Sentences with phrase «defection on»

The mere talk of a Koo defection on the eve of the county vote will be ammunition for Ragusa's critics, like Ognibene, who say the organization is not unified and has done little to capture the growing opportunity Republicans currently have in Queens.

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.

Not exact matches

A contingency plan is a plan based on the worst - case scenario that you can imagine your business surviving — loss of market share, heavy price competition, defection of a key member of your management team.

President Lyndon Johnson's administration feared her defection would disrupt relations with the Soviet Union, but after the Central Intelligence Agency helped stow her in Switzerland, American publishers offered her so much money for her memoirs that the government let her in on her own dime.

He calls the story of massive switching by iPhone fans every year a «false narrative,» noting that the fourth quarter — when Apple's new phones typically are on sale — accounted for just 26 % of customer defections the past few years.

Tsipras, locked in fraught negotiations with EU leaders in Brussels until Monday morning, indicated that he would carry the Athens parliament, despite some defections, in a vote on the package by Wednesday.

Any substantial defections requiring the support of major opposition party New Democracy would open up the possibility of broader changes to the government or a referendum, said Saravelos, who calculates that between 10 and 40 Syriza lawmakers could dissent based on local media reports.

In the end, plummeting fundraising returns, bad polling numbers, MLA defections, and a caucus and party on the verge of revolt forced Ms. Redford to step down as Premier of Alberta and Leader of the PC Party on March 23, 2014.

In the ministry today, defection is high and probably on the increase, while recruitment is declining.

Preliminary hearings ensued, and dismissals of charges, and trials and mistrials and retrials, and an acquittal, and two hung juries, and defections and elections of district attorneys, and the McMartin defense team carried on, until the list of defendants had dwindled to one, young Raymond Buckey, a surfer dude who had not seen the sun in years, whose charges were finally dismissed in 1990.

At this point it is sufficient to say that for the moment we recognize that we are not what we might be, that human existence is in defection from its proper fulfillment, and that we are in need of the wholeness of life which will put us on the right path and enable us to become more and more what God intends for us to be.

Any tendency to triumphalism on the part of Christians should be chastened by the equally dramatic, recent defection of millions of American Christians to the ranks of the religiously unaffiliated (not just to the «unchurched.»

Beleaguered dairy group Murray Goulburn's decision to reverse its cut to farmgate milk prices appears to have done little to stem the tide of supplier defections, with the company revealing on Monday its milk intake for the 2018 financial year will be about 18 per cent lower than in 2017.

The Mobb's 33 - man roster (twice the typical number for teams) also varies year to year: with injury (concussions and ankle injuries are most common, though every game I attend has at least one athlete on crutches), retirement, defections to other teams, and recruitments of formerly hated rivals.

We know that Swofford will probably win a fight he picks with the Big East, and another defection could cause some serious consternation on the basketball - only portion of the Big East roster.

Two members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday, announced their defection to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

While this use of farce works well, particularly the chaotic triple - phone - line dance in the office when appeasing MPs on «defection - watch», the characterisation is a little thin, which dampens the script's sharpness.

«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.

Though, if it were some measure generally opposed by the ruling majority and there were enough defections, then the missing 7 votes would have more of an impact on something not getting passed.

By holding a referendum on the EU they hope to take the EU off the electoral agenda and avoid defections from eurosceptic voters.

With 80 % of Ivorian territory taken by pro-Ouattara forces and mass defections from the army and police, he must have known his regime was on its last legs.

Interesting thought on Tory MP Douglas Carswell's defection: Did he take his constituent's data with him?

Sampson tries to put the most positive light possible on the defection by Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. and (since expelled) ex-Sen.

Trump disbanded two of his economic councils after a wave of defections from high - profile CEOs, announcing on Twitter: «Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am ending both.

Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suffered another setback following the defection of six of the party's eight members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday announced their defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

But reports that Kennedy, under whose leadership the Liberal Democrats enjoyed record levels of support, is countenancing defection will fuel speculation that he — and perhaps others — could be offered positions on the Opposition front bench — and a return from relative obscurity to front - line British politics.

