Sentences with phrase «general election pledging»

The Conservatives should go into the general election pledging a partial decriminalisation of drugs, an influential Tory group has suggested.

The incident took place at the Great Thurlow hunt following days of speculation about whether Theresa May will abandon her general election pledge to grant MPs a free vote on whether to overturn the foxhunting ban.

The NAHT is urging all political parties to make a general election pledge to reform the watchdog.

Not exact matches

In a congratulatory phone call the night of Paul's primary victory, McConnell pledged his support to the newcomer for the general election campaign.

Mr Alexander said his party would start campaigning for change immediately and if it couldn't convince its Conservative coalition partners it would made a manifesto pledge ahead of the next General Election.

Pressure is mounting on the Prime Minister and Chancellor to relax austerity, with several Tory MPs calling for an end to the pay cap after the party disastrously lost its majority in the General Election to anti-austerity Labour, which has pledged to scrap the 1 per cent ceiling.

Not only does this contradict the SNP's pledge to restore the 50p rate at last year's general election, but the Scottish government paper published to underpin the new stance is singularly unconvincing.

Hague's proposal is the first major request from the British government ahead of its renegotiation, which David Cameron has pledged will culminate in an in - or - out referendum by the end of 2017 if the Conservatives win the next general election.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

There is still four - and - a-half years until the planned date of the next general election, but student anger against the tuition fees hike backed by the Lib Dems - who signed a pledge promising to oppose any increase before the general election - is unlikely to fade away.

Still, the WFP has pledged to not serve as a spoiler in the general election that could give Republicans a boost in November.

That sets up a situation where Lazio, who has pledged to remain on the Conservative line through the general election, would be running against a fellow Republican — or maybe party - switching Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy — in the general election.

O'Flynn's blistering attack followed Farage's decision to renege on his pre-election pledge to stand down as Ukip leader if he failed to win South Thanet in last week's general election.

Two more «yes» voters — Sens. Mark Grisanti and Steve Saland — both of who won their Sept. 13 GOP primaries (or, in Saland's case, eked out a victory)-- will face continued opposition from so - called «values voters» in the November general election, McGuire pledged.

SPD leader Sigmar Gabriel obviously pledged to support Martin Schultz as Commission President in the forthcoming negotiations, but it is expected that his main priority will be preparing for the next general election.

Before the general election, Labour pledged to not begin necessary public expenditure cuts until the economic recovery was secure so the pain would be reduced.

This bill was a key Conservative manifesto pledge in the run - up to the general election.

Michael Gove is facing demands from Labour to explain whether the government has abandoned a Conservative general election manifesto pledge to give MPs a free vote on whether to overturn the foxhunting ban.

[68] Shortly after the 2015 General Election, Liberal Democrat leadership contender Norman Lamb conceded that Clegg's broken pledge on university tuition had cost the party dear.

We're also looking at what the immediate implications are for the Conservative pledge to repeal the Fixed - term Parliaments Act 2011, which means that general elections are only held every five years.

«Announce a General Election, give us access to ALL the books at the Treasury and THEN we will tell you our policy for the next parliament, until you do this, we maintain we can not commit to any specific pledge.»

Certainly all three main parties went into the last general election with manifesto pledges to reform the upper house.

The Conservatives are set to woo countryside voters by pledging to introduce «shire deals» for local authorities in their general election manifesto.

Labour leader Ed Miliband will pledge to repeal the controversial housing benefit reform known as the spare room subsidy - or the «bedroom tax» - if his party win the next General Election in 2015.

The gesture formed part of her campaign pledge in the round - up to the December 2016 general elections to improve access to quality and affordable health care delivery in her...

This is an announcement with one eye on a looming general election, but no one will forget that this is the same person who before the last election signed a pledge that there would be no increase in tuition fees.»

Ed Miliband has pledged to reverse changes to housing benefit which he called the «bedroom tax», if Labour wins the 2015 general election.

Negron, Galvano and Majority Leader Wilton Simpson have pledged the full support of the Florida Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee in the weeks leading up to the general election.

Ed Miliband has pledged to reverse changes to housing benefit which he calls the «bedroom tax», if Labour wins the 2015 general election.

Other incumbents may be ousted in the November General Elections as voters express their displeasure with wrongdoing and legislators who go back on key election pledges.

The statement by Nicky Morgan on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme on March 9 came on the day that the prime minister, David Cameron, pledged to open at least 500 new free schools by 2020 if the Conservatives win the May general election.

And unlike previous European elections, there is growing evidence of loyalty with almost 60 % of mainly this «new electorate» pledging support for the party in next year's general election.

EU ministers demanded that the three party leaders of the caretaker coalition under Papademos deliver signed pledges on the programme, making them binding and irreversible regardless of who wins an early general election expected in April.

Billionaires who spurned rump during the primaries are now rallying around the presumptive Republican presidential nominee — pledging six - and seven - figure donations for the general election against Clinton.

Each candidate made a campaign pledge before the 2010 general election that, if elected to government, the Lib Dems would abolish tuition fees outright.

The former minister's proposal is likely to be rejected outright by Conservative ministers, after the party pledged to protect payments to older people in their 2010 general election manifesto.

NY - 21 GOP candidate Elise Stefanik pledges to «work with anyone» in her first TV ad of the general election campaign.

What Wintour did not say was that Bell is now best - known in Labour circles as the architect of the famous «Ed Stone» - the 8ft tombstone engraved with Miliband's top six pledges for the 2015 general election.

The Liberal Democrats planned to abandon their tuition fees pledge before the general election, it has emerged.

«I think that the Lib Dems really have a problem about trust, I think they've got to explain to the students who voted for them in the last election about why they ditched their pledge on tuition fees, and then why having decided to pledge on an in - out referendum in Europe before the general election that they do not want one at all now.

Having 1237 or more pledged delegates is mainly useful in that it allows Trump to pivot to the general election secure that he will be nominated.

Matt Doheny has almost mathematically eliminated his GOP primary opponent, Doug Hoffman, who has pledged to remain in the general election on the Conservative Party line.

But he is now best - known in Labour circles as the architect of the EdStone - the 8ft tombstone engraved with six pledges for the 2015 general election.

Ed Miliband has pledged to campaign against Nick Clegg in the 2015 general election — a move unlikely to help him in the event of a hung parliament.

His pledge for an in / out referendum on Europe temporarily pacified his backbenchers, but the letter suggests a new showdown could come to a climax before the time of the general election in 2015.

Ahead of the 2010 general election, David Cameron pledged to make a third of his ministerial list female by the end of his first term.

He was speaking after the sacking of Dominic Grieve as attorney general heightened speculation that Cameron will make a threat to withdraw from the ECHR an election pledge.

Schneiderman lined up a long string of endorsements from the left — from labor unions like SEIU 1199 and HTC to the Rev. Al Sharpton (a nod that might come back to haunt the senator in the general election against Republican Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, after he pledged Sharpton's National Action Network would have an «annex» in Albany if he's elected»).

Liberal Democrat spending plans in the party's 2015 election pledge will be «considerably less expensive» than the last general election, said David Laws.

Prior to the 2010 general election, the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats pledged to introduce fixed - term elections.