Sentences with phrase «effective opposition to a government»

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.

Not exact matches

Touting the company's record in dealing with Canada's native population, Ian Anderson spoke at an indigenous energy conference as Trans Mountain opposition was set to mount after the effective rise of an unfriendly government in the British Columbia province that the pipeline passes.

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 New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ghana believes in the principles that democratic societies provide individuals with the best conditions for political liberty, personal freedom, equality of opportunity and economic development under the rule of law; and therefore being committed to advancing the social and political values on which democratic societies are founded, including the basic personal freedoms and human rights, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; in particular, the right of free speech, organization, assembly and non-violent dissent; the right to free elections and the freedom to organize effective parliamentary opposition to government; the right to a free and independent media; the right to religious belief; equality before the law; and individual opportunity and prosperity.

«We're meant to be a political party providing effective opposition and an alternative government, not a cult.»

«We are going to be in lockstep together arguing for an effective, united Labour party doing its job as Her Majesty's Opposition in opposing this government,» was all she would say on the subject.

An effective opposition party holds the government to account and offers itself as an alternative government - in - waiting.

We both have a job of uniting our parliamentary party to be an effective opposition and ultimately a party of government.

She told ITV: «After the results of the referendum last week, now more than ever our country needs a strong and effective opposition to hold this government to account.

As George Bridges has already argued, the unions may be the most effective unofficial opposition to the next Conservative government's ambitions.

Labour as currently organised and funded is actually considerably more effective as an opposition than a government — its competencies and enthusiasms are well suited to holding an incumbent government to account, less so to the actual business of government.

Having got their feet under the table of government for the first time in 80 years, the Cleggites are seeking to break the link, using party funding as their staking horse, to make sure that there's no effective opposition and they don't have to again wait 80 years for their next taste of power.

She told ITV's Peston on Sunday: «After the results of the referendum last week, now more than ever our country needs a strong and effective opposition to hold this government to account.

Also, having a second chamber too big to be effective might give the government an easier ride (and in general governments are much less interested in constitutional reforms to strengthen democratic accountability than oppositions).

«More than ever, our country needs an effective opposition which can hold the Government to account and which is capable of developing a credible and inspiring alternative to an increasingly right - wing and backward looking Conservative Party.

Mr Corbyn wrote in this morning's Observer that his reshuffle would make Labour's opposition to the Government more effective.

[73][c] She pledged that, if elected, she would work with the SNP government when she felt it was in the best interest of Scotland to do so, but said Labour would also be an effective opposition, holding the government to account when necessary.

Civilian opposition to such false government propaganda, as AGW and von Weizsacker's «nuclear binding energy,» is the most effective way to restore respect for the rights of citizens.

In a column in the National Post titled An informal coalition of experts has become the most effective opposition to the Tory government dated March 20, 2015, Mr. Prest wrote that: ``... [T] he relationship that matters most at the moment is not the one between governing and opposition parties, but between the government in office and a series of loose coalitions of actors normally existing at the periphery of politics.»