Sentences with phrase «government after the last election»

Paul Kenny, general secretary of the GMB union, pointed out that the Conservatives formed a government after the last election despite winning fewer than 40 % of votes.

Not exact matches

The New Democrats have a choice: prop up a government hungry for their left - leaning supporters, or defeat the budget that they helped craft and force an election just 19 months after the last one.

Budget cuts not possible - Buswell The state government's economic policy was in tatters last night after Treasurer Troy Buswell conceded he would not achieve the controversial 3 per cent cuts expected to pay for election promises in this year's budget.

Italy's 5 - Star Movement reiterated that Silvio Berlusconi and his Forza Italia party were an obstacle to forming a government after last month's inconclusive election.

The company says it won't throw good money after bad until someone can do something about the NDP government of John Horgan in B.C., who promised in the election last summer to try to stop the project.

Not only did she have a general election to think about last September, but she also had to contend with six months of cross-party negotiations after the election failed to deliver her ruling Christian Democratic bloc enough seats to form a government.

Last December, he said he was stepping down and was succeeded by Bill English, who is now negotiating to form his own government after elections last moLast December, he said he was stepping down and was succeeded by Bill English, who is now negotiating to form his own government after elections last molast month.

«She is living in poverty because the B.C. Liberal government is taking the money her dad pays to support her, and using it to pay for their misguided priorities, like spending more than a million dollars hiring failed B.C. Liberal candidates and giving insiders cushy appointments after the last election.»

Last week, the Iranian government rounded up activists after Karrubi and Moussavi called for supporters to gather at Azadi Square - the site of mass protests by Iran's opposition movement after the disputed 2009 presidential elections.

The Tehran government seemed to be looking away for a while, but repression for all religious minorities in Iran has worsened since the presidential elections of 2005 and in particular after the disputed polling last year, according to a 2010 report compiled by the bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.

The last Labour government was able to plan its 1997 manifesto on the basis of rising departmental spending in the first years after the election.

The Senate was «remade» last election cycle after two deplorable years of Democrats ruling each branch of government.

While the Berks County legislator, a longtime advocate of limited government who billed himself as the true conservative in the primary, has neither encouraged or discouraged the nascent write - in movement, which began to take shape only a few days after the state's bruising primary election — a lopsided contest in which the heavily - favored attorney general and the GOP establishment unleashed a last - minute barrage of negative ads against Rohrer's insurgent candidacy.

When Theresa May's Conservative government hobbled back into Downing Street, bloodied and bruised, after 2017's general election, the smart money was on the British prime minister not lasting until Christmas.

After he lost the elections of 1987 and 1992, Kinnock was succeeded by John Smith, who had a dogged belief that «one last heave» could get Labour into government.

Speaking before the publication of his anticipated political memoir, written after his party was reduced to eight seats in last year's general election, Clegg hit out at David Cameron and his Conservative partners in government.

[18] After the last election Helle Thorning - Schmidt started working towards forming a centre - left government coalition consisting of the Socialist People's Party and the Social Liberal Party with parliamentary support from the small Red - Green Alliance.

The government has announced changes to the way armed forces personnel can vote after new figures show just a quarter of troops overseas voted in the last election.

Chancellor George Osborne says the government will be «100 %» focused on the economy after last week's bruising election results.

Most of the contests in this year's elections are between the Tories, who dominate local government in the local authorities being contested after reaching their electoral peak last time they were contested in 2009.

After the last election, the new prime minister, formerly known for his husky - cuddling and his «greenest government ever» shtick suddenly remembered his back benchers and became, for the most part, a much more traditional kind of Tory.

Mr Olumekun, who successfully conducted the last Edo State governorship election, where he also served as the REC, gave the assurance on 20th September after visiting the Eti - Osa Local government office to ascertain the level of preparedness for the election.

With these next 14 months likely being Helsmoortel's last at the helm of town government, we'll see whether the town board working in harmony without interjecting politics in appointments continues after the next town election.

«The last time we had this sort of debate was after our second defeat in 1974, and that lead some months later to the election of Margaret Thatcher, and our victory in 1979 and 18 years of Conservative government.»

After her hopes to become city comptroller were dashed in the last election, she joined the law firm Greenberg Traurig, where she's on the government relations team.

Amidu was also an ardent critic of the NDC government, and he boldly asked Ghanaians to vote against them in the last election after he described them as corrupt.

It's a great tragedy that one of the first measures following the last election was the cancelling of the Building Schools for the Future Programme, after David Cameron, Prime Minister, declaring it was going to be «the greenest government ever».

The law took effect July 15 and comes after Poland's conservative Law and Justice Party won control of the government in last fall's elections.

The two - day Congress Lowitja 2014: Many mobs, one vision: creating a healthy future was always likely to be topical, particularly after the election of the Federal Government late last year.