Sentences with phrase «by party leaders for»

Research into party discipline, such as that by Christopher Kam, suggests that party discipline is driven by a combination of socialisation, positive incentives offered by party leaders for toeing the party line, and disciplinary measures party leaders can impose for breaking party discipline.

Not exact matches

Cameron and the vast majority of Britain's most senior politicians advocated for «Remain» while the «Leave» movement was fronted by now Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and former leader of the UK Independence Party Nigel Farage.

WA Labor is operating a cash - for - access Leaders» Forum — which charges wealthy company bosses about $ 25,000 a year for private meetings with the Premier and his ministers and is a carbon copy of a secretive Liberal Party fundraising venture slammed by Mark McGowan when he was in Opposition.

By converting «wasted» presidential votes into «none of the above» or support for third - party candidates in Oklahoma, Arizona and other deep red states in the South — the Confederacy, essentially — black voters would exert pressure on party leaders to not take black voters and their issues for granted.

For example, I was recently told by a senior business leader of a global technology company — with more than 10,000 staff in China — that the company must now promote the establishment of Communist party committees inside its operations in the country.

Trudeau's minority lasted as long as it did thanks to support from the New Democratic Party (in return for the implementation of some NDP policies), while Harper's was aided by disarray in the opposition Liberal Party — Paul Martin's resignation, a lengthy and divisive leadership convention, and the unwillingness of the new leader, Stephane Dion, to defeat Harper until the Grits had begun to reduce their party and personal debts, and developed new policies (notably the Green ShParty (in return for the implementation of some NDP policies), while Harper's was aided by disarray in the opposition Liberal Party — Paul Martin's resignation, a lengthy and divisive leadership convention, and the unwillingness of the new leader, Stephane Dion, to defeat Harper until the Grits had begun to reduce their party and personal debts, and developed new policies (notably the Green ShParty — Paul Martin's resignation, a lengthy and divisive leadership convention, and the unwillingness of the new leader, Stephane Dion, to defeat Harper until the Grits had begun to reduce their party and personal debts, and developed new policies (notably the Green Shparty and personal debts, and developed new policies (notably the Green Shift).

It seems bizarre that the most reasonable understanding of why the 2008 bank crisis did not require a vast public subsidy for Wall Street occurred at Monday's Republican presidential debate on June 13, by none other than Congressional Tea Party leader Michele Bachmann — who had boasted in a Wall Street Journal interview two days earlier, on Saturday, that she voted against the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) «both times.»

Both former London Mayor Boris Johnson and Energy Minister Andrea Leadsom, arguing for «Leave,» were confronted by the leader of the party in Scotland, Ruth Davidson.

Monday's meeting of Greek party political leaders may be dominated by a call for finance minister Yanis Varoufakis to be removed from the country's negotiating team.

Edmonton, AB — Matt Jeneroux, Member of Parliament for Edmonton Riverbend and co-chair of the Alberta Jobs Taskforce, today joined Nathan Cooper, interim leader of the United Conservative Party, and representatives from Restaurants Canada in Edmonton to highlight how Alberta's restaurant industry is being negatively impacted by federal and provincial policies that are increasing costs for local businesses.

CALGARY - On her first visit to Calgary as New Democrat leader, Rachel Notley said that the city is a priority for the party and that New Democrats will build on the work done in these by - elections.

On her first visit to Calgary as New Democrat leader, Rachel Notley said that the city is a priority for the party and that New Democrats will build on the work done in these by - elections.

EDMONTON — NDP Leader Rachel Notley released the following statement today in response to comments made by Jim Prentice, Wednesday where he suggested it would be a failure of the duty of opposition parties were they not ready for a snap election.

The future of the PC Party could be determined by the candidates who step forward to become its next leader and, for the time being, the next premier of Alberta.

By Janet Keeping, Leader of the Green Party of Alberta Alberta's Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (EPEA) sets out a decision making process for review of oilsands and other projects which includes the filing of «Statements of Concern.»

Boehner, Catholic by faith and Republican by party, was able to garner enough votes in the House for the passage of HR 1, the House budget proposal that has drawn the ire of many religious leaders.

