Sentences with phrase «coalition years»

A clean energy company dropped out of The Wind Coalition this year after a legislator made accusations about a tracking device found on his pickup, The Oklahoman has learned.

Also note that the LD model performs relatively poorly for the coalition years and on coincident general elections so these factors are included in that model.

But Clegg said the controversy was not his only regret from the coalition years, listing a number of «big mistakes» including the overly cosy press conference in the rose garden that launched the new government, and his agreement to sit beside Cameron at the weekly prime minister's questions.

Yet those criticising the Lib Dems for the coalition years forget some very important points.

Hudson spent four years as a special adviser to Nick Clegg during the coalition years, advising the then deputy prime minister in various guises before joining construction giant Balfour Beatty in 2015.

Regular Politics.co.uk columnist Chaminda Jayanetti suggested in a recent piece that the party needed to recognise this feeling in the country, but that instead it had «learned nothing» from the Coalition years.

Tendo was founded two years ago by Peter Carroll and Will de Peyer, who worked for Alexander throughout the coalition years and was previously employed by Citigroup.

Those groups formed a coalition this year with the goal of stripping away mandates in order to comply with the 2 percent cap on local property tax levy increases.

It had this status when the Liberal Democrats were in government during the coalition years, but now that the latter party has gone into opposition it is once again attracting disgruntled floating voters, but also «Remoaners» who do not accept the decision of the referendum.

During the Coalition years, Nick Clegg was famously described by Boris Johnson as a «prophylactic...

Another returnee from the coalition years, Davey won back his former seat in Kingston and Surbiton.

Despite clashes during the Coalition years — Zeichner accused Huppert and his party of misleading voters on tuition fees and rail fares — this is shaping up to be one of the more convivial rematches.

During the Coalition years, Nick Clegg was famously described by Boris Johnson as a «prophylactic protection device» for David Cameron.

The department branded «not fit for purpose» under predecessors including Charles Clarke and John Reid remained relatively quiet during the coalition years, despite May failing to get a grip on immigration, rows over the extent of internet snooping powers, criticism of proposed counter-extremism measures and worry over her commitment to protecting human rights legislation.

Mr Cable — a fierce critic of the Tories during the Coalition years — said he was surprised the Chancellor had got it wrong on Google given he was such a «skilled political operator».

One: Free from the struggle of the coalition years, the Welsh Liberal Democrats are winning again

As David Cameron grows used to a Commons majority of only 12, as opposed to the 76 - seat total he enjoyed during the coalition years, he needs a plausible Labour opponent to maintain discipline on the Tory benches.

As Nick Clegg said in his tribute in the Commons on Wednesday, remarking warmly on Mr Kennedy's loyalty to the party in the coalition years despite the divergence from his own beliefs, «If we could all carry ourselves with a little more of [his] honesty, wisdom and humility, politics would be held in much higher regard than it is today.»

But as David Laws» Coalition Diaries 2012 - 15 reveals, Department for Education (DfE) figures in the Coalition years were manipulated to show academies and free schools were doing better as a group than local authority (LA) maintained schools, when they were not.