Sentences with phrase «choice of the party leader»

UKIP played up to this, especially in the national media and in its choice of the party leader as candidate.

The Republican wasn't the first choice of party leaders, but she won the nomination in June's primary.

This gives union general secretaries the power to write large cheques and defend having significant representation on the party's governing National Executive Committee, the votes at party conference, the choice of party leader as well as local selections.

Zellner said it is still not known if the other four Democrats who have declared their candidacy will back the choice of party leaders or challenge McMurray in a primary.

Not exact matches

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will be given first chance as the leader of the party with most votes but his choices are limited.

Nevertheless, as a potential voter, I would prefer to think that the leaders of whichever party I favor have done everything they can to nominate a quality candidate before I have to make a choice.

«In their comments, some evangelical leaders suggested that voting for a third party candidate or abstaining for that office was futile or a vote for the winning ticket,» noted the NAE on the «lesser of two evils» choice.

Writing for Politics.co.uk Labour MP Sharon Hodgson said the next leader of the party should be a woman and Cooper's experience as a mother made her the right choice.

At the time, the choice to entrust the incumbent prime minister rather than the leader of the largest party with the first attempt to form a government had cross-party approval.

There is also the issue of path dependency and the extent to which decisions taken on the part of the intervening party permanently affect the political trajectory of the state — for example in their choice of interim leaders or governing bodies.

[92] Publicly speaking about the 2017 Scottish council elections, Sturgeon has said that the elections were a clear choice between voting for herself and Ruth Davidson, the leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, citing the stark fall in support of the Scottish Labour Party and their leader Kezia Dugdale over the past several years.

But I would be willing to bet that most of the Labour Party members and union members wish that they had more say in the choice not only of the leader, but of the cabinet as well.

The 33 - year - old lawmaker would be an intriguing choice since she is the cousin of the man who will have more say than anyone over who takes the seat: Congressman and Queens County Democratic Party leader Joe Crowley.

That is why a Labour leader who made OMOV a central plank of his campaign for the party leadership, is now drastically curtailing its scope — by restricting the choice of candidates for the European parliament, Scottish and Welsh Assemblies, to those previously approved by leadership appointed vetting panels.

He again mentioned that the achievements of former President Mahama is comparable to none in terms of leaders of the country; thus that makes him the obvious choice for the party, especially when Ghanaians have already regretted electing President Akufo - Addo.

Cameron continues to be an electoral asset to the Conservative party; on the «forced choice» question of a Cameron - led or Miliband - led government, the Conservative leader pulls ahead by five per cent points — well ahead of his party's traditional polling.

Republican Tom Reed, the mayor of Corning, is the party leadership's choice for any potential special election, while Democratic Party leaders have gotten behind military veteran Matthew Zeparty leadership's choice for any potential special election, while Democratic Party leaders have gotten behind military veteran Matthew ZeParty leaders have gotten behind military veteran Matthew Zeller.

Jacob Rees Mogg may be the darling of this year's Conservative party conference and the favoured choice of many party members for next leader.

When Corbyn became leader he had no choice but to make the best of the lack of support in the parliamentary party by portraying the internal opposition to him as a grown up way of conducting politics.

'' Specifically, the leaders were mandated to discuss with the National Chairman of the party on the possibility of an option of Direct Primaries for the conduct of the rescheduled primaries, as provided for in Article 20 of our party's constitution to enable every card - carrying member of the party vote for an aspirant of his or her choice.

David Miliband is the choice of Labour voters to be the next leader of the party, according to a ComRes survey for The Independent.

In a rebuke to their party's leader, Edward Cox, the son - in - law of Richard Nixon, Republicans united behind Mr. Lazio at their party convention in Manhattan, thwarting the candidacy of Mr. Cox's preferred choice, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy.

«The choice for voters is «do you want a strong leader of a strong party to take you through these difficult (Brexit) negotiations?»

By the end of next month, parties will know whether Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell survived a GOP primary in Kentucky (likely), whether Sen. Kay Hagan will face a top GOP opponent in North Carolina (increasingly likely), and whether Georgia Republicans are on track to get a choice nominee for Senate (probable, but who knows?).

Unlike MEPs whose current involvement is difficult to justify, MPs have to live with the consequences of the party's choice of Leader on a daily basis.

It was a good choice — I think Crosland would be my (somewhat pointy - headed) choice, too — though the shadow foreign secretary seemed irked with it and to want to withdraw it once the four other candidates had chosen actual as well as lost leaders of the party.

A majority (63 %) of people did not know who would make the best replacement leader for Clegg (unsurprisingly given the relative low profile of third party politicians — Vince Cable was the top choice, but with only 16 %, and this was probably because he was the least anonymous).

The leader of the party is the preserve of the people that have a vote over the choice.

Without the benefit of secret police or threat of torture, party leaders control the process giving the voters a chance to ratify their choice.

But Seeber was apparently weighed down by her party leaders» attempt to get a non-candidate elected and have him resign so they could appoint someone of their choice, a move revealed by an investigation by Democrats and strongly criticized by local media.

The often contentious race for the chairmanship came down to a choice on the final ballot between Steele and Katon Dawson, the South Carolina GOP chairman who secured strong support from party insiders after former RNC leader Mike Duncan dropped out of the race earlier in the day.

Representing parts of southwestern Brooklyn across the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge, Councilman Vincent Gentile said he has the Staten Island chops to be a strong choice for Democratic Party leaders in both boroughs.

«They should've had a primary,» the former Republican National Committee chairman said of the ill - fated decision by local party leaders in upstate New York to anoint Dede Scozzafava as the establishment choice in Tuesday's special election.

Corbyn wouldn't have been my first choice for leader and it's likely that his past will drag the party's vote down but for god sakes get behind him for the last week of the campaign.

In terms that caused fury on the right of the party, he also said Miliband would take the country back to the «failings of Blairism» and could be a worse choice as Prime Minister than the Tory leader David Cameron.

There are about 200,000 Labour Party members and 2.7 m trade unionists and it was put to Ms Harman on the Andrew Marr Show that the change would mean - even if only one in 10 took up the # 3 option - union members having a greater say on choice of leader than full members.

Given the current state of charter opposition among many leaders in the Democratic party, some may question if this middle ground was actually the right choice.

Senator Ed Muskie from Maine was the party establishment's choice, but his campaign fizzled when a supposedly forged letter to the Manchester Union Leader claimed that he was prejudiced against Americans of French - Canadian descent.

For her part, PQ leader Pauline Marois was shocked that anyone would question an individual's right to «give to the party of their choice.»

Since the announcement, Malta's Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party, Joseph Muscat, took to Twitter to give his view on the move, stating that «we aim to be the global trailblazers in the regulation of blockchain - based businesses and the jurisdiction of quality and choice for world class fintech companies.»