Sentences with phrase «coalition governments run»

Nor would it lead to endless coalition governments run by Hitler, Mao and Satan — one claim that the desperate propagandists of the No campaign have yet to make, but give them time.

The Liberal Democrats are in Bournemouth for their annual party conference and it seems a lifetime ago that they were part of a coalition government running the UK, with their then leader Nick Clegg ensconced as deputy prime minister.

Not exact matches

All other parties have ruled out the idea of a coalition with the AfD, so the arithmetic of Teutonic politics dictates that for the foreseeable future Germany may be run by a succession of grand coalition governments made up of its two main parties.

The government was at that time a coalition, and Montagu had to gain support from Conservative MPs and Lords who felt strongly that all such grants of power to «natives» ran the risk of undermining the Empire.

The coalition government's first Spending Review in 2010 set an ambitious target to reduce running (administration) costs by 34 per cent in real terms by 2014 - 15.

One of the sticking points in the run up to the conclusion of SPA was the Afghan government's demand that the US - led coalition should formally commit in concrete terms to a multi-billion dollar security assistance package for Afghanistan's security in the post-withdrawal period.

Sen. Jeff Klein has now made clear that he and his fellow IDCers would like to form a so - called coalition government with the Senate Republicans, which, in his description, entails a true bipartisan power - sharing situation when it comes to running the chamber.

[4] He served on the front bench but was not invited by Winston Churchill to join the Coalition government in 1940; as one of the most senior Labour figures not in office, the responsibilities of running the party were given to him.

DC: Look, I've run a coalition government for the last five years.

The coalition government wanted a fixed five - year run in order that it could meet its flagship policy of eradicating the fiscal deficit in one parliamentary term.

Especially if, as is possible, Mr Cameron rules out running a second coalition government post May and seeks a second general election in 2016.

I thought for a few hours this might be a good thing anyway, but now suspect that the lack of a real - deal on PR will mean that Clegg can't do business - and as the other possible coalitions are unworkable, Cameron will end up trying to run a minority government with no formal agreement.

And I am clear that the only other remaining alternative — which was to allow the Conservatives to run a minority government would have had all of the disadvantages of a conservative only government with none of the advantages of coalition.

As Mr Cameron travelled back from Brussels, the mood in the Coalition camp reflected the reality of running a two - party government in a country with no money.

«Now is absolutely the wrong time to withdraw support for the economy and jobseekers - and the coalition government is wrong to abandon people to unemployment and risk the recovery which will cost us all more in the long run.»

Q. (From Paul Cotteril) Would you encourage the party to accept the money on offer from the government for trial runs of primaries in safe Labour seats, as set out in the coalition agreement?

Cardiff Central MP Jenny Willott also accused Ed Miliband of talking down a Cardiff City Deal, after talks were initiated by the Coalition Government following months of inaction by the Labour - run Cardiff Council.

Throughout Cameron's five years running a coalition government he could not act alone, since ministerial appointments formed key parts of the coalition agreement, although he reshuffled Tory ministers a bit.

The Liberal Democrats ran into fresh trouble today when the party» shigher education spokeswoman in the Lords, Lady Sharp, said she was not sure she could vote tomorrow for the coalition government's trebling of tuition fees.

Cable, who had repeated run - ins with Osborne when the two were ministers in the coalition government, said his presence underlined how important he believed the issue was for the future of the country.

His criticism of the way the coalition government has run the Work Programme is telling.

In the early years of academisation — under both Labour and coalition governments — the academy chains that ran into trouble were those that expanded too fast, taking on too many schools.

Tensions are so high that the Working Families Party, a coalition of labor unions and government reformers, is considering running an alternative candidate when it meets at the end of the month.

Mr Cameron's arrival in Downing Street means that the two parties in coalition in the assembly government - Labour and Plaid - will have to work with a UK government run by two different parties.

Poll after poll in the run up to election night predicted no single party would win an overall majority, only for the exit poll on the night to rightly predict that the Conservatives would return to power ending five years of coalition government with the Lib Dems.

So while the job market for Swedish postdocs looks increasingly bright, this small, but in the long run perhaps significant, brain - drain is one of the problems Sweden's nascent government — which seems likely to be a coalition of the Social Democrat, Green, and Left parties — will have to tackle in the coming years.

As part of the San Diego Animal Welfare Coalition, the El Cajon Animal Shelter serves the needs of the cities of La Mesa and El Cajon, which boasts one of the highest survival rates in the nation for a government - run animal shelter.

Emboldened by the eviscerating cuts imposed on councils by the coalition government — 28 % between 2011 and 2015 — large Tory - run authorities in Cornwall, Suffolk and Barnet, north London, have embarked on their own high profile versions of the Ridley model, claiming that impoverishment gave them no choice but to pursue large - scale privatisation.