Sentences with phrase «during the general election about»

She said the government had «recognised» concerns raised during the general election about school funding and that the extra investment would mean schools could «offer a world - class education to every single child».

Senior sources said concerns were raised within Labour's headquarters during the general election about Momentum's spending, including whether individual MPs should register travel and accommodation costs for activists.

Not exact matches

Although many outside the US are drawing conclusions about Americans based on our presidential candidates, they might be surprised to learn that only 14 per cent of eligible voters chose either Clinton or Trump during the primary elections, (where both parties vote to nominate a candidate to represent them in the general election) and less than 30 per cent of eligible Americans voted at all.

This number is much higher than the general population, but about the same level during the 2008 election.

You hear pundits talk about the general election «pivot» because of this, and why I'm not sure you can really take anything anyone says at face value during a primary election anyway.

Lord Paddick, as it turned out, was not even the worst of them when, in a manner reminiscent of the innuendo of Victorian prejudice, he stuck the knife in by resigning as the party's home affairs spokesman, citing concerns about Farron's «views on various issues that were highlighted» during the general election.

Since Corbyn has not talked about Putin and Russia in parliament, or to party conference, or during this year's general election, one has to search online for his views on them.

According to Schneiderman, his office» received more than one thousand complaints» on election day, meaning about six and a half times more complaints were received that day alone than during the 2012 general election (150 complaints total in 2012).

There has never been any convincing explanation about why the leadership signed up to it, having campaigned for an alternative approach just weeks before, during the 2010 General Election.

The News, however, found that the bulk of Brown's spending — all but about $ 160,000 — was during the primary, although some of the primary spending could carry over into the general election.

During this year's general election campaign, he told a rally in Runcorn: «I hear some people have said some nasty things about me.

MPs from all parties have previously spoken about intimidation they were subjected to during the general election.

During the general election campaign, Tim Farron did his utmost to dodge questions about his beliefs before finally telling the BBC's Eleanor Garnier that he did not believe gay sex was a sin.

The Conservatives accused Labour of telling «lies» about David Cameron's policies yesterday during bitter skirmishes at the start of a marathon four - month general election campaign.

The sophomore lawmaker admitted she voted for Ohio Gov. John Kasich during the 2016 New York primary contest, but supported Trump during the general election because she cares about issues like economic growth, revitalizing the manufacturing sector and military investment.

George Freeman won the newly - drawn Mid Norfolk seat at the general election and he delivered his maiden speech on Wednesday during a debate about jobs and unemployment.

He later wrote a book, The Battle For Power, about the strained relationship between the Liberals and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) during that campaign, the last general election fought as the SDP — Liberal Alliance.

Tenney raised about $ 845,000 during the 2015 - 16 election campaign, but was outspent 10 - to - 1 by her opponents in a primary and the general election.

Hammond had been under intense pressure to respond to the concerns expressed by voters during the general election campaign about cuts to public services and the rising cost of living, with several vocal MPs, including former minister Nick Boles, calling for an end to austerity.

Parents can easily find information about all education opportunities, vote for school - board members during general elections, and have easy access to report cards.

«However, as we observed during the general election campaign, schools are increasingly nervous about their financial position due to both the impact of the proposed national funding formula and inflationary pressures.»

You know that Romney lost the Latino vote; your research has revealed a number of reasons for this — the Republican attitude in general toward immigration, Romney's own statements about «illegals» in during his primary campaign, the views of his running mate, Paul Ryan, and the statements and opinions of campaign surrogates and conservative Republicans throughout the election process.

During the general election, Labour campaigned for scrapping tuition fees - and in the wake of the election there was renewed debate about whether tuition fees and interest charges were unacceptably high.

Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch revealed these figures today during the Senate Intelligence Committee's hearing with Facebook, Twitter and Google about Russian election interference.