Sentences with phrase «cling to power with»

The Tory victory looks like evidence of how little the public is now willing to tolerate compromise of any sort: the message that hit home hardest during the campaign was the threat of constitutional chaos if a minority Labour government had tried to cling to power with the support of the SNP and a host of other minor parties.

As previously threatened, Horgan, who heads a minority government clinging to power with the support of three Green MLAs, directed his government to file a reference case at the B.C. Court of Appeal to affirm its right to protect the coast.

The ongoing violence in Syria is probably the most prominent example of this - the Assad regime desperately clings to power with no sign of abdicating and, according to the United Nations, 6,200 civilians have been killed by the army on the orders of the government.

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New power is eroding the traditional hierarchy of who has power and who is powerless — a shift that frightens those clinging to old power and invigorates those acquiring new power, with game - changing implications for everything from our politics to our purchases.

Even with the rapid devaluation in purchasing power of literally dozens of Central Banking fiat currencies worldwide in the past decade, billions of people still cling to the «It Can't Happen to Me» syndrome.

My own desperate clinging to the tattered label evangelical has less to do with any political or cultural uniformity as it does to these core convictions, or rather, the core conviction that the good news of Jesus Christ's death and resurrection for sinners and a broken world is the mightiest power set loose in the history of the world.

The saddest thing is that some fans can't let go of the disease which is stagnating Arsenal.We have become a joke in the footballing world.We saw someone who was an assistant manager under Ranieri perform wonders in the champions league by beating a very good Sevilla side but we are stuck with a manager who has past his best but is still clinging on to power.

For instance, they struck a bargain with the Liberal Party (the so - called «Lib - Lab Pact») in a desperate bid to cling to power in 1977, by the terms of which Labour agreed to take on board certain policy proposals favoured by the Liberals, including electoral reform.

This midterm review is littered with half - truths tailored to help David Cameron and Nick Clegg cling on to power.

With a victory, Democrats would have a numeric majority in the 63 - seat Senate, though Republicans, led by John J. Flanagan of Long Island, have been clinging to power by dint of the continuing defection of Simcha Felder, a Democrat from Brooklyn who sits and votes with the RepublicWith a victory, Democrats would have a numeric majority in the 63 - seat Senate, though Republicans, led by John J. Flanagan of Long Island, have been clinging to power by dint of the continuing defection of Simcha Felder, a Democrat from Brooklyn who sits and votes with the Republicwith the Republicans.

But the weirdness of the ending, and the way Silver's ouster unfolded, with him trying desperately to cling to power, speaks to how epic his fall is, and how state government is starting a messily uncertain — and in some ways hopeful — new era.

The problem with AV is that it makes decisive outcomes less likely - and the possibility of people clinging on to power more likely.

He clung for far too long to the delusion that Britain could remain a world power with a strong pound.

With two resignations in one week, political commentators Sonia Sodha, Andrew Gimson, Steve Richards and Ellie Mae O'Hagan discuss whether the Conservative leader and her party can cling on to power

The government clung to power only by negotiating a «confidence and supply» agreement with the 10 MPs from the Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), at a reputed minimum cost of a # 1bn «bung» for public spending there.

The Conservatives were left humiliated after Labour gained dozens of seats, but they have done a deal with the Democratic Unionist Party to cling to power

There are 31 Republicans in the 63 - member chamber, but they've clung to power by aligning with a renegade Brooklyn Democrat, Simcha Felder, as well as the four - member Independent Democratic Conference.

The Palace, together with the Conservative and Liberal Democrat leaders, made Mr Brown believe he still had a chance of clinging to power — even though they knew he didn't — because it was feared he might resign too quickly and leave Britain without a Government.

While democracy has, generally taken hold in Africa with elections being held regularly, there are still several situations in which elected leaders continue to cling to power either by modifying their Constitutions to remove term limits, age limits, or institute mechanisms that ensure that they stay in power as lifetime leaders of their nations.

The level of agita over the mayor's role in campaigns outside the city underscores the uncertainty over the Senate: The Republicans, who have ruled the chamber for most of past 50 years, are clinging to power only by dint of an alliance with a Democrat, Simcha Felder of Brooklyn.

It seems to me to be a deeply regressive notion, as you rightly point out, to cling to the antiquated idea that the greatest pool of talent resides with those traditionally in power.

While most of me wonders why people cling so desperately to the idea of having a physical keyboard for their touch - screen devices, another part has to admit there are occasions when having one would be awfully convenient (especially when it works equally well with Android, iOS, and Windows Phone powered devices — complete with the special, platform - specific keys present and accounted).

But official climate science ignored the crucial weather balloon evidence, and other subsequent evidence that backs it up, and instead clung to their carbon dioxide theory — that just happens to keep them in well - paying jobs with lavish research grants, and gives great political power to their government masters.

Instead they are working with big industry to ensure that those with the wealth and power, particularly the fossil fuel companies, can continue to cling on at the top at the expense of all other living things on our planet.