Sentences with phrase «for narrow party»

By allowing the channels of racism (including antisemitism) to mobilise discontent for narrow party political purposes, the Labour Party follows a game that is unacceptable to my mind, and extremely dangerous for Labour itself.

The Labour leader insisted he would not «allow this moment to be used for narrow party political advantage».

Not exact matches

Already, sticking points in the plan have emerged, threatening the loss of votes for a party that holds only a narrow majority in the Senate.

Scheer, for those who missed it, edged out a narrow victory against Maxime Bernier in May in the contest for leader of the Conservative party.

And while Premier Alison Redford has been cold towards the idea of granting cities more financial power, saying she's «satisfied with the way things are,» her party should not forget that city voters are who they owe for their narrow re-election to government in 2012.

When did the liberal party, who claimes to be representative of everyone, become filled with such narrow - minded, hatred for their fellow Americans?

I think what got them in trouble was an unwavering commitment to a party, a narrow definition of «values» and how they set up a narrative that inferred true Christians could only cast their ballot for the GOP.

Rather, he depicts Roosevelt as a major force in shifting the historic roles of the two political parties, whereby Democrats abandoned the habits of nineteenth - century individualism for «a spiteful and ultimately self - destructive inactive protectionism» and Republicans traded the moral paternalism of nineteenth - century Whigs for a «narrow and doctrinaire brand of «free enterprise.

«Whilst a frustrating and disappointing season is mitigated by a lengthy injury list and a record number of narrow defeats resulting in losing bonus points, both parties agreed it was best for the side that there was a new voice at the helm going forward.

«At the top of the Conservative party, the narrow vote in favour of leaving the EU has now been interpreted as the pretext for a drastic cutting of ties with Europe, which would have dire economic results - and as an excuse for the most toxic rhetoric on immigration we have seen from any government in living memory,» the statement reads.

But, with Pandora's box having been opened for narrow - minded party political interests, the question now has to be how can our political representatives extricate themselves from the mess they created with at least a modicum of dignity?

«Her appointing Government failed in the rigging agenda despite all the attempts by the Commission to narrow the election to a two - party race to facilitate easy rigging for the incumbent.

The race for the 9th Senate district is a hotly contested one for both parties given the narrow divide in the chamber, currently led by Republicans.

Indeed, can't I equally argue that Neal Lawson risks narrowing his coalition of support for electoral reform by suggesting that the existence of a national campaign on PR means postponing or vetoing any consideration of party reform issues on their merits (where he seems to argue that the principle would be one he would support, were it not for this context)?

«It depends on the documents, but if as I believe the agreement between John Haggerty and the Independence Party gave Haggerty the discretion to spend that money and achieve the goal... people don't remember how important white turnout was in the outer boroughs in a very, very narrow election win for Mike Bloomberg.

Labour's moderates would have to argue that it is important for the party to stay in the game in anticipation of another close election result, and not throw it away by choosing a leader who would split the party, lacks prime - ministerial credibility and has a narrow electoral appeal.

So having wiped out a massive part of the support for electoral reform — Clegg has left those who want reform for more high - minded reasons (which is a small constituent remember, most support the system that suits their narrow party interest) with a mountain to climb to rebuild widespread support.

Under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership the Labour Party has consistently polled over 40 per cent for the past nine months since the general election, and held a narrow lead over the Tories.

The latest ComRes / Independent poll confirms that the gap in support between the main parties has narrowed in recent weeks, with the public deeply confused about what passes for David Cameron's economic policy.

A «Yes» victory would have been seriously damaging for his standing in his party and the country and would have raised the prospect of him possibly leading a lame duck government, in the event of a narrow victory in the 2015 general election.

It is therefore disappointing that Cheryl Gillan should choose to focus her efforts on imposing constitutional change especially when the motivation for that change appears to be narrow party political interest.

Some liberal Democrats are now pushing for a single - payer, government - run system that would widen, rather than narrow, the divide between the parties.

Over the duration of the election campaign, the Polling Tracker has also recorded how support for the three main parties has narrowed significantly.

Labour's national executive committee will meet for the first time since the election in the next fortnight and one source close to the NEC said they believed Lavery's comments would be a controversial topic of discussion — particularly on narrowing the spectrum of political views in the party.

The Senate leadership coalition holds power by a narrow margin, and Governor Cuomo has already promised the minor party, the Working Families Party, that he would work to help Democrats regain control of the Senate, in exchange for the party's endorsement in the fall electparty, the Working Families Party, that he would work to help Democrats regain control of the Senate, in exchange for the party's endorsement in the fall electParty, that he would work to help Democrats regain control of the Senate, in exchange for the party's endorsement in the fall electparty's endorsement in the fall elections.

