Sentences with phrase «form a government led»

The point for all sensible democrats to hang on to is that if the centre - left (Labour plus LibDems and perhaps Greens and some of the nationalists) together command a majority of Commons seats, that entitles them to form a government led by the leader of the largest centre - left party.

A coalition with Independant Greece enabled it to form a government lead by Alexis Tsipras.

Not exact matches

The Popular Mobilisation forces, formed in 2014 to help halt Islamic State's sweep through Iraq's northern and western provinces, are backed by Iran although they officially report to the Shi'ite - led government of Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi.

The Pirates are expected to gain as many as 20 seats in the weekend vote, which would give them a leading position to form a government.

It is not crazy to think that the incentives the British National Health Service creates to provide less care, and the stiff - upper - lip attitudes that lead Britons to tolerate queues and other forms of explicit and implicit government rationing all for the Greater Good, might influence where the elites draw that line.

Yes, the corporate media will wax eloquently about how fortunate Canada is to have the great young new face and hair leading those once detested Liberals back to the prospect of forming Canada's next new government.

The Christian Aid chairman is leading a campaign calling on the government to crack down on all forms of tax avoidance, in a new report by the charity.

The widespread success of Olympian religion, in leading the Greeks into axial existence, made possible a new form of government in which the masses of free citizens participated in basic political decisions.

Its inner dynamism, although consistent with a monarchic regime and even other classic «regimes» or «forms of government,» leads «in the words of Abraham Lincoln,» to «government of the people, by the people, for the people.»

The emir, selected from within that family, rules in accordance with Shari'a law and in consultation with members of his and other leading families, though some moves have been made toward having elections and a more parliamentary form of government.

The Government has also committed to investing # 150m a year until 2020 to improve the quality of sport provision in every state primary school in England in the form of the PE and sport premium, because high quality provision — resulting from approaches like HDHK — can lead to dramatic improvements in children's health, behaviour and attainment.

Ghanaians are growing fatigued shouting themselves hoarse in protest against nepotism, a clear form of corruption under this administration which has been elevated to statecraft, Ghanaians are appalled that the reinforcement of financial corruption by the Akufo - Addo government might soon lead to the demise of this Nation if the celestial does not intervene.

Dr Bawumia is leading a delegation of Ministers and government officials to the Asian country in a quest to deepen diplomatic and economic ties as well as create opportunities for Ghanaian businesses to form partnerships with their Chinese counterparts.

Despite the fact that, for an incumbent government, the increase of 0.8 points in the vote share is already a remarkable result, the total share of 36.9 per cent is the lowest that has ever led to form a single - party government in Great Britain.

If the forecasters and betting markets are right in their central forecasts then Con + LD+DUP combined will be short of a majority and so a Labour led government should form if they can secure the support of the SNP and probably others, including the Liberal Democrats, will be needed too: a potentially messy and unstable situation but also one where there is sufficient similarity in ideological perspective for policy agreement on plenty of issues.

He argues that on independence day, Scottish MPs could exit the UK Parliament, leading the Queen to invite a new prime minister to form a government or dissolve Parliament entirely, prompting a new general election.

His resignation came as he published Minority Verdict, his critical analysis of why the Conservative Party failed to gain an overall majority in the general election; leading to the Conservatives forming the Coalition government with the Liberal Democrats.

The Conservatives formed a majority government, and a Labour (predicted) lead of 1.9 % actually became a Conservative lead of 7.5 %.

Labour will not be able to form a government in Wales after Plaid Cymru followed the Liberal Democrats» lead and pulled out of coalition talks.

The Liberal Democrats have pulled out of coalition talks to form a Welsh government, reopening the possibility of a Labour - led government.

But for party finance reform more generally, the asymmetric effects of these changes are such that a future Labour or Labour - led government may exact some form of «revenge», either though excessively partisan measures or through a root and branch reform of party finance regardless of any opposition from the Conservative Party.

Party insiders told The aL - hAJJ that some leading members of the NPP, both home and abroad, now convinced beyond reasonable doubt that Nana Akufo - Addo has destroyed the party and its chances in 2016, have decided to rally around Mr. Paul Afoko to restore hope and position the party to form the next government after John Mahama.

«While other parties have purged themselves of the arbitrariness and unconstitutionality that led to fractionalization, the All Progressives Congress has adopted those same practices and even gone beyond them to institute a regime of a draconian clampdown on all forms of democracy within the party and the government it produced.

