Sentences with phrase «election defeat in»

Lord Bach held a succession of ministerial posts while Labour were in government between 1998, when he was created a life peer, and leaving office after the general election defeat in May 2010.

It will chronicle his journey from senior official (and ultimately general secretary) of the Communication Workers Union through to Cabinet minister in the last Labour government, and ending with the party's election defeat in 2010.

He had a parable for the Akufo - Addo administration as he sought to assure the party faithful that the New Patriotic Party was en route to election defeat in 2020.

More than half of those have registered since the election defeat in May — a likely boost for Mr Corbyn, with recent joiners more likely to back the hard - Left MP according to poll analysis.

Jeremy Corbyn says he is «determined to finish the job» as Labour leader, despite the party's humiliating by - election defeat in Copeland.

Some blame New Labour for the mistakes which led to the party's third worst election defeat in its history.

Lord Ashdown worked closely with Tony Blair after Labour's 1992 election defeat in a bid to boost the left's flagging fortunes.

When Labour MPs gathered for their weekly meeting in committee room 14 at the House of Commons on the evening of 13 July, the mood was grimmer than at any point since the party's general election defeat in May.

However Kevin Lindsay, Aslef's organiser in Scotland, said: «Jim Murphy has just presided over the worst election defeat in the history of the Scottish Labour Party.

Jim Murphy has just presided over the worst election defeat in the history of the Scottish Labour Party.

After Labour's election defeat in 2015, Khan announced he would run for the party's nomination for the London mayoralty.

Odinga challenged his last election defeat in 2013, but lost in court.

A federal court has ruled against a former pro-life congressman, Rep. Steve Driehaus (D - Ohio), who sued the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List (SBAL) for defamation that allegedly contributed to his election defeat in 2010.

After Labour's two election defeats in 2010 and 2015, it paradoxically enjoyed membership surges.

Following election defeats in former strongholds including Glasgow East, ministers are under growing pressure from Labour MPs to adopt policies that will appeal to the party's core vote.

«As somebody who came into politics with the sole motivation of making life better for my city, my region and, by extension the country as a whole, I recognised that our election defeats in both 2010 and 2015 required a genuine and profound response from the Labour party,» the Newcastle North MP writes.

Not exact matches

Detailed reports and allegedly leaked audio paint a picture of an embarrassing defeat at the hands of the US military, and how the remains of dead Russian mercenaries are being held until after Russia's presidential election in March.

In a personal defeat for Berlusconi, the far - right League surpassed his Forza Italia (FI) party in Sunday's elections, winning about 17 percent of the vote to 14 percent for FIn a personal defeat for Berlusconi, the far - right League surpassed his Forza Italia (FI) party in Sunday's elections, winning about 17 percent of the vote to 14 percent for Fin Sunday's elections, winning about 17 percent of the vote to 14 percent for FI.

Not only did President Trump defeat sixteen skilled and experienced primary opponents and win the presidency; he did so spending a fraction of what his opponent spent in the general election.

European markets closed higher on Thursday after the defeat of the populist anti-European Union candidate Geert Wilders in the Dutch election.

Moscow has denied any meddling in last year's U.S. election, in which Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton.

The lawyer also claimed in the letter that the timing of the Times article, coming less than a month before Election Day, is evidence that the report «is nothing more than a politically - motivated effort to defeat Mr. Trump's candidacy.»

With the Liberals now in power — and with heavyweights like former Finance Minister Joe Oliver defeated in the recent election — Kenney will take a prominent spot the opposition bench.

A former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had the following assessment after Democrat Doug Jones defeated embattled Republican Roy Moore in the special election to fill a Senate seat in Alabama: Anyone out of the phone book — aside from Moore — would've won as a Republican.

He lost a presidential election in 2005 to hardline Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the little - known mayor of Tehran at the time, a defeat that indicated resentment toward Rafsanjani as part of the elite and the perception he served few interests other than his own.

The last time a Liberal government entered an election in the middle of a monetary policy tightening cycle was in 2006; that year, the Conservatives defeated them.

