Sentences with phrase «for early general elections»

It's very clear to me that we are heading for an early general election and the Labour party must be ready to form a government.

On 19 April 2017, the UK Parliament approved a motion for an early general election, to be held on 8 June (BBC News).

A more likely scenario might be a more straightforward motion in the Commons for an early general election which secures a two - thirds majority in favour.

He could well then call, and possibly lose, a vote of confidence, which would pave the way for an early general election.

Prime Minister Theresa May made a surprise U-turn today and called for an early General Election - despite repeatedly ruling it out in the past.

The Prime Minister called for an early general election on Tuesday just weeks after starting the formal process of Britain leaving the EU, causing exasperation amongst some EU leaders.

NOT wasting his time calling for Brown to apologise, or calling for an early general election.

However, in order for us to bring about the change in this country that so many Labour voters so desperately need and want to see, the party needs to be united and ready for an early general election.

After Prime Minister Theresa May announced that she is calling for an early general election Labour and the Lib Dems started to prepare.

Watch all the latest reaction to Prime Minister Theresa May's surprise call for an early General Election with special ITV News coverage, on Facebook and below:

«I've had very senior Labour MPs come to me and they have begged me to push for an early general election to finish Corbyn off.

Here is the full transcript of Robert Peston's exclusive interview with the prime minister after she called for an early General Election.

Arguing that his focus was keeping his party together through turbulent times, Watson said: «It's very clear to me that we are heading for an early general election and the Labour party must be ready to form a government.

if a motion for an early general election is agreed either by at least 434 Members of Parliament out of 650, as happened this week;

In his closing speech to conference on Tuesday, Corbyn will urge the Labour party to be ready for an early general election and urge members to reject the «trench warfare» that has characterised recent months.

Despite tonight's show of unity, Brown suffered the embarrassment of Labour's former general secretary Peter Watt disclosing that in 2007 one of the triumvirate, Alexander, favoured Brown going for an early general election, partly because he feared the public would quickly come to dislike the prime minister.

There is also now s 2 (3) and (4) of the Fixed - term Parliaments Act 2011 to consider since they provide for an early general election following the passing of a motion of no confidence in a government, and after 14 days have passed and a new government has failed to emerge.

Not exact matches

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May condemned the attack in a statement outside Downing Street early Sunday, and vowed that the country's general election would take place as scheduled on June 8, although both of the main political parties would suspend campaigning for the day.

A spokeswoman for the Federal Elections Commission said donors who contribute more than $ 2,700 are either donating more through spouses or are contributing early towards the general election.

There has been no shortage of good copy for newspapers this year, but back in the early summer, somewhere between the General Election, and before terrorist horrors in Tunisia, there was a brief few days when not much seemed to be happening.

In his report, Mr Burrowes applauds Mr Cameron's efforts to ensure parliamentary candidates be chosen so early - the next general election is not due for three or four years - but warns a central list of candidates is not the best way to get Tories elected.

Clearly he was an early and avid supporter of Barack Obama, but interspersing the 2008 presidential election with in - depth studies of Montgomery Meigs, the Quartermaster General of the Grand Army of the Republic during the Civil War, leaves the reader perplexed and thirsting for more, which is not provided.

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said that it is too early for the National Democratic (NDC) to be engrossed in a debate on the issue of who leads the party into 2020 general elections.

Expect the Conservative manifesto in any early general election to be scrutinised for a continued commitment to a triple lock - and for it to become a huge issue if it is missing.

In general, it is considered better politically for a recession to start early in one's term so that improvement can occur prior to the election.

But while the Conservative manifesto explicitly states the policy would be kept until 2020, increasing talk of an early general election calls into question whether it will remain a commitment for as long as many will have expected.

His former running mate, ex-NYC Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene (whom Edwards defeated on Sept. 14), Erie County Conservative Chairman Ralph Lorigo (whom Lazio defeated for Row D in the primary before deciding to drop out of the general election), former Rep. Tom Reynolds, Erie County GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy (Paladino's earliest and most staunch support), Nancy Naples (former Erie County comptroller and chair of Paladino's campaign), state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, state Conservative Chairman Mike Long (although not today).

