Sentences with phrase «heavy election defeat»

The shadow Scottish secretary said the last thing any party should do after a heavy election defeat is make «knee jerk reactions and turn in on themselves».

Osborne worked on Prime Minister John Major's campaign team in 1997, in the run - up to the Tories» heavy election defeat that year.

Not exact matches

In council elections held on 5 May 2011, the Liberal Democrats suffered heavy defeats in the Midlands, North and Scotland.

In council elections held in May 2011, the Liberal Democrats suffered heavy defeats in the Midlands, North and Scotland.

Still, in a presidential election year, defeating Schumer would be a heavy lift for any Republican seeking to run statewide in a Democratic - heavy state.

After leading the NDC to its heaviest electoral defeat in the fourth Republic, Former President Mahama has expressed optimism that the NDC will bounce back and regain power in the 2020 elections.

Mr. Rawlings indicated that the NDC Sis get its act together in the run up to the last elections This the heavy defeat.

With this heavy defeat, the NDC, which prior to the elections had claimed to be the most united party in the country, is looking divided on what may have caused them to receive such a thumping.

The Lib Dems have been viewed by many as an irrelevance since their heavy defeat in last year's general election.

The Labour Party campaigned in the 1983 general election on a commitment to withdraw from the EC without a referendum [29] although after a heavy defeat Labour changed its policy.

On 17 February 2009, following clashes within the party and only a day after a heavy defeat of the Democratic Party in a local regional election in Sardinia, [18] Veltroni announced his immediate resignation from his leadership post.

Mr Farage's comments came as Nick Clegg claimed Ukip exploited the same «politics of blame» as France's far - Right National Front, which inflicted heavy defeats on the ruling socialists in local elections at the weekend.

In the primary election on September 14, 2010, Paladino, with heavy support in his native Western New York, defeated Lazio.

The election followed the announcement by Iain Gray that he would stand down as leader in the autumn of 2011 following the party's heavy defeat to the Scottish National Party in May's Scottish Parliament general election.