Sentences with phrase «general election approaching»

With the general election approaching, large - scale Lords reform is again on the political agenda.

With the 2015 general election approaching, the expectation was one of very slow progress.

The new NHS boss may want to make cuts to tackle a # 30 billion shortfall, but could face a fight with a General Election approaching.

As the general election approaches Premier has run a poll among its audience to determine how Christians... More

As the general election approaches, we're hoping to speak to the leaders of all the main political parties in the coming months.

More generally, the PPC argues that there has been a rise in the amount of contact that lobbyists are making as the general election approaches.

Over the past few years almost all of the commentary has assumed that there will be a significant «swing back» to the Tories as the general election approaches.

Tens of thousands of students are disappearing from the electoral register as the 2015 general election approaches.

The biggest dilemma seems to be the tension between unity and distinctiveness: an ever - changing pressure which will get more and more acute as the 2015 general election approaches.

David Axelrod says Conservatives have underestimated Labour leader and are losing momentum as general election approaches

The drift apart begins because of policy differences in power and intensifies as the next general election approaches.

What's different now is that the ennui, the flatness, the lack of passion which has afflicted Miliband's leadership is becoming replaced with a quickening of the pulse as the general election approaches.

How the government handles this issue is going to dominate local politics as the general election approaches.

As the next general election approaches, the heady highs of partisanship will become ever more alluring to even the most pesky of Tory backbenchers.

As the general election approaches there will be a natural drift towards open warfare between the two parties in government.

But as the next general election approaches, it's going to be harder and harder for David Cameron and Nick Clegg to hold the government together.

[157] Heath was widely seen as ineffective against Wilson, and as the 1970 general election approached there was concern within the party that he would lose, and that Powell would seek to replace him as leader.

While accepting the need to make some compromises with Nick Clegg's party they feel Cameron has given away too much to the coalition's junior party — and want the prime minister to be more assertive as the next general election approaches.

Cameron is likely to face increasing calls from the right wing of his party as the next general election approaches.

Low February 27th: Bad poll news - A YouGov poll for the Scotland on Sunday put the SNP on 21 %, 17 points behind Labour on 38 % as the general election approached.

The News of the World reports that David Cameron hopes to stop his shadow cabinet from pursuing outside interests as the General Election approaches.

«Our Client hopes that the ongoing scandalization of his name is not a ploy by the Commission to give effect to the desperate attempt by the federal government to intimidate him and destroy his credibility and that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as well as other opposition leaders as the general elections approach in the pretext of war against corruption,» he wrote.

As the General Election approaches, each of us becomes more powerful than at any other time, because the Parliamentary Candidates want our votes.

As the general election approaches, the Government announces more details about which schools are to receive funding for urgent repair and refurbishment work under the Priority School Building Programme

NEW DELHI (Reuters)- As India's mammoth general election approaches, jackhammer drills are quietening down at construction sites and earthmovers and cranes remain parked.

Not exact matches

Six years later, as we approach a general election, now is a good time to evaluate what the government did with the Panel's recommendations.

Even as they become more one - sided, these brutal PMQs exchanges are becoming less relevant as the general election run - in approaches.

Approaching general elections also requires the party in power to push the finance legislation through the Commons before the election is announced.

Rep. Bob Turner, on the other hand, stuck largely to the center — an approach that no doubt makes him the most appealing general election contender to take on Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in November, but probably won't win him too many converts among the right - leaning set.

This means that, when it comes to the slowly approaching general election campaign, they have to be equally critical to both their Tory partners in government and the Labour opposition.

Don't forget that before the 2010 general election, Vince Cable's economic approach was completely balanced.

With the general election fast approaching, the President reiterated his commitment to the chiefs to a fair and transparent election and urged other political leaders to do same.

But it appears that, depending on how the votes fall, the party could end up approaching the next General Election with a rather different policy platform to those upon which its previous electoral progress was built.

His failure to mention it in his 2014 party conference speech was just one sign of a rather muddled approach to the problem; after the 2010 election, the party's initial strategy was to talk about the necessity of cuts in general while opposing some of the most high - profile cuts introduced by the coalition, particularly when it came to welfare.

But for the 2015 general election, the Liberal Democrats appear to have moved away from this approach, placing less emphasis on their left - wing ideology and political change and more on competence and common sense values.

While the hyper - liberal approach the Schneiderman campaign has adopted might be a risky strategy — particularly when it comes to winning the support of Cuomo, who is clearly concerned the senator's left - of - center ideology will hurt him in the general election against Staten Island DA Dan Donovan — it is one that is being expertly executed.

The approach to the general election was relatively placid, broken only by the tragic death of defence secretary Bob Ainsworth under a tank on Salisbury Plain.

Every week until the general election, the Lord Ashcroft Polls team will visit constituencies around Britain to find out what people from all walks of life think about the parties, the leaders and the issues as they approach their decision on 8 June.

Each company has developed its own approach to the tricky job of assessing their likely vote share in a general election — but the pollsters know their interest lies not in talking it up or down, but getting it right.

The BNI says it picked up the two following the comments because of the current volatile security situation in the country as the country approaches 2016 general elections.

We have adopted a different approach from the way we ask people how they would vote in a general election.

The 2017 general election manifesto reflected only a minor change to this approach and proposed «an inflation cap on rent rises».

Working recently with William Hague on Campaign North and the Northern Board as Deputy Chairman of the Party (North) the party has done well to promote a proven talent to another key role as we approach the General Election.

Dionisio, who will run in the general election on the Republican, Independence and Working Families lines, said losing the Conservative line — and, therefore, gaining a second opponent on Election Day — does not change the way he will approach the remainder of his celection on the Republican, Independence and Working Families lines, said losing the Conservative line — and, therefore, gaining a second opponent on Election Day — does not change the way he will approach the remainder of his cElection Day — does not change the way he will approach the remainder of his campaign.

There has never been any convincing explanation about why the leadership signed up to it, having campaigned for an alternative approach just weeks before, during the 2010 General Election.

Lest we forget, Johnson's predecessor tried this approach in the run - up to the general election («Alistair Darling: we will cut deeper than Margaret Thatcher») and it didn't work.

At the moment it's looking as if Clegg is fast approaching a position where he is incapable of firing up his party in the run up to the general election.

As it happens, I believe Labour can win a general election by adopting a different approach, but as there's a campaign on and it requires a thorough critique of Jeremy's leadership, that's something you can look forward to reading after the polls have closed.

I also wish all Nigerians a joyful season, as we gradually approach the 2019 general elections,...

If you thought Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino would change his tone and approach for a general election campaign, well, you were wrong.