Sentences with phrase «electoral prospects»

Daele said «like many other states, African states do not seem to be in favour of transparency in investor - state arbitrations» because many cases involve politically sensitive matters, and the rise of democracy actually makes some governments less likely to want transparency as it may affect their electoral prospects.

But both, of course, are more concerned with upcoming electoral prospects than addressing that threat.

An article appearing in City Hall News on Oct. 13th was the subject of an eccentric online discussion on Facebook regarding future electoral prospects.

A starting point for members is to grasp just how bad our current 2020 electoral prospects are.

It's not just that our electoral prospects are so catastrophically awful.

Last Friday, in his widely reported Conservative Home blog, Tim Montgomerie said the Health and Social Care Bill currently going through Parliament is «potentially fatal to the Conservative Party's electoral prospects».

Fourth a narrow victory in questionable circumstances need not ruin a party's electoral prospects.

It shows that 84 % of members support the party being in coalition with the Conservatives, even though 59 % of them think this will be bad for the party's electoral prospects at the next election.

The Tories have reason to hope that an economic recovery between now and 2015 will revive their electoral prospects.

A loss on his political home turf would have done serious damage to his future electoral prospects.

ALBANY — Offering up some details on a promised plan for legalizing full - scale casinos in New York, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Thursday he would push for a statewide voter referendum this fall, despite uncertain electoral prospects, while also suggesting that his patience had worn thin with some gaming - friendly Indian tribes upstate.

On Tuesday, Matt Pound, the national organiser for the centrist group Labour First, said Lansman was «prepared to jeopardise Labour's electoral prospects in the capital simply to get a few more of his Momentum acolytes selected as council candidates».

The authors point to a number of Tory mechanisms aimed at sabotaging Labour's electoral prospects.

Their opposition presumably had nothing to do with the fact that first - past - the - post is by far the most favourable system for their electoral prospects.

Ed Miliband will be determined to win back the seat to show he can advance Labour's electoral prospects during a difficult period for the Tory party.

May's result shows that the changes we have made to the party's organisation have not made an ounce of difference to our electoral prospects.

News: Ireland Live (UTV Ireland): Interview relating to electoral prospects of the newly founded Social Democrats party (15th July 2015).

The decision to apply for a job elsewhere is an extraordinary move for a sitting MP, which some Labour backbenchers said indicated a mood of pessimism about the party's electoral prospects.

And, although Governor Paterson has launched a media campaign to change his electoral prospects, the television ads have done little to alter the race.

In the 15 - seconds my elevator door was open, I saw Brown pat Lieberman on the arm and ask about his future electoral prospects.

In his analysis of the results, YouGov's Anthony Wells cautioned against over-interpreting a hypothetical set of questions, but also warned that a split could cause severe damage to the party's electoral prospects.

His scriptless performance last year managed to change the prime minister's mind on whether to hold a general election, and is credited with turning the party's electoral prospects around.

Timed to coincide with celebrations of Gordon Brown's impassioned and well - delivered leader's speech, the Sun headline all - but detonated the conference by undermining Labour just at the moment the party felt a glimmer of hope about its electoral prospects.

They also fail to credit Cameron with the party's recently improved electoral prospects.

But he was also seen as weak, and that had a devastating effect on Labour's electoral prospects.

The NHS Bill is not just a distraction from all of this but potentially fatal to the Conservative Party's electoral prospects.

While several MPs worry out loud about how the party's Europhilia may damage their electoral prospects, the leader Nick Clegg has decided to dress his reformist zeal in Eurosceptic clothes.

But they do hurt and may have an effect on Labour's electoral prospects.

Mr. Storobin performed strongly in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in last Tuesday's election, and, during the campaign, he touted his roots in Boro Park and Midwood, which will become the core of the new district, so he likely sees his electoral prospects differently than Mr. Brook - Krasny.

Johnson was once seen as the likeliest successor to Cameron, but that was at a time when the Conservatives» electoral prospects were unpredictable and the state of the economy precarious.

A forthcoming by - election in the Cumbrian constituency of Copeland is shaping up to become a key test for the Labour Party's electoral prospects under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.

Cuomo and his allies have responded to Nixon's candidacy in two ways: smirking at her lack of political experience and her dim electoral prospects, and attacking her for the same.

So if the government is committed and the allowance restoration isn't about amassing political capital to maximise the electoral prospects of the ruling government then that commitment should be extended to cover all nursing students in public universities.

Recent research by Kenneth Lowande, Jeff Jenkins and Andrew Clarke suggests that presidents routinely adjust tariffs to enhance electoral prospects, but this does not mean such moves are costless.

«Rather than focusing solely on her own electoral prospects, Reshma Saujani is encouraging her supporters to raise money for Democrats around the country.

There's a wealth of advice being offered to Ed Miliband on how to improve his electoral prospects.

Rather than preparing to collapse like pack of cards, the Lib Dems» electoral prospects have improved.

Although his future electoral prospects vanished, Giuliani remained a conservative darling, a frequent guest on Fox News and a sought - after member of the political speaking circuit.

These could result in higher prices for American consumers, weigh on the U.S. economy and, most importantly for the president, cause layoffs in swing states that could jeopardize his electoral prospects come 2020.

Trump owes Republican leaders in Congress nothing, and those leaders have every reason to remain wary of the threat Trump's misogyny, nativism, and xenophobia represents to the party's future electoral prospects.

Time will tell if Trump's recent imbroglio does lasting damage to his electoral prospects, or if it's yet another instance in which he survives a controversy that would fatally doom any other campaign.

When the Congressional Budget Office reported that the AHCA stood to strip 24 million people of their health insurance, Congressional Republicans divided into two camps — those who disliked the bill for fear that it would harm their constituents (not to mention their own electoral prospects) and those who did not feel that the bill went far enough in rolling back the «socialism» of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Not exact matches

The Combining All Our Strength alliance for civil society organisations, in which OurKingdom is a key player, this week held a high - level seminar on the prospects for change, involving electoral experts and Labour and Lib Dem MPs.

Effectively, the choice seems to be between becoming the Conservatives and electoral irrelevancy — neither of which are particular promising prospects for anyone dependent on an adequately funded welfare state.

Given that SNP electoral success largely follows support for independence, we might expect the losing September referendum to deal a major blow to the party's prospects.

In 2015 we conducted an event at the 2015 Conservative Party annual conference at which we presented analysis of the Conservative's electoral position and prospects, we were invited to submit independent scholarly evidence to Labour's Learning the Lessons Review, chaired by Margaret Beckett, and we co-hosted a 2015 post-election event in June 2015 with cross-party attendance and participation by a broad political range of commentators, and also leading UK journalists.

But it is no coincidence that a Conservative administration, hardly famous for craving constitutional modernisation, has chosen as a matter of priority to enact changes that damage the Labour party's prospects of electoral recovery and lay the foundations for a long - term Conservative monopoly on government.

Senior Conservatives joined Labour and Liberal Democrat politicians in criticising Lady Warsi after she claimed that a Yes vote in the referendum on electoral reform would boost the prospects of the BNP.

An electoral pact could encourage Labour and Green supporters to vote tactically for the party in Conservative - Lib Dem marginals in the south of England, boosting its prospects.