Sentences with phrase «by the referendum debate»

Almost everyone expects the Bank of England to do this because the uncertainty caused by the referendum debate and the result likely caused a recession.

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Just over half (56 %) of UK agents, developers and overseas property professionals asked by OPP for their view on the hotly - debated EU referendum, say Britain should remain in...

Just a few short years later, the referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union catalysed a debate in which patriotism showed its less attractive face, reaching its nadir on 16th June 2016, when Labour MP Jo Cox, a campaigner for continued EU membership, was repeatedly stabbed and shot by a man shouting «Britain first».

Two hotly debated «pass the pool» referendum measures were sunk in 1997 by voters who did not want higher property taxes to pay for a proposed multimillion - dollar family aquatic center on Park District land at Hunt Club Park on Hunt Club Road.

Here's the line put out by Labour's shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander on the referendum debate.

No doubt, there should be a thorough parliamentary debate on the issue, but instead of forcing a decision in this parliament, which could well be as controversial and divisive as the ill - fated referendum, I strongly agree with Nick Clegg that by far the best and most dignified way out of the current mess would be to ask the people in the proper constitutional way by calling an snap general election:

Of course, racists have been emboldened by the exclusionary language of the referendum debate and the fact that the «leave» campaign was victorious.

Duncan Smith, who was speaking at an EU referendum debate hosted by Ladbrokes, said there was a «balance of risks» whichever way people vote next month.

These calls for a one - on - one debate were dismissed by Cameron [369][370] on the basis that the referendum is «for Scots to decide» and the debate should be «between people in Scotland who want to stay, and people in Scotland who want to go».

An idea that was totally rejected by Ghanaians during the Consultative Assembly debates and was never an option presented to Ghanaians for enactment in our Constitution during the referendum.

In the former case, this anomaly is reinforced by there being three obvious alternative debaters who are also SNP Prospective Parliamentary Candidates this May: the party's deputy leader Stewart Hosie MP, its Westminster leader Angus Robertson MP — and Alex Salmond, the former first minister at Holyrood, who has fresh experience of televised debates during the Scottish referendum campaign.

Peers rounded on Downing Street on the first day's debate in the House of Lords on a private member's bill that would pave the way for a referendum by 2017.

«Miliband says he would not want a Labour government to be deflected from its economic agenda by pursuing an in - out referendum in 2017, but Britain's economic interests are intricately bound up in the debate surrounding EU reform.

Mordaunt was seen by Downing Street as a rising star — until the referendum debate got under way.

London may have seized the initiative in the Scottish independence referendum debate, but it has by no means made certain it will get its way.

Therefore, I am suggesting that the Programme Motion be amended in order that we can have three hundred more days debating this measure, followed by a Committee of the Whole House and, if the ayes still have it, a referendum.

By letting the Conservatives define the terms of the debate they unsurprisingly lost the referendum, ending their hopes of gaining proportional representation for at least a generation.

He made the remark at a lively EU referendum debate organised by the Guardian in London, where the issues of security and immigration loomed large and there were particularly bitter exchanges between the former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and Ukip leader Nigel Farage.

Conservative MPs have revelled in four - and - a-half hours of eurosceptic - dominated debate - culminating in the EU referendum bill passing its second reading by 304 votes to zero.

The debate over what the mayor's powers of appointments was spurred in August by village board Democrats when they introduced a proposed public law that would become the precursor to the November referendum.

He also responded with plans for a lengthy debate on the topic and stated that he believed the document to be too complex to be decided by referendum.

In often heated exchanges and interruptions by two DUP MPs — Ian Paisley Jnr and Sammy Wilson — who were attending the committee debate but were not eligible to vote, both accused Labour of remaining fixated on the result of the referendum and on failures to address the «millions» Sinn Fein received in foreign donations.

Mr Obama's intervention into the EU referendum debate has been criticised as «hypocritical» by London Mayor and EU leave campaigner Boris Johnson and UKIP leader Nigel Farage said he was the most anti-British US president ever.

Kicking off the debate yesterday, Brexit Secretary David Davis warned his parliamentary colleagues to «trust the people» by respecting the result of last year's EU referendum.

«In the final stage of this referendum, as we get closer to what is expected by many to be a very tight vote, it does not help the debate over such a serious issue if the hype and histrionic claims continue or worse intensify.»

What part may be played in this by supporting an EU referendum is a related debate.

People in the UK are bracing for the debate on whether to stay in the European Union — the Conservative party, just elected, promised a referendum by 2017.

Massachusetts voters had a say in the charter cap debate when they were offered a referendum in the 2016 election, voting on a proposal that would increase the yearly charter quota by twelve schools.

The prime minister in the Bloomberg speech in January 2013, announcing the commitment to hold an in / out referendum, published by the coalition government: «I say to the British people this will be your choice... at the end of (the) debate you, the British people will decide.»

The claims by Wylie have sparked an emergency debate in the House of Commons that Vote Leave broke election spending rules in the EU referendum.