Sentences with phrase «formal coalition with»

When asked again today whether Labour would enter a formal coalition with the Scottish Nationalists to form a government, Ed Miliband repeated that it wouldn't happen.

The available options were a formal coalition with another party or a Conservative minority government.

She will also consider forming a formal coalition with her ally in the 2014 independence referendum, the Scottish Green party, which won four new places to take six seats.

We do not believe a formal coalition with the Lib Dems is an appropriate way forward that would produce the necessary stability our country needs.

This can take two forms: a formal coalition with other parties or a more informal arrangement, known as «confidence and supply», in which the smaller parties agree to support the main legislation.

With a hung parliament looking increasingly likely, an opportunistic Salmond has ruled out joining any formal coalition with Labour or the Tories.

It was not immediately clear whether Mr Cameron's offer could involve a formal coalition with Lib Dem ministers in a Cameron Cabinet.

The other big news in the last seven days is that the Labour Party have now officially come out against the possibility of a formal coalition with the SNP, in part to reduce their vulnerability to the Conservatives adopting a «Vote Ed, get Alex» strategy.

Miliband says he won't do a formal coalition with the SNP (Nicola Sturgeon ruled that out ages ago anyway), nor will there be an informal «Confidence & Supply» agreement with them.

Not exact matches

As none of the three main factions had enough seats to govern alone, President Sergio Mattarella is expected to open formal coalition talks in April, with early elections possible if no accord is found.

A left - leaning coalition - formal or informal - will have around five parties, with deep splits over single market membership and free movement, and with the SNP existentially needing to portray Westminster (especially a Labour government in Westminster) as being out of touch with Scotland.

The most likely coalition - formal or informal - will be with the volatile DUP at a moment of maximum sensitivity in Northern Irish politics.

It seems unlikely that Labour would enter into any kind of formal agreement that allowed SNP MPs to become ministers or play a direct role in the management of government departments — indeed, Miliband has ruled out a coalition with the Scottish nationalists.

I thought for a few hours this might be a good thing anyway, but now suspect that the lack of a real - deal on PR will mean that Clegg can't do business - and as the other possible coalitions are unworkable, Cameron will end up trying to run a minority government with no formal agreement.

The online home - sharing site today will file a formal complaint with a state ethics panel charging that the ShareBetter campaign, a coalition of unions, lawmakers and other Airbnb opponents, has engaged in illegal and unreported lobbying.

The collapse of coalition plans for an elected second chamber — with formal last rites likely to delivered next week by a rueful Nick Clegg — is triggering another bout of speculation about the survival of the coalition.

@SamuelRussell - would this theoretically possible arrangement be formal (as in, party X declares new coalition every 2 days) or merely informal, where they simply vote with party A some days and party B other days?

Finally there is the background and drama of the attempts to form a coalition with no certainty that it would be formal or necessarily between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives.

Between 2007 - 11 Alex Salmond enjoyed a constructive relationship with, of all parties, the Scottish Tories (although both now prefer to pretend that didn't happen), and a similar arrangement is likely during this parliament - there is certainly no appetite for a formal coalition.

It has been widely reported today that the Conservative party have come to a # 1Bn + deal with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to prop up their minority government, which got me wondering what are the key differences between a «confidence and supply» deal moreover a formal coalition?

Robin Harper, co-convener of the Scottish Greens, said a formal coalition was not out of the question, but said the Greens are most likely to vote work with the SNP in a «confidence and supply» model.

To deal with situations in parliamentary systems where no clear majority to support a government exists, two or more parties may establish a formal coalition government, commanding a clear majority of the parliamentary members, or a party might enter into less formal alliances or agreements with other parties, or individual members, to allow the minority government to stay in office.

There's been lots of focus on how exactly these arrangements might work, perhaps a formal coalition between Labour and Nick Clegg's party — especially if Clegg is no longer its leader — and a loose, «confidence and supply» set - up, even an unagreed one, with the Scottish Nationalists.

This is a formal coalition, with a written contract, an agreed set of policies, a determination that the coalition should run for fi ve years and the embedding of Liberal Democrat and Conservative ministers within departments.

It could be a formal coalition, headed by the INC (as the major party of the coaltion) but with some ministeries given to the JDS, or a looser arrangement in which the JDS supports the INC in critical votes, but reserves the right to vote independently on other matters.

Theresa May is trying to persuade the 10 DUP MPs to enter into a formal coalition agreement with the Tories, as opposed to a less formal «confidence and supply» arrangement, ministers tell me.

And whilst it is welcome to have Liberal Democrat support on spending cuts and on certain civil liberties issues, and whilst we could well have compromised with the Liberal Democrats on a number of other issues, we didn't need a coalition and if a referendum on AV was the price of formal coalition we should never have agreed to it.

The Conservatives» victory means they will be able to govern without the need for a coalition or a formal agreement with other parties.

Gordon Brown announces his intention to step down as Labour leader by the autumn as the prime minister also reveals his party could start formal coalition talks with the Liberal Democrats.

The prime minister also revealed that the Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg had asked to begin formal coalition talks with Labour.

Because of its success, we decided to take our efforts one step further and launch a formal World Pancreatic Cancer Coalition in 2016 with more than 40 organizations from over 20 countries across the globe.

In 2007, Cook County passed legislation that created a formal structure for a countywide TNR program, with a coalition of private nonprofit organizations assuming the responsibility for managing community cat colonies.

Countries (defined as member states of the United Nationals, and including Regional Economic Integrated Organisations) interested in becoming a «Partner» in the Coalition should write a formal letter to the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, with a copy to the Head of the Secretariat, at the addresses listed below.

At present, therefore, we have a single - party minority government as distinct from a formal inter-party agreement, as occurred with the Lib - Lab pact from 1977 — 78, or a formal coalition.

He discusses the importance of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan and how Coalition Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt has set up formal collaboration with Labor to help with Closing the Gap strategies.