Sentences with phrase «held any referendums since»

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The day after the referendum, gold jumped nearly 5 percent and since then has held above $ 1,300 an ounce, helping to achieve its best first half of the year since 1974.

Not only is he seen as untrustworthy on Europe, for example by reneging on his promise to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, his whole modernisation strategy since taking over the party leadership in 2005 has been seen by some as an essential betrayal of the party's core, conservative values.

In summary, my proposal is that following a «no» vote the Scotland Act be amended to empower the Scottish Parliament to hold a binding referendum on independence, but only if 30 years have elapsed since the last referendum or if two - thirds of all MSPs vote for such a referendum.

The government has since then committed to holding a referendum on both those recommendations; this is expected to take place in 2015.

The Scottish National Party has held office at devolved level since 2007; and the surprisingly close result in the referendum of September 2014 has given its cause added momentum.

The party has also held a parliamentary candidate selection blitz since the referendum — fearing a snap general election — so many candidates for 2020 seats have already been selected to try to win back those lost in 2015.

«One of the key reasons why Biafra should be allowed to hold a referendum is because the principle of self - determination has, since World War 11 become a part of the United Nations Charter, which states in Article 1 (2), that one of the purposes of the UN is «to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self - determination of people.

It has been the issue that has dominated the political news since last weekend, after David Cameron rattled the cage of SNP Leader Alex Salmond, by challenging him to hold an early Scottish Referendum.

The Labour leader's move will be the first time the party has held out the prospect of an in / out referendum since Harold Wilson's poll in 1975, although Labour proposed total withdrawal in the 1983 election campaign.

Anyway so far there's no majority for holding such a referendum in the Commons or Lords, since Labour consistently abstains on the issue - and indeed did so last night.

Under his auspices, next May the first national referendum will be held since 1975 and its subject is electoral reform.

Puerto Ricans have had US citizenship since 1917, and the independentistas have won no more than 5 percent of the vote in any of the four referenda Puerto Rico has held since 1967 regarding the status of the territory.

In 2011, motivated by the first hung parliament since the 1970s and encouraged by the Liberal Democrat's part in the following agreement, a referendum was held on the possibility of FPTP being replaced by the Alternative Vote (AV) system.

However, since the Liberal Democrats had indicated that they would not enter discussions with parties which continued to favour a referendum on independence, no formal talks were held: the SNP became a minority administration and Nicol led his party to the opposition benches.

The question is not if but when a referendum will be held, since there is a growing mood in the country for one.

Since the Local Government Act 2000 gave power to local communities to hold a referendum on whether or not to introduce an elected mayor, only 12 have been created outside London.