Sentences with phrase «first leader debate»

In the 2010 campaign, David Cameron was laughed at for his use of «ordinary voter» anecdotes in the first leader debate.

Not exact matches

Unlike the first debate, subject to a rigid format that prevented interaction, this time the two leaders could ask each other and show the «red card» when disagreeing.

Opposition leader missing on emergency vote The first day of session saw the NDP call for an emergency debate on emergency room waiting times which failed after Liberal leader David Swann and Lethbridge - East MLA Bridget Pastoor went AWOL.

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It is this view and spirit which lies back of most of the controversial preaching and the great debates between leaders of different denominations during the first half of the nineteenth century.

At the end of it the debate will boil down to DO WE HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN THE EPL OR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE??? first let's start with what went wrong the other season nothing we finished 12 pts behind the league leaders chelsea and 5 pts behind city... mmmh injuries (no longer news and infact we're already in it), lack of a proper dm till the new year (le coq emergence who desperately needed a back up), lack of a lethal striker (giroud's 3mnth injury noted though obviously not good enough and the sole reason wenger himself was reportedly looking for an «exceptional striker») and finally the obvious lack of depth in key positions (DM, CBs and yes a CF).

She outshone her rivals in the two leaders» debates, with English viewers judging her to have come first according to some polls.

Nicola Sturgeon (SNP and Scottish First Minister), Leanne Wood (Plaid Cymru) and Natalie Bennett (Green Party) all took part in the televised leaders» debate and were therefore given a national platform for the first First Minister), Leanne Wood (Plaid Cymru) and Natalie Bennett (Green Party) all took part in the televised leaders» debate and were therefore given a national platform for the first first time.

But the wage debate opened fissures within the conference that were first exposed last year, Dean Skelos stepped down as majority leader and was replaced by a fellow Long Island lawmaker, John Flanagan.

Party leaders even debated holding the vote to decide on their standard bearer on the very first day they gather at the Sheraton in Manhattan — June 1 — with down - ballot races like AG and state comptroller bumped to the second or even third day.

During last night's Scottish leaders» debate on BBC Scotland, first minister Nicola Sturgeon had her very own Diana Gould moment.

Miliband has come across in the first two leader debates as a competent, articulate and capable individual and, in that sense, he has done himself some good.

Conducted after the first Scottish leaders» debate on STV on Tuesday, but with much of the interviewing completed before the second instalment on BBC on Wednesday, the poll must have come as a bitter disappointment to the Labour party.

As the three candidates vying to replace Angus Robertson as Scottish National party deputy leader appear at crowded hustings events across the country, one question is dominating the debate: when should the party leader and first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, call another independence referendum?

The surge in support for the Liberal Democrats following the first televised leaders» debate on 15 April may give the impression that we are in the midst of a liberal moment.

While 2010 brought the British public the first ever televised debates, the 2015 version saw seven leaders...

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- An unprecedented surge in Liberal Democrat support following the first leaders» debate sees the party in first place in many polls, a development which sends many Lib Dem activists into utter euphoria.

Eeyores reckon that the party's 2010 election performance was a disaster, given the promise held out by its poll surge following the first televised leaders» debate, and they argue that Nick Clegg's credibility since backing the coalition's line on tuition fees has been very costly.

Nick Clegg performed obviously better than the other two leaders in the first debate, but didn't raise his game to the same extent as either of his rivals for the later ones.

During the 90 - minute debate, the Conservative leader said for the first time that he might have to work with his rivals if there was no outright winner.

Trump's sliding popularity, evident in polls taken since the first presidential debate, could convince Democrats that the GOP leader is too toxic to ignore on air.

The 2010 general election campaign saw Britain's first ever experience of live televised leaders» debates.

In the former case, this anomaly is reinforced by there being three obvious alternative debaters who are also SNP Prospective Parliamentary Candidates this May: the party's deputy leader Stewart Hosie MP, its Westminster leader Angus Robertson MP — and Alex Salmond, the former first minister at Holyrood, who has fresh experience of televised debates during the Scottish referendum campaign.

Welsh political leaders have clashed over the NHS, immigration, and the economy in the first televised all - Wales debate of the election campaign.

The former Liberal Democrats leader Paddy Ashdown told the BBC the Lib Dems wanted to see debates «anchored as part of the established process of the British democratic right at an election» - and would take part even if the first debate turned out to be a farce.

There had been speculation Sturgeon would get a tougher ride, Labour having learnt its lessons from two lively Scottish leaders» debates in which the first minister was treated more like an incumbent than an insurgent.

Low April 17th: Another polling disaster - The Liberal Democrats overtook Labour in the first polls after the first televised leaders» debate.

«Enjoyed the first debate of 4 Scottish party leaders tonight at Glasgow University.

The Labour leader could have upgraded to first class for his journey to Gateshead to debate Owen Smith in the latest Labour leadership hustings.

She admits David Cameron's performance in the first leaders» debate was «flat» but insists the mood is against a hung parliament, and that seems to be playing well for her.

Following the first leader's debate in which Nick Clegg came out the undisputed winner, there has been much anticipation on tonight's debate.

The four candidates for the Labour leadership faced questions from the public in the first televised debate between the would - be leaders of the opposition.

After the first debate her mentions are at least double those of any other party leader and while there is then a sharp fall, she remains ahead of her competitors until almost a week after both debates.

And for the first time ever, Natalie Bennett, Nigel Farage, Nicola Sturgeon and Leanne Wood were given a very public platform to debate with the main party leaders.

After performing badly in the first head - to - head debate in the referendum campaign he returned to what many see as a solid win against Alistair Darling, leader of the Better Together campaign.

Faso, her opponent, is a former Assembly minority leader, and the two held their first debate Thursday.

The Labour leader, who finished last in most polls after Thursday evening's historic first televised leaders» debate, repeatedly said «I agree with Nick» [Clegg] during the debate.

In his first major intervention in the Brexit debate, the former Lib Dem leader argued that senior figures in the Leave campaign were trying to «distort their way to victory».

Mr Clegg has had a remarkable election campaign, shooting up from relative unknown to race leader after the first debate, but capitalising on anger over expenses and a strong «change» message.

The election campaign saw the UK's first televised debates between the leaders of the three main parties.

The Welsh Labour Government has announced that the First Minister has decided not to take part in a leaders» debate on the Silk Commission and that the Finance Minister will attend in his place.

The country's political landscape was changed forever with the first - ever televised leaders debates.

Televised debates between the leaders of the three main political parties are set to take place in the run - up to the general election, for the first time.

PM suggests for first time he might be willing to take part in television debate with Ukip as well as other party leaders

His performance in the first leaders «debate in the 2010 election produced a huge spike in Liberal Democrat support, which largely faded by the time of the election, but was enough to secure a hung Parliament.

The general election race was thrown wide open today as polls showed that Nick Clegg's mould - breaking performance in the first of the televised leaders» debates had dramatically boosted his party's support, prompting the two major parties to vow to train their guns on its «eccentric, surprising» policies.

Join District Leader Daniel Dromm (along with Speaker Christine Quinn and other elected officials) to watch Senator Barack Obama debate Senator John McCain in the first Presidential debate.

The first public election debate between the leaders of the seven largest parties was held on 29 October 2006, on public radio.

[14] After the televised debates between the three leaders — the first of their type during an election campaign in the United Kingdom — their poll ratings had risen to the point where many considered the possibility of a Liberal Democrat role in Government.