Sentences with phrase «confidence vote as»

Once elected, there is no mechanism for a no - confidence vote as with a Parliamentary Prime Minister.

By comparison, when Iain Duncan Smith faced a no confidence vote as Conservative party leader, he lost by 90 votes to 75.

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And Ripcord just got a massive vote of confidence from GV, formerly known as Google Ventures, the venture - capital arm of Alphabet — which just led a new investment of $ 25 million into Ripcord.

A snap election is unlikely, however, as PiS has a majority in parliament and could block any vote of no confidence.

Atlas Iron managing director David Flanagan has described the results of the iron ore miner's capital raising as an immense vote of confidence in the business, despite achieving just less than half of its $ 180 million target.

Landing the right to serve as one of just 20 New York Federal Reserve Bank counterparties was an official vote of confidence in the company.

Some see higher rates as a vote of confidence on the strength of the economy, while others consider increased borrowing costs a threat to the bull market that began amid — and was fueled by — historically low rates and extraordinary Fed stimulus.

Think of a link to your site from a major company or blog as a vote of confidence in Google's perspective.

Many had to leave their homes, schools, significant others and higher - paying jobs, but I took their sacrifices as a vote of confidence in our team and what we were creating.

We appreciate the stockholders» vote of confidence in our ability to drive long - term value and opportunity as a combined company.»

The move is a vote of confidence in the U.S. economy — a signal that consumers and businesses don't need quite as much help via monetary policy now that the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.6 percent, close to what economists call full employment.

Those efforts would come as Prime Minister Najib faces increasing political pressure — including large protests in August calling for his ouster and opposition parties filing this week to hold a parliamentary no - confidence vote; it isn't clear when the vote would be held.

Despite its sudden change of course and failure to go private after months of searching for a buyer, BlackBerry touted today's news as a «significant vote of confidence.»

Doing the right thing only reluctantly and as part of a strategy to win a confidence vote may not sound like much of an achievement except for the fact that he did it.

As it was considered a «money» bill, the vote in Parliament was considered a «confidence vote».

The transaction was heralded by some as a game - changer for Canada's cannabis industry, with an established, out - of - market player giving a vote of confidence in the country's marijuana business.

It's not surprising that general partners and their respective limited partners want to keep this activity quiet — an LP interest transfer resulting from a very practical reason could unnecessarily be misconstrued as a vote of no confidence by the LP or a signal of an LP's poor financial health.

A Borrowing Authority Bill was viewed as a «money bill» and therefore regarded as a «vote of confidence», and would result in the defeat of the government if not approved by Parliament.

Dogwood's Strategy Director Will Horter reflects on this historic day It looks like British Columbians may finally get a government ready to fight for what's right in B.C. Today, Christy Clark announced her intention to bring back the B.C. legislature as soon as possible in June, face a confidence vote and hand over power to -LSB-...]

Egbert sees the company's recent partnership with Yum Brands as a «vote of confidence» that could prompt other notable chains to start listing on GrubHub's platform.

A three - day sell - off has taken the Australian sharemarket back to levels last seen in early May, as falling commodity prices and upcoming events such as a US interest rate decision and the «Brexit» vote take their toll on investor confidence.

In search engine terms, a link can be thought of as a vote of confidence; other websites link back to your site when they believe you have something of interest for at least a portion of their own readership.

It's hard not to read it as a vote of no confidence in D'Vorkin, Levinsohn, and Tronc management, including chairman Ferro and CEO Justin Dearborn.

Our capital markets division — which is our largest U.S. business — was named as a primary dealer in the U.S. by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a significant vote of confidence in the health of our U.S. fixed income trading business and additional muscle to what is a leading global platform.

The presidential vote of confidence for Powell reflects the White House and Treasury's desire for low interest rates to fund the public debt and support high asset prices, as well as the probability that the Senate will quickly confirm the nominee.

They viewed their action as «a vote of confidence for the national church in its effort to work out a new life» — that is, as a way of supporting the indigenous church.

The demerger proposal had been well received by Coles staff, who saw it as recognition of the turnaround and a vote of confidence in what the retailer had achieved since it was acquired by Wesfarmers in 2007.

