The phrase
"effective opposition" means when a person or a group strongly challenges or questions someone or something in a way that brings about meaningful and impactful change.
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& they call on Labour MPs to behave as effective opposition
Of the candidates on offer, David Miliband is deemed by party members as the least Left - wing and the one who would be the
most effective Opposition leader and best Prime Minister, whilst his briother Ed scores highest when it comes to likeability and sharing party members» views.
Thus, while the PM's prerogative to call elections at will may give them greater control over their own party, this same arrangement may result in
more effective opposition.
Criticisms of Corbyn's leadership style focused on his inept approach to internal party management and estrangement from his own parliamentary party; where Corbyn exceeded expectations was his ability to fashion a distinctive, eye - catching political agenda that captured the imagination of the electorate, and distanced the Labour party from its potentially «toxic» legacy (one of the historian Stuart Ball's key criteria
for effective opposition party leadership).
We have sort of had this détente with the deficit under Obama — the Republican Congress has actually been a
pretty effective opposition, and spending as a percentage of GDP has declined significantly since 2010.
This is now tending to become a global revolution, and there is
little effective opposition: see William Oddie's latest instalment on ecclesial «opposition».
I think our perspective would be different if we hadn't been so anemic thus far; or, if you like, had we not faced
such effective opposition ourselves.
And while current approval rates indicate zero prospect for Corbyn's vision, there is also a question for Owen Smith's supporters about what exactly they expect of him — to «win back the party», to go back to
exercising effective opposition, to win a general election, all while preventing a split?
The tragedy, quite apart from Labour's woes, is that the country is being
denied effective opposition to a government pandering to political arsonists on both sides of the Atlantic.
An NEC source told PoliticsHome: «Given the state of the NHS, rather than making wild, paranoid accusations, Diane should be getting on with hammering Jeremy Hunt and showing she can
offer effective opposition to the Tories, rather than the Labour party.»
By forming NYCEDF, MORE and its allies intend to increase grassroots support for a fair contract and to
organize effective opposition to the new teacher evaluation system imposed on city teachers by State Education Commissioner John King and the high - stakes testing regime that has been so detrimental to the City's public schools and students.
He explains: «My starship happened to be passing the Kuiper Belt when I intercepted a large number of Earth communications bemoaning a «lack
of effective opposition» in your politics.
He bungles badly which leads to a communist takeover of the country and he and his Agrarian Socialist party are the
only effective opposition.
Following on from my previous comment, Peter Hitchens, Melanie Phillips and Richard Littlejohn combined, are a far
more effective Opposition that the whole of the current Shadow Cabinet combined.
The Wildrose was always a
very effective opposition, perhaps too ideological to have been chosen as a government last time, but they are not stupid, they have mostly recovered from the debacle of last December and they are still well financed.
The five remaining Wildrose MLAs will technically form the Official Opposition, but with their party in disarray, many political observers are watching to see if another political leader - NDP leader Rachel Notley — is able to form
an effective opposition to the 43 - year governing PC Party.
During the election campaign, Schulz found it hard to mount
an effective opposition to Merkel, as his party had been inextricably linked to her policy decisions.
While Müller sought to create an anti-Nazi coalition with former labor leaders, heroic priests worked to unite disparate groups into
an effective opposition.
The only
effective opposition to the holy experiment could come from two sources, the king or non-Church members.
«We've go to show people we're
an effective opposition with genuine Labour values,» says a key adviser.
And let me pay particular tribute to those parliamentary colleagues who stepped forward in the summer to fill the gaps in the shadow cabinet and ensure that Labour could function as
an effective opposition in parliament.
The nation needs
an effective opposition, particularly as the current leadership of the country is so lamentable.
In a telling phrase, Watson added that Labour needed to be «
an effective opposition».
An extra MP might be handy; the self - discipline that
an effective opposition brings certainly would be.
Stuart Ball has outlined five criteria by which to judge
an effective opposition leader in UK politics:
Always known as a Corbyn - sceptic, he releases a statement saying he believes it is «time for the party to unite behind a new leader» and serve as an «
effective opposition».
In what appeared to be a coded statement, Watson warned that «the nation needs
an effective opposition».
While we are not in power, we must at least present a consistently strong and
effective opposition.
So asking them to think and run
an effective opposition to anyone is several steps too many.
An effective opposition party holds the government to account and offers itself as an alternative government - in - waiting.
# 263238» face = «arial, sans - serif» > More than 50 shadow ministers have resigned as part of the coup against Mr Corbyn, the most recent being Lyn Brown and Kevin Brennan, as the rebels try to make it impossible for the leader to operate
an effective opposition.
I think we are facing the short term prospect of a government unconstrained by
an effective opposition which is very bad for the country - and bad for the Tories too.
Still,
an effective opposition would lessen them still further.
To form a credible and
effective opposition, a leader must work with the PLP and respect the opinions of their shadow ministers.
«Given the big challenges faced by our country and our Party over the coming months, and the possibility of an imminent general election, I do not have the confidence that you can bring the Party together, lead us to a General Election and be
an effective Opposition.