The Senate leadership coalition holds power by a narrow margin, and Governor Cuomo has already promised the minor party the Working Families Party that he would work to help Democrats regain control of the Senate, in exchange for that party's endorsement in the fall electparty the Working Families Party that he would work to help Democrats regain control of the Senate, in exchange for that party's endorsement in the fall electParty that he would work to help Democrats regain control of the Senate, in exchange for that party's endorsement in the fall electparty's endorsement in the fall elections.

A new Quinnipiac poll in the Florida Senate race shows former state House Speaker Marco Rubio (R) narrowing the gap against Gov. Charlie Crist (R), numbers sure to embolden national conservatives who are already casting the primary as a fight for the heart and soul of the Republican party.

Cameron has faced criticisms from within the Tory party for listening to advice from too narrow a group within the heart of government and is now believed to be chasing former political strategist Lynton Crosby, the Times newspaper reported.

However, Democratic party chair Jay Jacobs argues the process is also democratic (note the lowercase «d») because in the contentious five - way race for Attorney General, the party made a decision to allow all candidates access to a primary ballot instead of letting delegates narrow the field at the convention.

The slight narrowing in the Labour lead is a result of a small conference bounce for the Tories, with the two parties squeezing their smaller rivals, whose conferences took place earlier in the season.

But New York has a long history of minor parties pushing narrow issues or ideologies, then achieving disproportionate influence by pledging their ballot lines to major - party pols — in return for future considerations.

Now Neil Kinnock has cleared a narrow moral path for me («Everyone must join the party... and vote Jeremy Corbyn out»).

Shinwell did not resume ministerial office when Labour returned to power in October 1964, but instead the new Prime Minister Harold Wilson appointed him Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party, and during the 1964 - 6 Parliament he worked hard to drum up backbench support for the government, which had a very narrow majority.

There are plenty of Tory MPs who, despite a narrow win for their party, would be very cross with Cameron for failing to deliver a majority again.

Narrow changes in Hartlepool, including a gain for the UK Independence party, have cost Labour control of another council.

Republicans in Nassau County last week backed attorney Chris McGrath to hold the seat for the party, which holds a narrow majority in the Senate.

Cuomo has been criticized in the past for not doing enough to aid Democratic candidates and the party in taking a full majority in the chamber, which Republicans have narrow control of in part due to their alliance with Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder.

Gordon Brown's motivation, he argues, would be narrow party interest, concealed by a call for national unity:

Labour's election co-ordinator Douglas Alexander has said the party will not take any voter for granted following a narrow victory over UKIP in the Heywood and Middleton by - election.

Liberal groups hoping to narrow the «enthusiasm gap» with the Tea Party and other conservative organizations before Election Day are mobilizing for a big rally in Washington D.C. on Saturday.

And yet the pitch that snatched the party leadership for him centred on narrowing Britain's financial gap.

With de Blasio and the UFT - financed Working Families Party as allies, the union is hijacking the very language of movement politics, annexing left journalism to defend its narrowest interests and even recruiting progressives to join its war against charter schools that work for kids.

For three days our daily polling has shown the two main parties within 1 point of each other, compared to the slightly larger Conservative leads before the spending review - this suggests a small but genuine narrowing of the Conservative lead since the cuts were announced.

Recent polls indicate the governor has narrow leads as both parties prepare for the recall elections.

Following two narrow defeats for the Conservatives at the polls, in February and October 1974, significant disquiet in the party had developed over the leadership of Edward Heath, who had lost three elections as leader.

The ICM survey for The Sunday Telegraph sees the Conservative lead narrowing since last month with David Cameron's party down one point on 39 per cent, Labour unchanged on 30 per cent and the Liberal Democrats up two on 20 per cent.

Taking voting intention first, support for each the parties fluctuated during this year's conference season, but only within a narrow three point range: Labour 40 - 43 %.

One senior Tory said the party faces a «devastating pincer movement» from Ukip in a string of marginal seats where Conservatives won in 2010 with narrow majorities over Labour: «If more Tory votes are siphoned off to Ukip, and Lib Dems switch to Labour, we will be done for in those seats and our position in the north of England will be terrible.

The shadow chancellor will acknowledge the need for reform of the EU but will hit out at David Cameron's policy of offering an in / out referendum, warning the Tories are «flirting with exit» for narrow political party interests.

From now, time can only tell whether it has been the gateway to a whole new vista of politics for Miliband and the keys to No. 10; an attempt to convince his party that he would be still the best option after a narrow defeat; or some kind of a swansong.