The Northern League, once a marginal party that called for the independence of the northern Padania region, became mainstream by appealing to national and religious sentiments under its new leader, Matteo Salvini.

For example, business leaders in the aftermath of the popular protests that challenged U.S. involvement in Vietnam complained about too much democracy in the United States.6 In a similar way, free elections are held up by U.S. leaders as essential for democracy unless political parties opposed to U.S. interests wFor example, business leaders in the aftermath of the popular protests that challenged U.S. involvement in Vietnam complained about too much democracy in the United States.6 In a similar way, free elections are held up by U.S. leaders as essential for democracy unless political parties opposed to U.S. interests wfor democracy unless political parties opposed to U.S. interests win.

Today's dramatic announcement by British politician David Miliband - once widely expected to succeed Gordon Brown as leader of the Labour Party - that he is stepping back from front - line politics completes a chapter in a political psycho - drama that has transfixed the British political classes for months.

Rachael Maskell is among politicians supporting a call by her party's leader for a new War Powers Act to require ministers to consult MPs first before taking such action in the future.

A bid for Cubbie Station by a Chinese - dominated consortium, which was approved by the Foreign Investment Review Board, prompted an outcry from Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce and others in the party.

The National League for Democracy (NLD) has recently won 43 of 45 seats contested in a recent by - election and their leader and pro-democracy icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, beat her rival, former military doctor U Soe Min of the Junta - backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), in Kawhmu township just outside Yangon.

First, by knowing who is or is not a party leader (surrogate and / or superdelegate), the app will necessitate and provide some persistent, minimal, centralized, official technical structure for a surrogate program — something the party often appears not to have.

Senate Democratic spokesman Austin Shafran sent a statement slamming the Republicans for being the «party of Joe Bruno» and «led by the son - in - law of President Nixon and the «Dean of dysfunction», which I think is a reference to Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos.

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The week ended with a call by Matthew Oakeshott, that most troublesome of Lib Dem peers, for Nick Clegg to resign as party leader.

... Delight in smooth - sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the State, genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation, obvious lack of intellectual vigour in both leaders of the British Coalition Government, marked ignorance of Europe and aversion from its problems in Mr. Baldwin, the strong and violent pacifism which at this time dominated the Labour - Socialist Party, the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality, the failure and worse than failure of Mr. Lloyd George, the erstwhile great war - time leader, to address himself to the continuity of his work, the whole supported by overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Parliament: all these constituted a picture of British fatuity and fecklessness which, though devoid of guile, was not devoid of guilt, and, though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries which, even so far as they have unfolded, are already beyond comparison in human experience.

«I would hope that it would be completed in time for the new leader to be in post by the time of the Labour party conference.

According to him, the behaviour of Kennedy Agyapong if not called to order by his party leader, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo will go against them in the 2016 — «Ghanaians are watching they some have respect for women.»

The WFP leader pointedly did not call out any Democratic leaders by name, but both President Obama and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have been intermittently criticized by the liberal wing of their own party for being too pragmatic, or even downright conservative in some cases.

The silence by President Buhari's administration has raised suspicion among the Ogonis that the federal government in collaboration with SHELL has opted for their usual strategy of divide and rule to set the Ogoni leaders and the people against themselves and also employing gradual frustration of the oil clean - up programme to force the collective loyalty of the Ogoni nation to join the ruling party in the country,» the statement said.

The Labour leader made all the right headlines yesterday by calling for a cap on rents, to kick off his party's local and European election campaign.

The WIPF, made up of women leaders from 26 registered political parties led by Ebere Ifendu of the Labour Party expressed their full support for the government's war on corruption and insecurity.

Hundreds of victims of bankrupt Fanteakwa Rural Bank, established by the opposition New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Fanteakwa North Constituency, Hon.Kwabena Amankwa Asiamah, on Wednesday demonstrated in Koforidua, the Eastern regional Capital with a call on the opposition leader to mount pressure on the MP to refund their huge sums of deposits locked up with the bank.