«In an unusual bullish move for the non-yielding safe haven asset after a rate hike, this can be entirely attributed to the aforementioned USD weakness, as Wilders» Dutch election defeat eases some fears of a populist European backlash.»

The layoffs in Halifax come at an awkward time for the province, which witnessed the defeat of its NDP government in a provincial election Tuesday.

Deep Root Analytics, a conservative data firm contracted by the RNC as part of a push to ramp up its voter - analytics operation in the wake of Mitt Romney's defeat in the 2012 presidential election, stored details of about 61 % of the US population on an Amazon cloud server without password protection for those two weeks.

For Democrats reeling from defeat in November, rebuking Hillary Clinton's election message and echoing Trump's populist rhetoric is the way to revive the party.

shocked the country when he defeated Republican Roy Moore in the Dec. 12 special election to replace then - GOP Sen. Luther Strange — and he's off to a fine start among voters in Alabama, where 47 percent approve of him and 25 percent disapprove.

So they forced an election they couldn't possibly win by defeating the Conservatives on a confidence vote in Parliament — and gave Prime Minister Stephen Harper something he couldn't get without their invaluable help — a majority government with no chance of being defeated for four years.

Friday's opposition vote to defeat the Conservative government for «contempt of Parliament» was an exercise in self - delusion, testosterone and faulty logic that will surely result in Stephen Harper returning after the May 2 election as prime minister — and likely with a majority.

In a now - classic example, California polls gave L.A. mayor Tom Bradley a wide lead in the days leading up to the 1982 gubernatorial election, and yet he was roundly defeateIn a now - classic example, California polls gave L.A. mayor Tom Bradley a wide lead in the days leading up to the 1982 gubernatorial election, and yet he was roundly defeatein the days leading up to the 1982 gubernatorial election, and yet he was roundly defeated.

At that time I wrote: «Friday's opposition vote to defeat the Conservative government for «contempt of Parliament» was an exercise in self - delusion, testosterone and faulty logic that will surely result in Stephen Harper returning after the May 2 election as prime minister — and likely with a majority.

But in November 2005, the three opposition parties combined in the House of Commons to defeat Martin's minority, as each calculated that a general election would strengthen their caucuses.

Three months later, after the Meighen government was defeated in the House and another general election took place, King and the Liberals were returned with a majority.

On May 7, Marine Le Pen's defeat in France's presidential election secured an integrated EU and had many investors breathing a sigh of relief.

Defeat for the Progressive Conservatives followed in the next election.

After he was defeated in the 2015 federal election, Dykstra ran for the presidency of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, winning by acclamation after his friend Brown brokered a deal where the other candidate, Jag Badwal, withdrew.

This week's Economist magazine celebrates in advance the widely expected defeat of the Swedish social democrats in imminent national elections.

FBI director James Comey very likely was the final shove in defeating Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.

Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan unofficially kicked off his re-election campaign, vowing to defeat the secularist opposition in «historic» snap elections that he has called for June.

By Eli Yokley Top Stories Debbie Lesko (R) defeated Democrat Hiral Tipirneni in a special election in Arizona's 8th District to fill the vacancy left by Republican Trent Franks, who resigned in December over sexual misconduct allegations.

The stakes are also high for Republicans in Congress, where Republicans on Tuesday night watched their party peers in state and local races get ousted in a string of election defeats.

Quebec had suffered a blow in the 1917 election, when the Laurier had been defeated by the Union government.

Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak, right, announces next to his wife Deb Hutton that he will be stepping down as party leader after being defeated his election night campaign head quarters in Grimsby, Ont., on June 12, 2014.

Since the beginning of this election campaign, polls have shown the Wildrose Party in a position to make significant gains across Calgary and Southern Alberta, putting many Tory incumbents and rookie candidates at risk of defeat.

These two major election defeats shattered many common beliefs about politics in Alberta and Canada.

With the French election ending in the defeat of Le Pen, one more risk factor has been removed from the table and low volatility has returned.