Sentences with phrase «elections fought on»
In reality, though, the real insidious comfort zone in this leadership campaign is probably the nineties and noughties — the mythical golden age when New Labour could win big majorities against a directionless and demoralised Tory party in elections fought on centre - right, neo-liberal territory.
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The seven candidates fighting to represent the socialist party in the upcoming presidential election in France are facing each other in the first of four TV debates on Thursday.
He is also looking into whether anyone on the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow to tilt the election in his favor, and his decision to file charges likely indicates that the probe is moving from a political fight to a legal one.
It fought an election on a platform to keep corporate and personal taxes low.
Republicans in South Carolina also were voting on Saturday in the state - by - state contest to pick nominees for the Nov. 8 election, with opinion polls showing front - runner Donald Trump trying to solidify his spot at the top of the pack and rivals Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio fighting for a second - place finish.
He plans to fight the election on putting «money in the pockets of Canadians».
In an election fought largely on environmental issues, Christy Clark's Liberals were not the party of choice for B.C.'s environmentalists.
It was immediately following Christy Clark's surprise victory in the last provincial election, an election many thought would play a large role in the fight against tanker projects on the West Coast.
At the same time, in an update on parallel measures it's taking to fight election interference, Facebook says it will launch a public archive in the summer showing «all ads that ran with a political label».
An area judge had stripped college students of their right to vote in local elections, and Sanders signed on with the ACLU to fight the ruling.
In fact, I stayed off of Facebook because of the amount of nastiness that was going on with people who were fighting about the election.»
U.S. President Donald Trump took a swing at Facebook on Friday - a day after the social media giant vowed to step up its fight to protect election integrity - dismissing the Facebook ads controversy as a «Russia hoax».
We here in Yemen our Unity day celebration is on 22 May since 1990 to date but this time because of the troubles in the country related to changes we are threatened by the oppositions that they would make of it a bloody date marching towards the presidency to remove the president against the will of many who prefer having the president finish his legal ruling period rather than those coming to rule by coup rather than legal honest elections... Honestly what a mess we are in by those oppositions who what to take over what the youth have achieved and will be using those youth as their slaughter sheep for them to reach the ruling chair and then again when they both oppositions fight among them over it...
CNN: Religious and spiritual leaders on moving past a divisive election As the nation winds down after a hard - fought and divisive election season, what needs to happen to heal our country?
In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.
Between the Women's March, the election and inauguration, escalating racial tension and such, there has been plenty to fight about on social media.
While he had friends and people liked him, no one asked Ned his opinion on who would he thought would win an election, a game, or a fight.
«The next election» said Kirsty Walk on Newsnight on November 12th «will at least be partly fought on the parties» understanding of how modern families work».
Perhaps more important was that the conference marked out the ground on which the parties are likely to try and fight the next election — the Conservatives will ask for time to finish the job of fixing the economy, Labour will focus on trying to reduce people's cost of living.
The next election is not that far away, and according to Ben Jackson, a lecturer at University College, Oxford and Gregg McClymont MP, Miliband can ill - afford to allow Labour to fight the next election on Tory terrain.
And if our partners refuse to give us that bill that is an excellent platform on which to fight a general election.»
David Davis, the Conservatives» leading civil liberties champion who quit frontbench politics to fight a by - election on Labour's counter-terrorism legislation, waded in with his own threats this morning.
Reflecting on Northern Ireland this week, the prime minister Tony Blair remarked that it was a sign of progress how the election in the province had been fought on «bread and butter issues».
What's more, the next election will also be fought on new boundaries and 50 fewer seats — unless Theresa May takes advantage of the turmoil in the Labour party and goes for a snap election in the autumn, as many are now expecting.
The Labour Party had a tradition of fighting local elections on party lines whilst the Conservatives didn't see local politics as party political, although many independents were Conservatives in all but in name.
The resignations come at the worst possible time for the embattled leader, who is facing a tough fight with Labour in the Stoke - on - Trent Central by - election.
Our politics is already headed in that direction - we already see elections being fought on the basis of who is the most «local» candidate, which candidate does the most casework, etc. etc..
With this reality, the temptation to join the gravy train is overwhelming — and to fight elections as if life depends on it.
At least that's the line of reasoning being employer by Randy Altschuler, one of three Republicans fighting for the right to take on Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop in the November general election in Long Island's NY - 1.
The problem is that the next election will not be fought on these grounds, and few voters care about the EU.
The Tories may be able to outspend us by as much as three to one, but on the ground in the key seats, we aim to outnumber their diminished and demoralised activists by the same margin as we fight this election conversation by conversation, doorstep by doorstep, community by community.»
Never mind that under Corbyn, Labour has increased its vote share on its 2015 general election showing, and grown its percentage majorities in all four by - elections fought under his leadership.
«Through my first hard fought campaigns and since my election to the State Senate in 2002, we have worked together on advancing a common - sense progressive agenda,» the Manhattan Democrat writes.
The left has allowed itself to be dragged into a right - wing street fight on immigration, as the desperate by - election in Rochester shows people want more
As Bruno writes, «an election fought (and even won) on the Tories» terms is in a very real sense also a defeat».
We'll discover soon enough if it is Labour or the Tories that are Tangoed, especially is May gambles on calling an early general election that Corbyn's party is ill - prepared to fight.
In the days following the end of the DNC, Trump has picked a fight with that aforementioned «Gold Star» Muslim - American family; he has called on the state of Russia to «hack» into the Clinton campaign's email server; he has put into question America's resolve to affirm its treaty obligations to its NATO allies; he has first refused, and then under pressure accepted, to endorse the highest - ranking official of his own party, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan; and he has even begun to state that the election results this November may «be rigged.»
The Lib Dems, however, have fought two elections on a platform of abolishing the CTF.
Felder, an observant Jew whose district includes many Orthodox Jewish voters, said his constituents «don't agree» with a lot of what two of the state's top Democrats — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio — have been saying in the wake of Donald Trump's election, pledging to fight on behalf of liberal values and maintain a sort of safe haven for the left in New York.
Some are claiming that these are the policies that they want to fight the 2020 election on - which will come as a surprise to many - especially as the party itself has not been involved in developing those policies.
As Sunder pointed out in his post here earlier today, the Conservatives did not fight the election on a platform of completely abolishing the CTF.
For Jackson and McClymont, shifting the discourse away from «austerity» and public spending reductions will mean Labour can fight the election on their terms.
Trump declared war on the conservatives of the House Freedom Caucus, suggesting Republicans should «fight them» in the 2018 midterm elections if they do not back his agenda.
What Clegg really seems to lack - even with reassuring words about actually fighting the next election - is a Plan B. He's so focused on long - term over short - term he doesn't grasp that his long - term decisions might also be poor.
Put on the back burner last year amid the possibility of Democrats faring well down battle in the presidential election, the fight is back to being a red hot one at the Capitol.
And then there's the economy — the issue on which the Tories fought and ultimately won this election campaign.
But I don't believe that you fight and win elections primarily on people going to websites and reading every last detail of your policy on x or y. I don't suffer from that delusion.»
Newsday reporter Robert Brodsky outlines the fight for control of state Senate seats on Long Island, where Senate Democrats are hoping to win enough elections to gain a majority in the chamber.
What will happen at Glasgow is a series of votes where Ministers will tell Conference representatives that it would be politically damaging for the party to fight the 2015 election on positions different to those taken by the Coalition Government.
«The Liberal Democrats will fight the next election on a clear and unequivocal promise to restore British prosperity and role in the world, with the United Kingdom in the European Union, not out.