David Akers received a vote of confidence from Harbaugh on Monday, as San Francisco's head coach reiterated that «David Akers is our kicker.»

However, the former Liverpool and Napoli boss was given a vote of confidence by club president Florentino Perez, as reported by The Mirror, and is expected to continue in his post until the end of the current campaign.

I believe the reason provided of there being no better players available on the market was simply meant to serve as a public vote of confidence for the squad - to boost confidence and morale, a smart strategy for the impending new season just kicking off.

To be honest, I chose Vogelbach as both a vote of confidence for him since he had such a bad spring last season and because I figured it would be on the more conservative side since I really couldn't afford a big donation.

Even though Louis van Gaal has given the England forward his vote of confidence and even moved him back into his favoured role as second striker, Rooney is woefully out of form.

After promising Theo Walcott that his future lies as a main striker in an effort to get the Englishman to sign a new contract extension, Le Prof could give Theo a big vote of confidence by starting him in this crucial match, but will he rely once again on Giroud proving that he can bounce back once again?

The Potters gave Hughes a vote of confidence weeks ago, and as we revealed earlier this week — they have already been casting their eye over potential successors.

That might be under - stating the problems felt at the back as a result of injury problems and bedding - in the last - minute signings (not to mention the fact that neither Mertesacker or Santos were around at the beginning of the season), and was probably intended as a vote of confidence in a line - up plagued by injuries.

At the very moment when a student might be gearing up to react to the teacher's comments as a threat, a sign of the teacher's personal disapproval or bias, the Post-it gave the student an alternative frame through which to view those comments — not as an attack, in other words, but as a vote of confidence that the student was capable of high - quality work.

«At the very moment when a student might be gearing up to react to the teacher's comments as a threat, a sign of the teacher's personal disapproval or bias, the Post-it gave the student an alternative frame through which to view those comments — not as an attack, in other words, but as a vote of confidence,» writes Tough.

There are so many times when I feel like I have no clue what I'm doing as a mom, so I really do appreciate your vote of confidence in my parenting skills.

But her nuclear option is similar to Salmond's - it depends on voting down budgets as a confidence issue to put a Tory government in.

The comments are a sign of Mr Clegg's increasing confidence as his popularity shoots through the ceiling, but also a direct attempt to neutralise the Conservative attack on his party: «vote Clegg get Brown».

NYSUT had never been big fans of King to begin with, having passed a vote of no - confidence in his tenure as commissioner, including knocking the roll out of the Common Core education standards, which education observers and elected officials had said was was flawed.

While not completely unexpected, Higgins» endorsement will likely be seen as an important vote of confidence for Kennedy.

That would be a quicker and cleaner solution than the traditional vote on the Queen's Speech as the first test of confidence in a new government.

If the Lib Dems were to vote against something that wasn't included in their coalition agreement as something that the Lib Dems either had to support or abstain on, would it automatically be taken as a vote of no confidence?

If the Commons passed a «We have no confidence in the government and hereby vote for a dissolution» motion, the Bill will have had to set out how and why that would be disallowed, and / or the Speaker might be placed in the position of having to accept it (as a vote of the Commons) or refuse it (because of the provisions of the Bill).

This could be undertaken in a formal coalition or an informal arrangement known as confidence and supply, where a smaller party agrees to back the larger partner in crucial votes in return for policies but does not take ministerial seats.

Some Belesis backers are casting this fight as a confidence vote in Cox, who they believe is renegging on a promise to give their candidate the RNC committee post.

The alternative would be to end the coalition and run as a minority administration, but press the Lib Dems to vote on individual measures, a system known as confidence and supply.

Also as 95 % forecast confidence intervals they reflect the historical variation in the votes for these parties and there should be only a 5 % chance of a result outside the interval.

As well as giving up or struggling on, this third way might be to put the programme motion to the Commons again — but make it a vote of confidencAs well as giving up or struggling on, this third way might be to put the programme motion to the Commons again — but make it a vote of confidencas giving up or struggling on, this third way might be to put the programme motion to the Commons again — but make it a vote of confidence.