Sentences with word «defection»

Former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on the Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri - Erewa, on Monday, frowned at the continued gale of defections of politicians from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to her party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

In a series of tweets via her Twitter handle,, the ex-lawmaker, who represented Ikorodu Federal Constituency, Lagos State, however said: «The rate of defection from PDP to APC is shameful.

This Q poll seems to indicate Paladino hasn't, in fact, managed to gain any ground on Lazio, in spite of defections by GOP county chairs and elected officials and perception that momentum is on his side.

But the history of defections in British politics suggests that the Tories can probably stand a few more losses.

There's got to be scope for mass defections from the Lib Dems to Labour if Labour can articulate a message that left - liberals feel comfortable with.

Faced with defections from liberal supporters, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and his labor allies are striking back, threatening to sabotage a progressive third party for potentially giving its ballot line to his Democratic rival, Cynthia Nixon.

Kudos to Justice Ademola for deepening democracy Now the defecting governors are endangered species because whereas the legislators have a law spelling out condition for defection which were not met by these legislators, the governors have no law supporting the carry - over of a party mandate to any other party..

The recent defection of republican County Legislator Jim Maisano to join the democratic administration of County Executive George Latimer points to the problem that republicans have moving forward in Westchester.

WASHINGTON — Veteran Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel suffered another high - profile defection as former city Comptroller Bill Thompson threw his support Wednesday to Rangel's Democratic rival, Adriano Espaillat.

An Abuja - based political analyst, Mr Ephraim Audu, says defection from one political party to another is permissible in a democracy as it helps it...

Some political analysts have predicted more defection by PDP members as a result of Friday's court judgment that faulted the process of dissolving the Sen. Ali - Modu Sheriff - led PDP national chairmanship.

«Out» has got into most trouble, not least with the high profile defection of the Conservative MP, Sarah Wollaston on the grounds that its claims about the amount the UK pays into the EU are not true.

The State Senate doesn't appear any closer to resolving the impasse that has paralyzed Albany for the past three weeks, but Senator Pedro Espada, whose defection on June 8 made it all possible, is apparently quite pleased.

He won by 342 votes to 198 with 2 abstentions in the lower house, a much wider margin than in Wednesday's vote in the Senate, where he remains vulnerable to further defections by allies like one that forced him to resign temporarily last week.

Most importantly it's the threat of these soft sanctions which should encourage defectors to realize a Tit for Tat response may be in play, which itself should change their calculus of self - interest to prefer cooperation over defection.

He is, furthermore, tolerant of such defections since he was nearly lured away once by a Swiss client of Loewy / Snaith Inc..

The last that was heard about defection at the National Assembly was when a former member of the House of Representatives, Uche Ekwunife, who later represented Anambra Central at the Senate, before her election was annulled by the Appeal Court defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

In Davenport's words Marriott «has developed systems to optimize offerings to frequent customers and assess the likelihood of those customers» defecting to competitors,» and the UPS Customer Intelligence Group «is able to accurately predict customer defections by examining usage patterns and complaints.

Trump has seen mass defections among high - profile Republicans, including Hewlett - Packard CEO Meg Whitman, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Rep. Richard Hanna (R - N.Y.) and GOP foreign policy expert Richard Armitage.

Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has been making noises about possible Labour defections in the...

With Democrats united in opposition to the plan, Republican defections from a few traditionally Democratic - leaning states could be enough to torpedo it in the House.

This staggering defection rate is rarely discussed, let alone addressed.

Merger talks that could have seen UK insurance leader Clyde & Co play the role of White Knight to Sedgwick have faltered amid a spate of partner defections from the ailing US firm, according to sources close to the matter.

«They kept voter support despite defections from politicians and unions from the last campaign,» said Democratic consultant Jerry Skurnik.

On the other hand, he may calculate that a wider agreement with the Lib Dems would give him a comfortable overall majority of 48 — enough for five years of stable government without having to worry about defections or by - election defeats.

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While the House is far from vulnerable for Republicans, maintaining a strong majority allows for a stronger caucus and leeway for possible defections.

The event, organized by Governor Yahaya Bello, saw defection of thousands of People's Democratic Party (PDP) members to the APC.

He received his PhD from the University of Leicester for his research into political defections.

«Continued defections from their Infinity Ward studio have created meaningful uncertainty around the future of their Call of Duty: Modern Warfare franchise» «We expect Infinity Ward studio will be essentially closed after their next map pack release, with development work on Modern Warfare 3 spread between two studios not historically tied to the franchise.»

Much of the chatter after the Carswell defection concerned which Tories would follow him.

The Governor is also said to be jittery over the fortune of Action Congress of Nigeria (AC N) in recent times following massive defection of some LP stalwarts into the party.

There some people whose defection would be welcome.

As Gov. Andrew Cuomo suffers defections from the left flank of the Democratic Party, powerful labor allies are rallying to his aid.

The Rocky Mountain Institute followed its grid defection analysis with a new report this month saying that, more than likely, only a few people will choose to take their solar panels and run from their utility.

These causes, according to him, include defection of officials from smaller political parties to bigger ones and the credibility of local government elections conducted by State Independent Electoral Commissions.

Two Republican senators announced they would oppose Trump's choice for education secretary, Betsy DeVos, marking the first GOP defections on a cabinet nominee, placing her confirmation in jeopardy and underscoring the warfare breaking out across Capitol Hill.

It also shows that the two main groups European People's Party and Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats voted for the resolution, but there were many defections by the S&D members.

That majority was progressively whittled away through defections and by - elections defeats, the most notable of the latter including those in Newbury, South East Staffordshire and Wirral South, resulting in the eventual loss of the Major government's majority in Parliament.

These «conditional» cooperators play nice with others who play nice, but revert to defection when surrounded by selfish agents.

Indeed, we know already that the EU issue was the main reason why voters left Labour as early as 1997 - 2001 (Evans 2002) and immigration was an important issue for such defection in 2010 (Evans and Chzhen 2013).

Underneath the fragile calm of the main stage however, rumours about further Ukip defections continued to dominate conversations following the departure of Douglas Carswell and Mark Reckless.

Survation's poll for the Mail on Sunday newspaper is a disaster for the Tories, who had made clear they planned to fight the seat vigorously following Carswell's shock defection on Thursday.

But there have been remarkably few defections among Labour voters to the Tory camp over the past five years.

The Oct. 7 release of the 11 - year - old «Access Hollywood» video, which captured Trump on a hot mic speaking in crude and degrading ways about women, brought a torrent of criticism on Trump and caused significant defections among Republican elected officials.

The company hasn't had a wave - making defection, as Gap Inc. did when Stefan Larsson left the helm of Old Navy in 2015.

Talk has turned to more potential defections now that former Tory Mark Reckless has been returned to parliament as a UKIP MP.

Where defection from God's Word in doctrine or life imperils the family fellowship and with it the whole congregation, the word of admonition and rebuke must be ventured.

The Ganassi defection away from Honda is sure to come as a surprise to the IndyCar community for a variety of reasons.