Sentences with phrase «general election debates next»

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As the next general election begins to loom over the horizon, the debate over where our electricity comes from is starting to hot up - and nothing seems guaranteed.

This is a good strong step towards a better deficit reduction and tax policy debate in general and a clearer policy choice going before the electorate at the next election.

With a general election next May and the Scottish referendum in September, this should be a key topic of debate.

Backroom negotiations are currently underway with the broadcasters about the next general election's TV debates.

The TV debates during next year's general election look set to end up in a» 5 -3-2 formation», rather than being restricted to just the three main party leaders.

How each party answers that question and sets out their position will be a big issue for debate at the next general election.

That will allow the Liberal Democrats to begin a «debate» on the issue going into the next general election.

«If the government is to hold a genuinely extensive public debate on our future NSS before political attention turns to the next general election, it needs to get on with it,» it warned.

If you didn't catch last night's TWC News / NY1 debate in Hamburg between the two major party candidates for state attorney general — the only time they'll face off before next Tuesday's election — you missed quite the show.

For his part, Mr Davis - who had led the seven - month race until the party conference in Blackpool - said he looked at the debates between them as «not just a contest for the leadership, but a preamble to us winning the next general election».

Gordon Brown could become the first British prime minister to agreed to a US presidential - style television debate at the next general election, it emerged today.

Columnist Priti Patel: «In the build up to the next general election and the formation of our manifesto, as a Party we should not be afraid to continue to debate Europe.»

«And by the time we get to the next general election hopefully we'll have the debates and the Prime Minister will stop playing chicken on that, and we'll have the debates and people will be able to see even more of Ed than they have already.»

The Prime Minister has expressed concern that the leaders» TV debates could detract from «issues» in next year's general election, despite saying he thought they were «good».

Gordon Brown has rejected calls to take part in a televised debate with party leaders ahead of the next general election.

The storm of outrage among civil society organisations over the government's bill to stifle campaigning by voluntary bodies, pressure groups and charities for a year in advance of the next general election has eclipsed debate on the abject weakness of the same bill's proposals for a register of lobbyists.

David Cameron and Nick Clegg have accepted a call to take part in a televised leaders» debate in the run - up to the next general election.

The debate was organised by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), with support from the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD - Ghana), Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), and Coalition for Domestic Elections Observers (CODEO), and its partner organizations towards next month's general election at Hwidiem in the Asutifi South Constituency of the Brong Ahafo Region.

The three parties will now spend the next few days studying the opinion polls to see if the debates will influence the general election.

By most accounts, the first general election mayoral debate was at best minimally helpful in providing voters a substantive exchange of ideas among the three candidates on stage, each competing to lead the city of 8.5 million people and an $ 85 billion budget for the next four years.

The prime minister said he believed there should be «a wide ranging series of television and radio debates with party leaders» during the next general election campaign.

Senior Tories are debating the extent of outreach that should be made to the Liberal Democrats in the event of the Conservatives becoming the governing party at the next General Election.

She gave a few things to the left before the last Democratic debate, and may even occasionally throw a bone to them in the next few months, but she's running now to win the general election.