Sentences with phrase «government clung to power»

The government clung to power only by negotiating a «confidence and supply» agreement with the 10 MPs from the Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), at a reputed minimum cost of a # 1bn «bung» for public spending there.

As previously threatened, Horgan, who heads a minority government clinging to power with the support of three Green MLAs, directed his government to file a reference case at the B.C. Court of Appeal to affirm its right to protect the coast.

In some areas oppressive government clings to power, provoking killing that threatens life itself.

Not exact matches

The Tory victory looks like evidence of how little the public is now willing to tolerate compromise of any sort: the message that hit home hardest during the campaign was the threat of constitutional chaos if a minority Labour government had tried to cling to power with the support of the SNP and a host of other minor parties.

The former is an attempt by a minority sect to cling to power when it has been voted out, the other (given likely seats and vote shares) is a democratic government.

You forgot to mention that the lefty Spanish government has just lost a big chunk of votes as well, even though they just about managed to cling to power.

But the weirdness of the ending, and the way Silver's ouster unfolded, with him trying desperately to cling to power, speaks to how epic his fall is, and how state government is starting a messily uncertain — and in some ways hopeful — new era.

The ongoing violence in Syria is probably the most prominent example of this - the Assad regime desperately clings to power with no sign of abdicating and, according to the United Nations, 6,200 civilians have been killed by the army on the orders of the government.

There are no constitutional reasons why a minority Tory government should take precedence over a «rainbow coalition» of Labour, the Lib Dems and the nationalists, but Labour figures fear they will lose all public support if they are seen to cling to power too long.

The Palace, together with the Conservative and Liberal Democrat leaders, made Mr Brown believe he still had a chance of clinging to power — even though they knew he didn't — because it was feared he might resign too quickly and leave Britain without a Government.

Instead, they should be saying «If we were in government, this would happen», let us into government to sort this mess out which is deeping every day Labour clings on to power.

The Communist government in East Germany is on the brink, desperately clinging to power through the iron grip of the Stasi.

But official climate science ignored the crucial weather balloon evidence, and other subsequent evidence that backs it up, and instead clung to their carbon dioxide theory — that just happens to keep them in well - paying jobs with lavish research grants, and gives great political power to their government masters.