Sentences with phrase «government than the opposition»

To the Lib Dems, the Labour / Conservative debate is arbitrary and simplistic, although their policy remains much closer to that of the government than the opposition.

Not exact matches

In response to demands from the main right - wing opposition party, Les Republicains, the rollover of emergency rule was extended for six months, to late January 2017, rather than the three months proposed by Hollande's government.

There's a structural bias built into that... (and) I suspect that as we do this going forward, opposition will possibly always rank lower than government,» he added.

With a somewhat hamstrung and less - than - competent opposition the Harper government was able to push through legislation which brought some shifts of income in favor of higher income brackets.

With the deficit outcome for 2010 - 11 expected to be much lower than projected in the October 2010 Update, the Harper Government has more than enough financial room to «buy» the support one or two of the opposition parties.

I wrote in July that the agreement was in more trouble than the Canadian government would admit, noting that opposition from any national or regional government could kill CETA altogether.

I support the NDP government's decision continue investing in public services and much - needed public infrastructure projects rather than slashing - and - burning, as the opposition conservative would do.

The NDP folks are nice and will do a good job in government; they will actually work rather than loll around in the house of corruption avoiding the questions of the opposition parties as I noted when I went to the legislature to present my banned self to my MLA — Mr. Mandel.

I challenge the Wildrose and the opposition to show exactly how they would run the province and country any better than our current government in less than ideal times.

Counterforce networks — often made up of faithful individuals in opposition to institutions, systems and oppressive governments — may have much more influence on the future than we can foresee at present.

The characteristics are, but are not limited to... Keeping more than 1 week's worth of food in your household, owning any type of gun or ammunition, paying in cash, physical disablements and disabilities, disagreement with government policies, opposition of 1 world government, opposition of the UN and agenda 21, opposition of the Federal reserve, living off the grid, being a prepper for disaster situations, growing your own food supply, etc...

American hostility to the communist regime was clearly visible in the bitter opposition for more than two decades to its recognition by our government and to its inclusion in the UN.

This one common attribute of defeatism and being practically exhibited by the Npp.The President continue to receive greater publicity even within the opposition media enclave than the flagbearer of the opposition because of the perfect management he enjoys and because he is governing well and introducing people's centered policies.The other advantage the current President has over his main contender is his ability to easily alter his Government's image in a direction which fits in with the mood of the public.This trend was easily seen during his tour across the regions and the responses and addresses delivered by the noble chiefs.

The economic perspective is fairly straightforward, the government nets about $ 20 billion (source is from 2014, this number will likely be far less the coming year as Trump's tax bill more than doubled the exclusion amount from $ 5.49 million to $ 11.2 million) from a small amount of people, so opposition by those directly affected is small by comparison to, say, income tax.

«To them, he looks like the UK equivalent of a Rockefeller Republican, embracing the opposition party's big government agenda, advocating more of a change in management than of direction.»

Venezuela's opposition demanded that the government reveal specifics of President Hugo Chavez's condition, criticising secrecy surrounding the ailing leader's health more than three weeks after his cancer surgery in Cuba.

The opposition claims that the president, elected with more than fifty - four million votes, used accounting tricks to artificially lower the government's budget deficit.

Moreover, the new parliament will have a new political party that is likely to challenge the government in a far more innovative manner than the old opposition groups did.

As individuals are not given the perfect - market option to regulate their own behaviour (merit based opportunities to enter government, rather than nepotistic structural arrangements), the likelihood of opposition and resentment increases.

He pledged that if the ruling coalition parties receive fewer votes than opposition parties, the government would step aside and hold new elections later in the year.

Andrew Grice has an interesting column on this in The Independent tomorrow, including discussing reaction within government, broadly welcoming it, with John Denham stressing it is about opposition to unearned rewards, rather than general support for higher taxation http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/andrew-grice/andrew-grice-squeeze-the-rich-mantra-is-back-in-fashion-1297565.html

Voters want to see evidence that this third party is committed to taking the difficult decisions of government, rather than simply maintaining the idealistic purity of opposition».

First, given the current political balance, the Turkish legislature is likely to become more of a rubberstamp than it already is under a single - party government, and this will be detrimental for opposition groups, which are already weak and unable to affect policy.

It is telling that the government has more public debates than an opposition thinking deep and hard about its past and future.

