With the party looking to
form a government next May this was the last chance for the usual retinue of lobbyists and influence peddlers to ply their trade to shadow ministers who just might be making actual decisions in a few months» time.
Not exact matches
Regardless of which party
forms the
government following the
next general election, improving the state of competition needs to be a key priority.
Whoever
forms the
next government after the general election, they must prioritise a plan for reducing emissions from all sectors.»
Italian shares on its FTSE MIB index closed up over 1.5 percent, as traders awaited for clarity on which parties are going to
form the
next government following the inconclusive vote over the weekend.
With less than 100 days until the May 9 B.C. Election, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has released its 2017 Provincial Election Platform, which outlines key issues and priorities of the regional business community and makes a series of recommendations to the parties running to
form the
next Provincial
Government.
Now the BC Liberals will
form the
next government and dominate the Legislative Assembly with enough votes to impose their version of economics and progress without too much bothersome consultation or compromise.
The earliest the NDP could
form government and, conceivably, begin to establish a price on carbon is 2015, when the
next election is expected to occur.
ROME — Italy's political parties will
next week be given one final chance to put aside their differences and
form a
government.
The
next leader of the NDP will need to work hard to ensure that progressive voters do not flock to one conservative party in order to block another conservative party from
forming government during the
next election.
Pensions: If you
form the
next government, what are you prepared to do to lift seniors out of poverty by improving the CPP / QPP?
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 Greater Vancouver Board of Trade expects all parties running to
form the
next Provincial
Government to develop a fully costed and financially responsible election platform.
It is not surprising that for the
next fifty years great variations in
forms of church -
government and of worship are encountered.
Next spring, the
government will begin a consultation on introducing what is often referred to as «full marriage equality», that is to say legislating to allow two men and two women as well as one man and one woman to
form a civil marriage contract.
To date, therefore, there is no duty of the incumbent
government to remain in office during caretaker periods until the
next cabinet is
formed.
Not having a two party system is probably also helping to suppress it - our current wannabe demagogue is named Pauline Hanson, and she's relegated to a minor party (although she likes to publicly make - believe that her party will
form government at the
next election).
We conclude that the most effective and democratic way to decide who should be tasked with
forming the
next government in such situations is a vote in parliament to nominate the new Prime Minister, in the
form of a recommendation to the Monarch.
The Sunyani Conference, according to Nana Akufo - Addo, will set the tone for the party to meet and «set the agenda and framework for the 2016 campaign, to show the world that the NPP is, indeed, all there, ready to take on the task of winning
next year's election and
forming an honest
government that will provide relief, progress and prosperity for the great, longsuffering people of Ghana.»
And finally we come to the «others», the sub-plots, the smaller parties who will not make a difference to who
forms the
next government but whose campaigns have fascinated us all.
It virtually guarantees that Ukip would be
forming part of the
next government if MPs in the Commons were determined in the same way as those in Holyrood, or Stormont, or in the Welsh Assembly.
Both Clegg and Alexander will today outline detailed plans for # 16 billion of cuts to public spending and # 8 billion of tax increases if they
form part of the
next government.
In the
next few months, Consensus will make recommendations, one of which is expected to be a consolidation of city and county into some
form of metropolitan
government, according to leaders of the group.
That's why the central task of the whole Labour party, must be to rebuild trust and support to win the
next general election and
form the
next government.
The Scottish Labour leadership contest this autumn is important for the entire Labour Party in Britain, because how the party performs in Scotland will be a significant factor in whether Labour can
form the
next UK
government.
For these people, the Conservatives have settled on the message that however much they may like what Nigel has to say, the better UKIP do
next May the more likely it is that Her Majesty will have to ask Ed Miliband to
form a
government.
He said «It is a simple fact that the single biggest party gets to
form the
next government.
Only when these negotiations failed did Heath resign, and Labour, the largest party by five seats, was invited to
form the
next government.
It dictates that the opposition party most responsible for toppling the
government should
form the
next administration.
Following the election of Tony Blair as Labour leader in July 1994 after the death of his predecessor John Smith, Ashdown pursued co-operation between the two parties because he wanted to
form a coalition
government should the
next general election end without any party having an overall majority.
Polls are judged first and foremost on whether they correctly indicate which party will
form the
next government and, as the chart below shows, were the Conservatives not to win an overall majority on June 8, we would be looking at a polling miss of unprecedented magnitude.
Gus O'Donnell, the former cabinet secretary, recently reflected on the 2010 coalition negotiations, arguing that things «could be even messier» this May, and that «it could take quite a lot longer
next time to actually
form a
government.»
Standing
next to Clegg in Smethwick, he said: «I am even more committed to coalition
government, to making this coalition
government today, than I was in May 2010 when Nick Clegg and I
formed this
government.
«If you really want us to succeed in in the quest to
form the
next government in the state, I urge you all not to carry over pre-primary hostilities in your relationship with my co-contestants and their supporters.
These changes would constitute a massive shift in how the UK is governed and is likely to be heavily resisted by the Labour party as it would place huge and possibly terminal restrictions on their powers should they
form the
next government in 2015.
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.
It comes as a series of new polls suggest that the party are making no progress in the marginal seats they need to win from Labour in order to
form the
next government.
The simple fact is that whoever
forms the
next government will replace Trident.
22 % of people say they would be delighted if David Cameron
formed the
next government, 33 % wouldn't mind and 32 % would be appalling.
Labour's Scottish executive committee chairwoman Cathy Peattie said: «Our
next deputy leader in Scotland will have a crucial role in supporting Richard Leonard as we seek to
form a
government at British and Scottish levels, to deliver an economy that works for the many, not the few.»
I have no doubt that the PDP is going to
form the
next government at the federal level in Nigeria.
Paddy Ashdown, the former Lib Dem leader, said Mr Cameron has a right to try and
form a
government, and must speak
next.
Those seats we can win and «need» to
form the
next Government are most easily assessed via the swing required for us to win, compared to last time round.
And with the Liberal Democrats increasingly irrelevant locally, as was seen by their disastrous showing in Seven Sisters recently, it is clear that Conservatives are the only credible choice to
form the
next Government».
Even if it comes to office with a healthy majority, when the
next Conservative
government is
formed, serious consideration should be given to offering Labour MP Frank Field the position of Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of
forming a
government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only
form a
government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to
form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into
government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the
next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to
form a
government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone
forming a
government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.
For even if the Tories were able to
form a minority
government after 7 May
next year, they might lack the support to get a referendum.
He has concluded that should a coalition be
formed again after the
next election, then a minimum of 30 ministers across
Government would be required.
Oji stressed the need for all stakeholders and members of the APC to work collectively to ensure total victory of the party in the 2019 election, vowing that APC would
form next government in the state come 2019.
These boundary changes are good for winning extra seats but bad if the Conservative party wishes to
form a
Government at the
next election.
Without Carlisle and the seats like it across the North and Midlands, we will not be
forming the
next government.