Sentences with phrase «coalition partner seemed»

After eight months of the junior Coalition partners seeming to bear the brunt of the public's unhappiness, the Conservatives finally seem to be suffering.

But it is initially hard to understand why Nick Clegg should have been prepared to swallow such humiliation for himself while his coalition partners seem relatively unscathed.

Not exact matches

A new coalition government led by Chancellor Merkel still seemed the most likely outcome, although negotiations between the various parties looked set to take some time, mainly due to the difficulties of accommodating the opposing views of the junior partners in the proposed coalition, the economically liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Greens.

The Liberal Democrats remain on 7.5 points, roughly where they've been all month, so there seems to be no evidence of a Budget bounce as far as the other coalition partner is concerned.

In fact, throughout his address, he only seemed able to criticise his coalition partners through perfunctory jokes and elusive suggestion.

Going further, it seemed that the aims and ambitions of both partners, set out in the Coalition Agreement, were so similar that the two might as well, in future, merge into one.

«The Coalition should prepare for extreme unpopularity and govern as if it only has one term Main Why an electoral pact between the Coalition partners isn't as simple as it may seem to be»

However coolly convinced he seems of what not to do, he is appeasing no group by neglecting to provide the answers of what to do — not his backbenchers, Lib Dem coalition partners, or his European counterparts.

It had seemed that the Liberal Democrats recent approach of differentiation from its dominant Conservative coalition partner on some policies, while sticking to the broad government austerity programme — reconciling the «unity / distinctiveness» dilemma — would reap some reward with voters.

It seems the Conservatives» coalition partners are not convinced by Adrian Beecroft's work on removing employment protection

Lib Dem ministers still don't seem too worried about their position in the polls, commonly dismissing it as just what happens to a junior coalition partner until they find their voice, but presumably it will become a cause of concern for some point (not just for the Lib Dems, but presumably also for Conservatives who fear it placing pressure upon the coalition.

Many - giving parliament the power over Britain going to war, a largely - elected House of Lords, «no» to ID cards and support for reform of the electoral system - seem designed to woo the Liberal Democrats as possible coalition partners.

Despite the views of some of his party members, it seems that five years of meetings with other European leaders and maybe even his time rubbing shoulders with Liberal Democrat coalition partners might just have changed Cameron's outlook.