It is clear that Amaechi would love nothing better than to depose Wike from Port Harcourt Government House; it also appears that some people have introduced a so - called «security argument» - that the control of the resource - rich Niger - Delta States by the opposition PDP is a national security risk!

An incoming Labour government must assess the economic situation much more flexibly than it is able to do in opposition.

And I still have absolutely no idea what could be meant by «An incoming Labour government must assess the economic situation much more flexibly than it is able to do in opposition.»

Post-election violence in Gabon has killed between 50 and 100 people, the opposition presidential candidate said Tuesday, a toll much higher than the government's count of three in days of violent demonstrations against the president's re-election.

The Tories have become the first party of Government to win a by - election from the Opposition for more than three decades.

But it is real; and given the historic pattern for Tory governments to do better than Labour oppositions in the final weeks before polling day, bad news for Miliband.

And there's long - standing political opposition by labor unions and lawmakers who have for years pushed to have power generated in the state rather than imported from Quebec, which has substantial government - run hydroelectric plants.

These shadow ministers believe that - contrary to Labour's «under - delivery» to the LibDems - the Conservatives should deliver more in practical co-operation in government than they promise in opposition.»

If it wasn't for the fact that most blame the last Labour government for the mess we're currently in, the opposition's advantage in the polls might be more concrete than it is at present.

Trump and GOP leaders enter their next big battle facing stubborn opposition in both parties that increases Republicans» worries that they will need more Democratic support than previously expected to avert a government shutdown by the end of April.

The government is receiving strong support from the opposition benches, which scrambled to point out Labour has called on ministers to strengthen rather than weaken the residence test.

And if such a scenario doesn't happen — and Governments implode far less often than frustrated oppositions hope — will any of the new Labour leaders have the imagination and charisma (leaving aside freedom from past «baggage») to build positive electoral enthusiasm for Labour, in the manner for which John F Kennedy provides the paradigm case?»

Murray - Bruce also said the N200m allegedly spent by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, had damaged Buhari far more than the opposition.

Most of all, we want to give Labour the best chance possible of returning to government quickly rather than slipping back into being a party of perpetual opposition that is powerless to tackle injustice.

Most accounts say Thatcher's experience as a junior Pensions minister and Education Secretary was negligible and affected very little - as PM, she preferred to refer to her time spent as an Opposition spokesman than to her time in government.

She told ITV: «After the results of the referendum last week, now more than ever our country needs a strong and effective opposition to hold this government to account.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Mayor Stephanie Miner has joined more than 100 local government officials in opposition to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's property tax freeze - a plan built on requiring localities to consolidate services.

If the Conservatives get 10 more seats than Labour, but Labour has the bigger bloc overall, would the Tories retreat quietly into opposition allowing Miliband to head a minority government, tacitly sustained by the SNP?

Indeed, many may argue that it is already unfit for the purpose of three party politics, and that as more parties grow their representation in the Commons (the SNP and UKIP) the opposition benches will fill up faster than the government benches.

While the coverage of the march ended up being marred by the violence, it doesn't mean they didn't damage the government, in fact the two student protests last year that ended in violence also hit government support — though the poll effect is probably more from the reminder of unpopular policies and opposition to them, than the violence itself!

Only if the Labour party tears itself apart will Cameron do any better, as for a government to last for more than one term, the opposition has to be unattractive to the majority of voters.

Labour as currently organised and funded is actually considerably more effective as an opposition than a government — its competencies and enthusiasms are well suited to holding an incumbent government to account, less so to the actual business of government.

She told ITV's Peston on Sunday: «After the results of the referendum last week, now more than ever our country needs a strong and effective opposition to hold this government to account.

By - elections are generally better for oppositions that exploit voter - disenchantment with the government of the day than governing parties struggling to overcome the disappointments of their supporters.

On every question in this survey, Lib Dem voters tend to display more support than Labour and Tory supporters towards Mr Assange and Ecuador's government, and more opposition to the idea of the police seizing him, either inside the embassy or on the way to an airport.

When it comes to local elections, we have quite high expectations of what oppositions should achieve because we basically say, if a party looks as though it is potentially regarded as an alternative government, it should be doing very well in local elections, even better than you would expect to do in a general election in 12 months» time.