How could Party leaders be consistent with the values (fiscal restraint, social conservatism — e.g., high moral code) they have professed for 30 years and nominate someone with zero performance in reducing expenditures even on a local level, someone tainted by giving and receiving political favors as a Commissioner on the Port Authority, and someone linked for 20 years by business and marriage to mobster activities?

The Labour leader attracted unusually high levels of criticism online during his interview for BBC Radio 4's The World At One programme, in which he refused to speculate on his party's performance in Thursday's local elections by declaring he is not interested in «political commentary».

For a start the bright sparks behind the idea chose to post their video just hours after all party leaders had given their backing to the charity single recorded by a cross party choir of politicians being released in memory of murdered MP Jo Cox and designed to raise cash for the foundation in her naFor a start the bright sparks behind the idea chose to post their video just hours after all party leaders had given their backing to the charity single recorded by a cross party choir of politicians being released in memory of murdered MP Jo Cox and designed to raise cash for the foundation in her nafor the foundation in her name.

The Referendum Fallout (so far) Apart from Her Majesty's Prime Minister and his party - friend (yet Brexit nemesis) both metaphorically falling on their swords, and the leader of Her Most Loyal Opposition encouraged by the Prime Minister to do likewise («it might be in my party's interest for him to sit there, it is not in the national interest and I would say: for heaven's sake man, go!

Regardless of who is selected by local party leaders to run, the special election is expected to be one of the most costly in the state's recent history, given the stakes for control of the chamber.

The point for all sensible democrats to hang on to is that if the centre - left (Labour plus LibDems and perhaps Greens and some of the nationalists) together command a majority of Commons seats, that entitles them to form a government led by the leader of the largest centre - left party.

Despite the recent attempt by the Cuomo campaign at a rapprochement with the Rev. Al Sharpton, the prominent black leader publicly announced over the weekend that he will be voting for NYC Councilman Charles Barron for governor on the Freedom Party line.

Not so long ago party conferences were dominated by leaders asserting that they were not for turning and had no reverse gears.

Many have blamed Jeremy Corbyn for Labour's low poll ratings and one Labour peer recently suggested that his party would would win the next election «by a mile» with Balls as leader.

A federal judge delayed sentencing of Edward Walsh, and set a date for a pre-sentencing hearing on whether new assertions by federal prosecutors are accurate and should potentially increase the prison time faced by the former Suffolk Conservative Party leader.

But a more concerted attempt to produce some intellectual ballast for this political repositioning was launched yesterday by Demos, an event blessed by the presence of leader David Cameron and party big brain Oliver Letwin alongside several luminaries of the left.

As for the accusation that Corbyn disrespected the Armed Forces by failing to sing the national anthem at this month's Battle of Britain commemoration, Lewis is clear that his party's leader has deep respect for servicemen and women.

Modern party leaders tend to have one basic thing in common: they are generally MPs for seats where their party wins by comfortable majorities.

Labour's candidate for the Oldham West and Royton seat won the by - election — and party leader Jeremy Corbyn is hailing it as a victory.

Labour's moderates would have to argue that it is important for the party to stay in the game in anticipation of another close election result, and not throw it away by choosing a leader who would split the party, lacks prime - ministerial credibility and has a narrow electoral appeal.

He had opposed British involvement in the war at its outbreak in 1914, a highly principled position to take in the face of its huge popularity among members of his own party, resigned his position as the leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party in consequence and then had his illegitimate birth raised by the newspapers in an attempt to get him to resign his seat as an MP (they argued that as he'd used a different name during his life from that on his birth certificate he'd stood for election on false pretenses and deceived his constitueparty, resigned his position as the leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party in consequence and then had his illegitimate birth raised by the newspapers in an attempt to get him to resign his seat as an MP (they argued that as he'd used a different name during his life from that on his birth certificate he'd stood for election on false pretenses and deceived his constitueParty in consequence and then had his illegitimate birth raised by the newspapers in an attempt to get him to resign his seat as an MP (they argued that as he'd used a different name during his life from that on his birth certificate he'd stood for election on false pretenses and deceived his constituents).