked to make concession by the EU which would cause anger among right - wingers in her own party, Ukip and the eurosceptic press.

The YouGov survey of 800 Tory members showed nearly one in five were seriously considering voting for the eurosceptic party, while 53 % said they did not feel respected by the Conservative leadership.

From the viewpoint of eurosceptics, a negative focus was needed because of specific challenges thrown at them by those in power.

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.

This was a parliamentary session dominated by Tory division and rebellion, as the increasingly influential eurosceptics — famously dubbed «bastards» by Major — tried week after week to defeat, and even bring down, their own government.

This was good for a different reason: genuine pressure faced by the prime minister, who faced question after question from eurosceptic malcontents seated behind him.

However, that decision was challenged by a prominent Irish Eurosceptic, Raymond Crotty, who took the government to High Court.

The campaign is chaired by the economist Derek Scott, a Eurosceptic and former adviser to Tony Blair.

The former arch eurosceptic has been accused by some Labour MPs of not campaigning hard enough for a Remain vote.

This position sits in stark contrast with the history of the party, which for many decades was characterised by a significant Eurosceptic wing which sat alongside a pro-integrationist flank.

By holding a referendum on the EU they hope to take the EU off the electoral agenda and avoid defections from eurosceptic voters.

The comments, which came as an aside during a case won by the government, triggered outrage among eurosceptics on the Tory backbenches, who said the UK had been tricked into believing it had an opt - out from the convention when Labour signed up during the Lisbon negotiations.

Appealing to his Eurosceptic domestic constituents, Prime Minister David Cameron's recent proposal for a UK - wide referendum on Britain's membership to the European Union has been declaimed by EU supporters as an easy, if irresponsible, exit strategy.

The «public interest» would strongly justify a quick acceptance of the result of the European elections by the European Council to ensure that the citizens feel that their vote made the difference, and that the EU is not that complex and opaque bureaucracy that Eurosceptics want to dismantle.

By playing the referendum game, Cameron hopes to come out with a win over the EU, Conservative Eurosceptics and UKIP.

With a slim majority of 12 seats, the new Prime Minister's autonomy will be highly constrained by his party, including assumingly more than a hundred convinced Eurosceptic MPs, and by the statutory Fixed - term Parliaments Act of 2011.

He would still hope to benefit from the support of eurosceptics within the parliamentary party and the membership at large, and as a leaver, might be more trusted to ensure there was no backsliding by the EU on delivering Cameron's negotiated agreement.

He argues that the money given by the UK to the EU is given to other parts of the country at the expense of England, which makes his party Eurosceptic.

The UKIP leader also rejected any suggestion that his own party had been abusing the expenses system in the European Parliament by using the money for eurosceptic campaigns.

Liberal Democrat backbenchers could try to marginalise «extreme» Tory eurosceptics by reaching out to Conservative «moderates», politics.co.uk understands.

The first afternoon session was led by Professor Catherine de Vries, who explained the results of her extensive work into Eurosceptic parties and voters.

If he thinks by doing this he's somehow appeased the eurosceptics, far from it - he's fed it.

So while Cameron looks to secure approval from his party's eurosceptics by pursuing a strategy based on foot - dragging and referring to the rulebook, the politicians watching Britain's unhelpful tantrum become more and more disgusted.

At the election, UKIP's Jake Baynes was requested by his party to stand down owing to UKIP's policy of not standing a candidate in a constituency where there is already a committed eurosceptic, but he refused to do so.

In his forthcoming speech on freedom of movement in the EU it is highly unlikely that the prime minister will make such a reckless promise as the one demanded by Paterson but he will surely try to placate the Eurosceptics in by shedding some light on his negotiating strategy.

Both Labour and the Lib Dems are getting nervous with the toxic Europhobic atmosphere that is quickly spreading from Westminster to the rest of the country and have started to mutter reserves about the EU by using language that is rich on Eurosceptic iconography.

The prime minister has enjoyed unusual acclaim from his party's eurosceptic backbenchers after refusing to commit Britain to fiscal integration measures now being pursued by all other EU member states.

Betrayed by their hero, Cameron's eurosceptics are quickly returning to their bitter, angry roots.