Sentences with phrase «campaigns against the referendum»

«The New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, which represents workers in New York and New Jersey, on Monday will begin running a television and digital ad campaign against the referendum.

He is credited with working to restore multiparty democratic rule in Ghana in 1979 through a campaign against a referendum for a one - party military - led State.

Supporters are pushing for the amendment as there is a concern it could be voted down amid a broader campaign against a referendum over whether to hold a constitutional convention, which is being opposed by environmental groups.

«We really hope that the third time's the charm,» said Jennifer Lindenauer, communications director for Protect Our Public Schools, the campaign against Referendum 55.

One member went so far as to lead a «vote no» campaign against the referendum.

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He knows that large numbers of people are against gambling and will come out to vote, and that referenda campaigns cost the industry effort and financial resources.

In some cases, evidence of past incorrect opinion is sufficient: The CEO of the software firm Mozilla, Brendan Eich, was hounded from his post in 2014 for a $ 1,000 contribution to a 2008 California referendum campaign against gay marriage, evidence of a position he shared at the time with Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

The party's current success comes against a backdrop of winning only 6 MPs in 2010, having as little popularity as the widely - loathed Scottish Conservatives as recently as 2013 and, in September of last year, leading a losing referendum campaign that forced a change in party leadership.

Having electrified Brexit backers with his decision to campaign with them and against the government ahead of the EU referendum, Boris Johnson instantly suffered a full - on prime - ministerial assault.

New Yorkers Against Corruption, the main anti- group has raised $ 635,300 to spend on the referendum campaign.

Mr Huhne, who narrowly lost the leadership fight for the party against Mr Clegg, was a robust defender of Lib Dem policies in government, not least during the AV referendum, when he led the attack against Tory campaign tactics.

I think the best bet for Labour here is for Ed Miliband to do what Harold Wilson did in the 1975 Common Market Referendum - allow Labour MPs, party members and shadow cabinet ministers to campaign for or against, or not at all, depending on their personal preferences.

In one of the unlikeliest alliances referendum campaign so far, Osborne, Balls and Vince Cable spoke against the backdrop of a Ryanair Boeing 737.

Open Britain has emerged as a cross-party political force since the referendum, with the purpose of campaigning against a «hard, destructive Brexit».

Before I saw him, Christie was meeting with Phil Murphy, the next governor and a former Goldman Sachs executive who cast much of his campaign on a referendum against Christie.

Mr Miliband expressed sympathy with those Lib Dems - including former leader Paddy Ashdown and business secretary Vince Cable - who were incensed by the tactics employed by the Conservatives against them during the AV referendum campaign.

The groups, through a coalition called New Yorkers Against Corruption, funded an ad campaign opposing the referendum.

As protests mounted, and subsequent campaigns were run as a referendum on Proposition 187 (the sitting governor was replaced by Gray Davis, a Democrat, who ran a campaign explicitly against Proposition 187), the Republican brand in the state suffered as well.

The prime minister confirmed yesterday that his own cabinet ministers would be free to campaign against him in the planned EU referendum.

Just as Boris Johnson, an Old Etonian, led a revolt against «the elites» during the referendum campaign, so many online media organisations prosper by promising to reveal «what the media won't tell you».

Corbyn is facing an all - out coup against him from Labour MPs angry at his leadership during the referendum campaign.

After performing badly in the first head - to - head debate in the referendum campaign he returned to what many see as a solid win against Alistair Darling, leader of the Better Together campaign.

I support this coalition because a hung Parliament makes it necessary, but I would not support changes to our voting system that would make hung Parliaments the norm, so although I will loyally vote to hold a referendum on changing the voting system, I will campaign vigorously against the alternative vote.»

Glass received death threats against her during the EU referendum campaign and in her resignation letter she said she had found the last six months «very, very difficult» and «bruising».

I felt, however, that the «whispering campaign» from those bearing personal grudges against me meant that my role in the 2010 General Election was limited (at some cost to the party) and I did not help the AV referendum campaign in any significant way.

For the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence, the Scottish Labour Party joined with the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to form the pro-union Better Together campaign against Scottish independence.

Tim Congdon, who ran against Farage for the party's leadership in 2010 and led the internal referendum campaign opposed to forming a Pepp, said: «In 2011 Ukip held a big internal debate on the issue.

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We will also campaign against the AV referendum - this would make Clegg the kingmaker for evermore - getting full PR would allow a broader coalition to come to power, whilst AV would simply cement the centre - right into power for the forseeable future.

Senior Conservatives have already questioned whether he wants to remain in his post after he launched a «theatrical» outburst against David Cameron and George Osborne in a Cabinet meeting over their refusal to denounce tactics used by the No campaign in the AV referendum.

The prospect of an election is what has triggered the action against Corbyn and comes as a leaked poll commissioned by the party revealed that over one in four (27 %) of Labour voters was less likely to vote for the party following the referendum campaign in which 214 Labour MPs called on people to vote to remain in the EU.

They feel their views are being bulldozed... We are saying sign up to Open Britain, give us some money and help us campaign against this Brexit at all costs,» Mandelson said, referring to the pro-European campaign group set up after the EU referendum.

This lack of consensus led Wilson to propose an «agreement to differ» so that government ministers could argue against European integration during the referendum campaign without having to resign.

Matheson campaigned strongly against Brexit in the referendum, and will hope to garner anti-Brexit votes in the city.

It all started to go a little wrong when the Lib Dems felt let down by the way that the Tories campaigned against AV in the referendum.

A spokesman for Corbyn said the Labour leader attended a Stand Up to Racism event on Saturday co-convened by a senior member of the SWP as he «wanted to show his support for the campaign against racism and xenophobia, particularly given the rise in hate crime since the EU referendum in June».

Former UK Chancellor Alistair Darling is heading the campaign against Scottish independence - but what will he do after the referendum?

The ginger frontman launched a bitter tirade against the Labour leader on his Twitter page this afternoon, accusing him of not campaigning hard enough for a Remain vote in the EU referendum.

Nick Clegg has revealed he urged David Cameron to change the remain campaign strategy in the final weeks before the EU referendum, saying the economic - focused Stronger In campaign was «bloodless» and failing against the emotional pull of the leave campaign.

The dramatic poll for STV said the SNP could win up to 54 Scottish seats and said Labour's popularity was its lowest level since 2007, only a month after Labour had spearheaded a victorious referendum campaign against independence.

Weyman Bennett, the joint secretary of the Unite against Fascism campaign group, suggested the rise of racist attacks in schools is due to the EU referendum vote on June 23 last year, which led to Brexit.

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While the populist Five Star movement — which promotes an anti-EU, anti-establishment and anti-austerity agenda — campaigned strongly against the referendum, Five Star was not Renzi's only opposition.