The junior officers were members of an underground political group within the Ghana Armed Forces called the Free Africa Movement (FAM) that they formed in October 1970 with the objective of seizing power in Ghana 1984 and using the country as the nucleus of a military - led push for the unification of the African continent under a single federal government.

Chairman Michael Kaplowitz, a Democrat, and Vice-Chairman James Maisano, a Republican, came together to form a bipartisan coalition government to lead the BOL.

To no one's surprise the Blair - led Tories defeat Labour in 2010 but, without an absolute majority are forced to form a coalition government with the support of the Liberal Democrats.

Alex Salmond had been hoping to form a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats and Green party after winning a one seat lead over Labour in the Scottish election.

They have been joined by 14 former ministers who served under the PDP - led Federal Government when the party formed the government at tGovernment when the party formed the government at tgovernment at the centre.

Labour had won 60 fewer seats than the Labour government of 1964 to 1970 and if a progressive government had been formed, it would have led a hand - to - mouth existence.

«The past few days have seen us enter a political landscape not considered possible a few short weeks ago - with the outcome of the election leading to no single party able to form a majority government.

Nevertheless, the now - common practice of the party with the most seats forming the government has led to a widespread misconception among voters that a convention exists whereby the party with the most seats always gets to form the government.

After the 2007 Assembly elections, the Welsh Labour Party led by Rhodri Morgan initially formed a minority government in the Welsh Assembly.

Despite most opinion polls predicting that the Conservatives and Labour were neck and neck, the Conservatives secured a surprise victory after having won a clear lead over their rivals and incumbent Prime Minister David Cameron was able to form a majority single - party government with a working majority of 12 (in practice increased to 15 due to Sinn Féin's 4 MPs» abstention).

The Conservative Party, led by Theresa May, formed a minority government, with 317 seats, on 9 June 2017.

He went on to lead the Labour Party to an unexpected landslide victory at the 1945 general election; forming the first Labour majority government, and a mandate to implement its postwar reforms.

The Labour Party, led by Harold Wilson, formed a minority government for seven months after the General Election of February 1974.

Indeed, I argue that the dual outcomes of last year's independence referendum of devo - max and greater success for the SNP in Westminster elections, coupled with the peculiar current polling arithmetic whereby no government can be formed without the backing of Scottish nationalists, leads to a situation in which the West Lothian Question is maximised to its greatest possible level of inequity between the UK's constituent nations.

He, however, said the group was not formed to either attack the Buhari government or to discredit the APC - led government.

The tradition in the United Kingdom appears to be that single party government is the norm, even when a general election leads to a hung Parliament, and that the largest single party, rather than participate in a coalition government, usually forms its own ministry, supported tacitly or openly by one of the smaller 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).

Cameron may of course not be in a position to lead a coalition after 2015, any more than he may be in one to form a majority or minority government.

He can't get seven points ahead of Labour, let alone ten points - and that's the kind of lead he needs to form a majority Government.

A Conservative MP says he will complain to the newly - formed press regulator over the «entrapment» that led to his colleague's resignation as a government minister.

The possibility of some SNP involvement in a Labour - led government materialised when Angus Robertson, the SNP's leader in the House of Commons suggested its MPs would be willing to join Labour, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and MPs from other smaller parties to form a rainbow coalition.

The important figures for the Conservatives next year will be firstly the voting intention figures — the Conservatives need a substantial lead to have any chance whatsover of forming a government and if David Cameron wants to keep the support of his party he needs to show he has the potential to deliver.

Portraying the Lib Dems as locked into a Tory agenda that many do not support, he added: «For the first time since this Conservative - led government was formed, voters will have their chance to pass judgment on David Cameron and Nick Clegg.

«Rent to Own» was a Welsh Liberal Democrat manifesto pledge and formed part of the Progressive Agreement that led to Kirsty Williams joining the Welsh Government as Education Secretary.

Consequently, senior figures from both parties embarked on a series of make - or - break meetings with representatives from the Liberal Democrats led by Nick Clegg, aimed at forming a coalition government.

She says the government's push for electronic forms and communication leads to more people to the library, but funding to handle the influx is not provided.

The weakness of the offer on the NHS is one reason why it isn't even clear that Labour will form or lead the next government, or have a majority large enough to push through the changes we want.