Sentences with phrase «electoral timing for a party»

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With touching concern for the welfare of the Republican Party, an editorial in the very Democratic New York Times warns that abortion is the issue that «could split the party open» and takes Ralph Reed of the Christian Coalition to task for having «overplayed his hand» and endangered the Republicans» electoral chances with his demand for pro-life candidParty, an editorial in the very Democratic New York Times warns that abortion is the issue that «could split the party open» and takes Ralph Reed of the Christian Coalition to task for having «overplayed his hand» and endangered the Republicans» electoral chances with his demand for pro-life candidparty open» and takes Ralph Reed of the Christian Coalition to task for having «overplayed his hand» and endangered the Republicans» electoral chances with his demand for pro-life candidates.

... Delight in smooth - sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the State, genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation, obvious lack of intellectual vigour in both leaders of the British Coalition Government, marked ignorance of Europe and aversion from its problems in Mr. Baldwin, the strong and violent pacifism which at this time dominated the Labour - Socialist Party, the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality, the failure and worse than failure of Mr. Lloyd George, the erstwhile great war - time leader, to address himself to the continuity of his work, the whole supported by overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Parliament: all these constituted a picture of British fatuity and fecklessness which, though devoid of guile, was not devoid of guilt, and, though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries which, even so far as they have unfolded, are already beyond comparison in human experience.

[v] The last time the Green party formed part of a governing coalition (1998 - 2005), their electoral program had included a demand for the «legalisation of certain drugs such as cannabis under similar laws and regulations pertaining to alcohol» (p. 127).

Consequently, for the first time in our electoral history, political party representatives could monitor the process of printing of carbonized forms that led to higher levels of transparency and the integrity of our electoral process.

Press coverage On the eve of the Labour Party Conference in Manchester, an op - ed piece by Radice and Diamond appeared in The Financial Times outlining the pamphlet's key findings and their vision for the electoral future of the pParty Conference in Manchester, an op - ed piece by Radice and Diamond appeared in The Financial Times outlining the pamphlet's key findings and their vision for the electoral future of the partyparty.

In theory this could be interpreted to support an argument that a parliamentary party ought to have the power to elect their party leader directly, and indeed, at least historically, parliamentary system parties» leadership electoral procedures usually called for the party's legislative caucus to fill a leadership vacancy by electing a new leader directly by and from amongst themselves, and for the whole succession process to be completed within as short a time frame as practical.

Minor parties can qualify for free time based on their level of electoral support at the last election and if they are contesting more than 10 % of seats at the current election.

The YouGov poll for the Times found that the one - time New Labour stars have since become major electoral turn - offs for the party.

While it's true that an original rationale for having an electoral college was because electors were regarded, at the time, as being relatively free from undue influence, nowadays they mostly just rubber - stamp the candidate for their respective party.

It should have agreed on an experienced interim leader who commands general confidence to take the party past the Scottish elections and the European referendum and into 2017, while preparing Labour — and its electoral system — for a proper contest between its next generation of leadership candidates in time for 2020.

Some MPs in both parties were moved to anger or resentment at a time when suspicions have already been aroused by the Jenkins Report on electoral reform (PR) for the Commons.

Re-elected Green Party MP Caroline Lucas agreed, saying «The political system in this country is broken -LSB-...] It's ever clearer tonight that the time for electoral reform is long overdue, and it's only proportional representation that will deliver a Parliament that is truly legitimate and better reflects the people it is meant to represent.»

Ballots of the three sections of the electoral college will be conducted in time for the new leader to be named by the party's annual conference in Manchester at the end of September.

[T] he party is looking for ways to distance its Senate candidates from the ensuing mess... To regain a majority for the first time since 2007, Republicans would have to win six Senate seats — a big lift — but the electoral map gives them some advantages.