Sentences with phrase «change of party leader»

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The other leaders, including Elizabeth May of the Green Party, offer nothing that would change the status quo.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told leaders of his centre - right EU political group on Saturday that he would comply with demands from Brussels to change measures branded an attack on academic freedom, the party said.

Though some Republicans, like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, were quick to praise Tillerson's international business experience working with foreign governments, Tillerson's nomination was met with deep skepticism from both parties over his embodiment of the most contentious 2016 campaign issues: Trump's closeness with Russia, climate change skepticism, and potential business conflicts of interest.

It's not the way this institution is supposed to function and that starts with the leaders of both parties and that's what needs to change.»

Perversely, this perceived insincerity has hurt the anti-Brexit camp more than it has Boris Johnson, the Tory ex-Mayor of London, who has shamelessly changed his tune on the E.U. to make Brexit the instrument by which he can oust Cameron as party leader and take over as Prime Minister.

It may sound prosperous that President - Elect Donald J. Trump could learn anything from leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules a country he has accused of stealing American jobs and concocting the hoax of climate change.

For Trudeau, rallying his party in Halifax, the Conservatives may have changed leaders, but it is still the party of Stephen Harper.

He would become the longest - serving leader of a major political party in Canadian history and the only Prime Minister to win four consecutive federal elections by backing up his pledge of real change with real action.

The strength of any long - ruling political party is the ability to reinvent itself under new leaders and changing circumstances.

But that would require a fundamental change to the Elections Act — eliminating the requirement of a party leader's endorsement to run as a party's candidate, then fashioning a more coherent rule — and a change in the ways our political parties do business.

One positive change is the increase in support of international aid programs from the U.S. public and political leaders of both parties.

Unfortunately MANY stupid Republican leaders sold their center right principles and changed their tone just to be on the good side of the racist tea party INCLUDING Mitt Romney.

When this new alliance - the European Conservatives and Reformists - was created after the 2009 Euro - election with «a bunch of homophobes, anti-Semites and climate - change deniers» (as Nick Clegg later described them in a TV leaders debate) I objected and was expelled from the Conservative Party.

Annabel Goldie, leader of the Tories in the Scottish parliament, told epolitix.com she believed Mr Cameron had the charisma to help change the party's fortunes.

The former defence secretary, now viewed as a standard - bearer for right - wing Tories within the parliamentary party, will use a speech to business leaders in Birmingham to make the case for a change of tack, the Guardian reports.

I intend to change the Republican Party as we have known it with the voluntary or forced resignation of previously identified RINO County Chairs like Vinny Reda, in Rockland County, as well as Dean Skelos as Majority Leader of the Senate and Brian Kolb as the Minority Leader of the Assembly.

Although he is the first party leader since Margaret Thatcher to change the minds of some colleagues and commentators about the electoral consequences of espousing radical policies he is still constrained by party orthodoxies of which he is personally opposed.

After moderate success in that election, Schneiderman quarterbacked then - State Senator David Paterson's effort to unseat longtime Senate minority leader Marty Connor, seen as an important step in changing the culture of the Democratic Party in the Senate.

At the height of the expenses scandal the Independent carried a spread in which the three main party leaders competed with each other to say they were the ones who would lead a huge democratic change in the system.

Posted on 25th August 2013 in How Scotland should be governed, Expectations of constitutional change, Elections, parties & leaders

Scotland's first minister and leader of the SNP told the Guardian: «With fixed term parliaments, it gives parties in a minority government situation --(where) hopefully the SNP will be in a position of influence — huge ability to change the direction of a government without bringing a government down.....»

Posted on 24th April 2016 in Expectations of constitutional change, Policy issues, Elections, parties & leaders

The Tory leader began his leadership of the Conservative party with pledges to change the nature of British politics, but his performances at PMQs quickly veered towards the traditional.

A few weeks ago a new British political party was established, Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them) I'm the party's leader - and we plan to change the face of British politics.

Conservative Party leader Michael Howard today used his New Year's message to make the case for a change of direction in the way Britain is governed.

CapTon's Jimmy Vielkind reported earlier today that the party is poised to hire Casale to «help with its operations and transition toward more of a support role for members of legislative conferences,» and Cox has started calling around to inform GOP leaders of this change.

The chapter is divided into ten sections named Clause I to Clause X. Clause IV is the best known Aims and values clause, which was significantly changed in 1995 after Tony Blair became leader of the Labour Party.

Pushing the changes through would, he noted, need the support of Theresa May and the leaders of other parties.

Posted on 3rd November 2014 in How Scotland should be governed, Expectations of constitutional change, The Scottish independence referendum, Elections, parties & leaders

As Rob Hutton notes of party leader Nick Clegg: a public apology on tuition fees, a weekly phone - in show and being rude about David Cameron and Boris Johnson have done little to change the public mood toward him and his party.

This seems symptomatic of the worst excesses of Westminster politics: while we might be seeing changes in the parties» fortunes, there is continuity in their electoral practices — a problem exacerbated by the many media outlets putting pressure on party leaders to play that game.

While most delegates are awarded by popular votes in state - by - state elections, superdelegates largely consist of party leaders and elected senators, members of Congress and governors, and can change their mind at any time.

Miliband urged other party leaders to «respond to this call for changing the system», in a move which puts the ball firmly on their side of the court over reforms of MPs» earnings.

«The leaders of other parties in Wales have already spoken in favour of this change.

The 163 page report, which is very detailed on current affairs on the African continent, also mentioned the leader of Togo's main opposition party, the National Alliance for Change (ANC), Mr. Jean - Pierre Fabre, who challenged the incumbent President Faure Gnassingbe 2010 and 2015 but lost as the second most peaceful opposition leader in Africa and the best within the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWA) Sub-region region.

Another element to minority governments in recent Canadian elections is the changing of political party leaders.

Leader warns changes could be a risk as number of union members automatically affiliated to party will fall significantly

The former Labour MP Katy Clark, an ally of Corbyn who is now the Labour leader's political secretary, will lead a «party democracy review» to make the case for major changes to how the party elects leaders, selects MPs and forms policy.

Asked what would happen if a new leader tried to change policy to support Nato withdrawal, he said: «There's always been in the history of the Labour party individuals who take different positions.

In a statement, Pat Rafferty, leader of Unite in Scotland, said: «It is time for change at the Scottish Labour Party.

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A national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said evolving «true change» in the country as promised by the party is not an easy task.

The Brooklyn group, Time for Change Consulting, is run by Musa Moore, a pal of Norman from his days as party leader before he was jailed for accepting illegal campaign contributions during his Assembly races.

For the party that put constitutional change above all else, the day the bell tolled for the House of Lords was an oddly fitting day for its leader to depart.

The Liberal Democrat deputy leader, Alan Beith, said Mr Ashdown was leaving a party which «has a key position in changing the nature of Britain».

Speaking after the result was announced, Labour leader Ed Miliband said: «We should all be proud of the Labour Party that has shown the courage to change»

After constitutional changes in 2010, Angola does not directly elect a president, but the leader of the winning party automatically becomes head of state.

A Democratic source confirmed that generally when there is a change in leadership for any party in Albany, a conference meets as a matter of form and a new leader emerges.

The leader of the Women's Equality Party sets out why she is running for mayor of London and the changes she wants to see in the capital.

Bello who commended the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari also urged Adeyemi to work with party leaders in the state to bring real change to the people.