A former Governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel, on Monday said the resignation of Atiku from the APC and his expected defection to the Peoples Democratic Party was the beginning of the defection of a large number of APC members to the PDP.

A defection is pretty quickly forgotten though, the real kicker from the Carswell defection is the by - election that comes with it, if UKIP win that by anything like last night's Survation poll suggests expect a much more concrete impact on the polls.

Senator Jeffrey D. Klein, the former leader of the I.D.C., spent the hour before the session rearranging décor in his new office on the sixth floor of the legislative office building, three floors beneath the spacious office from which the Republicans had wasted no time in ejecting him after his defection.

ICYMI: Senate Minority Leader John Sampson insisted during an interview with Errol Louis on «Inside City Hall» last night that the Democrats will emerge victorious from the ongoing struggle for control of the chamber, despite the defection of Senator - elect Simcha Felder and yet - to - be-determined status of the IDC.

Labour won all 51 seats on the council in 2010, but, by the time of this election, had only 44 councillors due to defections, with Robert Douglas, Dorothy Hunt, Graham Letchford and Tariq Saeed defecting to the UK Independence Party, and James McDermott, Barry Poulton and Gerald Vincent defecting to the Socialist Labour Party.

I want to tackle the spectacle of a mandate-less political defection, where an MP can freely join another party whilst simultaneously thumbing their nose at the people who elected them, when they stood on another party's manifesto.

The possible addition of two more Democrats through special elections on April 24 will still leave the party just shy of the magic 32 needed for a majority because of the continued defection of State Senator Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who caucuses with the Republicans.

Not shy about bringing a little elbow into the game, Rivera is taking on the incumbent Democratic senator in the adjoining district, Jeff Klein, over his defection from the rest of the conference and leadership of a five - member rump faction that caucused and shared power with the Republicans in the past two years.

Awal Mohammed, who was the Deputy National Communications Officer for Zongo Caucus, the official wing of National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Zongo communities on Wednesday announced his defection to the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Douglas Carswell, the Conservative MP for Clacton, has dropped a bomb by announcing his defection to UKIP, and will fight a by - election to give his constituents the chance to pass judgement on the decision...

The former envoy, who promised that he will clinch the party's ticket in spite of Governor Ayodele Fayose's adoption of his deputy, Prof Kola Olusola, as preferred candidate, added that Atiku's defection will impact on the PDP positively.

Carswell's defection has clearly been on the cards for some time, with UKIP leader Nigel Farage telling BBC Radio 4 that he first discussed the move with him 18 months ago.

Mr Beazley is on «defection watch».

Shah did not deny the defection claim; instead, she insisted that her suggestion had been made in jest, and that she had a whole Whatsapp conversation on hand to prove this.

Addressing the gathering, Dr. Lekan Ayantunji, on behalf of Oladipo, assured members that the party will not suffer more defections but will soon start receiving defectors from other parties.

Addressing House of Representatives correspondents shortly after leaving the chambers, the PDP caucus in solidarity with members of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA and Labour Party, LP said they were heading back to court to seek reinterpretation of the Supreme Court judgment on member's defection especially when there is no division in his or her political party.

Tory Eurosceptics say they will push for exit after general election as Ukip tries to build on Douglas Carswell's defection

On the defection of a PDP Senator to APC, he said that the senator decided to move to a stable party as his former party was divided and lacked leadership in the state and at the federal level.

Essex vote triggered by former Conservative MP Douglas Carswell's shock defection to Ukip will be held on 9 October

For instance, a lawyer and political analyst, Mr. Liborous Oshoma, said the President's declaration would have an effect on governance, adding that it could also lead to the defection of politicians interested in the presidency from the APC.

Now, the downward spiral for Ragusa and Queens Republicans continued on Monday with Koo's defection from the party.

By - elections and defections are what the party needs to prove it and so far none are on the horizon.»

One alarm bell that sounded Thursday was the possible defection of Sen. Marco Rubio from voting yes on the tax bill, putting the measure in peril.

The Conservatives had lost their majority on the council in 2013 due to defections, and since then had operated a minority administration.