Sentences with phrase «for progressive alliances»

As summer has drawn to a close, it's time to look back on our efforts in the General Election and look forward to the party conferences and plans for Progressive Alliances in the London Council Elections next May.

So we are resolute in wanting to explore the potential for progressive alliances with other parties that will deliver fair votes.

It was of no surprise, therefore, that there have been renewed calls for a progressive alliance from key Labour MPs.

The plan for a progressive alliance forged in the white heat of GE2017 should explicitly be about challenging this growing rightist, Tory hegemony.

The Tory chairman repeated calls for a progressive alliance to decentralise British politics.

Leading figures from the left and centre left gather for progressive alliance discussion Cable, Lewis and Lucas to speak at public meeting about «alliance - building» on the left Leading figures on the centre left and left of British Politics will hold a public meeting today (Tuesday...

Cable did not say whether he would push for a progressive alliance at the next general election, but as a former Labour councillor many expect he would be keen on the idea of tactical voting to help Lib Dem, Labour and Green candidates to oust Tory MPs.

However, calls for a progressive alliance fail to comprehend the contrasting electoral scenarios in Labour - Conservative and Lib Dem - Conservative constituencies.

Not exact matches

The only way a split could be made to work would be for Corbyn's Labour and the progressive alliance to form a «non-compete» pact, allowing each a clean shot against the Conservatives in pre-determined seats.

«Alessandra Biaggi will help enact the progressive agenda that Senator Klein's IDC / Republican alliance has unconscionably blocked for the past seven years,» Koppell continued.

A «progressive alliance» is an idea that has plenty of support but few obvious prospects for success - with Ukip bleeding votes to the Conservatives, Tory dominance is on the way

Yet my time spent plucking feathers from the yellow bird of freedom makes me a natural choice to suggest how Labour can rebuild our hopes for a «progressive alliance».

From activists for social and environmental justice, to advocates for affordable housing and alternative transportation, to leaders in the struggle for immigrants» rights and civil rights, NKD is building a progressive Brooklyn alliance.

For many, the events of the past fortnight render talk of a progressive alliance as naïve at best and even contemptable.

For the second time since 1997, the attempt to form a progressive alliance has failed.

A progressive alliance is not just for GE2017 — it's for life.

He won support for his so - called «progressive alliance» plan from former Labour leader Ed Miliband.

Now, the primary challenge for the Progressive bloc and Brooklyn will be to maintain their alliances until January 8, when the 51 members of the council will officially cast their ballots.

The Labour leader went on to set out his views on a «progressive alliance» with the Liberal Democrats, stating that it is not a «credible» path for Labour after the smaller party's six - year record in coalition, including its support for welfare cuts.

I can't think of another issue where I've had more communication and it's unprecedented for so much of that to come from England and what people have been saying to me is if what you meant during the election that you cared about more than Scotland, you wanted to hold out a hand of friendship to people in England, build progressive alliances where you could, if you meant that, then please on this issue vote with us to retain the ban on foxhunting.

The business secretary is either trying to grasp the domain of the liberal left from Labour and claw it back for the Lib Dems, or he's positioning politically for a potential future Lib - Lab coalition, or at least some form of «progressive alliance» come the next election.

The governor has for years taken a laissez - faire approach to the Senate leadership structure, and some progressives charge he encouraged Klein's alliance with Republicans as a bulwark for his own centrist policies — particularly during his first term.

He was able to sell the last two years of his alliance with the Republicans by saying he was pushing to get progressive legislation enacted, and has claimed credit for help in advancing a minimum wage increase and gun control legislation.

If you want to understand the anger of Vince Cable and Chris Huhne you have to understand that their great hope of a new British politics dominated by them in alliance with left - wing parties has been defeated, defeated for a generation and defeated in large part by the Labour party that they had hoped would be their partners in building a progressive majority.

But now that the progressives, through an uncommon alliance in 2015, created an upset by defeating, for the first time in the country's history, the then ruling People's Democratic Party, it might be taken as given that the role of all active participants in the exercise would be correctly recorded.

Members of the IDC and its allies say that their alliance with the Republicans has allowed them to advance progressive priorities like funding for immigrant legal services, raising the age of criminal responsibility and increasing the minimum wage.

The Social Liberal Forum made clear earlier this week that we favoured a progressive alliance between the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties as the basis for a government.

«Such progressive alliances are now essential not just because that is the only way we can beat the Tories but because that is the way we will make better decisions and take more of the country with us,» he has stated in an article for the Guardian.

Michael White: Hopes of a progressive Lib - Lab alliance were a bit like asking Manchester United and Manchester City fans to bury historic differences for the sake of their city

At 5.05 pm Brown announced that he would resign, opening up the real possibility of the «progressive alliance» dreamed of for so long by so many in our party.

If the Conservative prime minister is keen to talk up a «progressive alliance», that should be warning enough of its inherent dangers for progressive parties.

Most Green and SNP voters probably prefer a Labour - led government to a Conservative - led one, and that is why those two left - leaning parties have been at the forefront of calls for a «progressive alliance» (particularly in the form of a post-election deal, as far as the SNP is concerned).

For Labour, the main danger of a progressive alliance is the SNP.

It made strategic sense because centrist voters were being told that a vote for the Liberal Democrats risked becoming a vote for the broader «progressive alliance».

The Center for Popular Democracy works to create equity, opportunity and a dynamic democracy in partnership with high - impact base - building organizations, organizing alliances, and progressive unions.

Klein has argued the alliance gives IDC members more power to push progressive legislation and deliver for their constituents.

In these tables, «Prog All» - for «progressive alliance» - shows whether the 2015 Ukip vote is outweighed by smaller left - wing parties.

Stewart - Cousins» statement mentioned neither Klein nor the IDC, but praised those who had pushed for the alliance, including Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and said the members of her conference «look forward to working with any senators» that share its progressive values.

There are big sticking points, of course — for instance, many progressives love federal money «for the poor» — but this morning, I have a little greater hope that an alliance can be forged.

Such a coveted perch calls for a serious commitment to sustainability, and Sumaq received Rainforest alliance certification for its progressive environmental and sociocultural practices.

In addition, this issue looks at strategic alliances between large law firms and smaller minority owned firms for the purpose of promoting diversity; a new online journal about law firm innovation; and opportunities for innovative and progressive law firms to apply for awards that recognize their efforts.

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