Labour have only been out of power for two years, having left Britain with the biggest deficit in the OECD, and yet YouGov polling throughout the early half of May 2012 have put Labour between nine and thirteen points ahead of the Conservatives, giving Labour a more than comfortable majority at the next General Election.

The Liberal Democrats have sacked former MP David Ward as their general election candidate for Bradford East over accusations of anti-Semitism, after leader Tim Farron had earlier decided not to drop him.

A series of tweets by Jeremy Corbyn is believed to be the first evidence of the party preparing for a possible early general election.

The Conservatives and SNP called a vote of no - confidence in the Callaghan government, which lost by one vote, forcing (a few weeks early) the 1979 General Election that brought Margaret Thatcher to power, and killed Scottish devolution for 18 years.

(CNN)- Less than a day after winning the Delaware Republican Senate primary in a surprising upset, Christine O'Donnell reached her earlier fundraising goal for the general election.

«The election will not be taken for granted by me,» said Koch, who had been elected mayor four years earlier by defeating incumbent Mayor Abe Beame, colorful congresswoman Bella Abzug, and Secretary of State Mario Cuomo in a crowded and bitterly contested Democratic primary and runoff before whipping Republican Roy M. Goodman and Cuomo, who was running on the Liberal Party ticket, in the general election.

Take the 2008 Obama campaign as an example — the kernel was assembled from early 2007 onwards, with staffers plotting strategy and tactics, technologists developing the tools and infrastructures for an extensive, nation - wide effort, and organizers connecting with the multitudes of willing volunteers who helped power Obama to victory in both the primary and the general election.

Some wags remarked that, even if the de Blasio appeal had been denied, he could simply have begun his campaign for the general election early, as he has already won the Working Families Party line.

First we don't think he will make it as far as a general election and secondly for reasons Michael alluded to [earlier] it's going to be hard for him to win a majority [or] to get into Downing Street.»

Fresh from observing Liberia's general elections held on 10th October, Head of the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) and Chair, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, in company with INEC and ECONEC officials earlier today met with the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Coordinator and Resident Representative in Cote d'Ivoire, Mr Babacar Cisse to advocate for support for the Commission Electorale Independante of Cote'd» Ivoire (CEI).

However, since the Fixed - Term Parliaments Act 2011, terms are now a fixed five years, and an early general election can only be brought about either by a two - thirds majority in favour of a motion for a dissolution, or by a vote of no confidence that is not followed within fourteen days by a vote of confidence (which may be for confidence in the same government or a different one).

And despite his general election loss, Romney still says his best advice for early state voters is to back a candidate with a viable shot of taking the White House.

Earlier this week Palm Beach County Elections Supervisor Susan Bucher proposed setting the special primary election for Jan. 30, followed by an April 10 general election.

Earlier, he told his 45 MPs that it was a joint decision with his wife, Jane, for family reasons, and insisted it had been made well before the last general election.

Jeremy Corbyn has explicitly disclosed for the first time that he will instruct his MPs to back an early general election if the Prime Minister wants to call one.

If it is blocked, we can expect an early general election — the mechanisms for which will have been set in place beforehand.

Wisconsin state director of Obama for America in the general election; during the primaries Kanninen took leave from his position as chief of staff to Sen. Robert Jauch (D - Poplar) to work on the campaign in WI, OH (early vote lead) and NC (deputy political director and GOTV political director).

Earlier this week Conservative leader David Cameron called for a general election after Mr Blair steps down, while Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell said his party was preparing for one as early as 2007.

Deputy state director for Obama for America in the 2008 general election; Florida staffer for Obama for America in the primary, and earlier deputy to political director Matt Nugen in Chicago.

If I were Gordon Brown, I should pencil in a general election for early November, before people see through the con trick and spin.

May dismissed an early general election for the new prime minister as «another destabilising factor» for the economy.

The ComRes survey for the Independent also found that respondents did not want either a second referendum on the European Union or an early general election.

Labour are powerful enough to subject the Tories to gruelling, parliamentary war but too weak for this to end in an early general election.