Sentences with phrase «idea of a coalition»

Their attacks on their Coalition partners are inflicting collateral damage on the whole prized Lib Dem idea of coalition government in general.

One of the big ideas of the coalition is to have a «single gateway» or a «simple, straightforward» telephone service to whatever remains of this post-cuts legal aid scheme.

All other parties have ruled out the idea of a coalition with the AfD, so the arithmetic of Teutonic politics dictates that for the foreseeable future Germany may be run by a succession of grand coalition governments made up of its two main parties.

The idea of coalition, by the way, and for all that I was an internal friendly critic of it for five years, I would argue that in the last couple of generations the coalition government was the best in terms of stability and certainly when you compare it to the current shambles you've got to say they were good years.

If disillusioned voters respond by returning another hung parliament, will the idea of another coalition government look as attractive to them?

In actual fact, the 2017 general election saw Tim Farron reject the idea of another coalition with the Tories, so it is clear that we have actually learned quite a lot.

The Lib Dems are surprisingly quiescent considering how little they have got out of it, while the warmth of many Conservatives towards the idea of the coalition has been a revelation.

As mentioned, the SNP have appeared warmer to the idea of a Coalition with Labour than anyone else.

We are attracted by the idea of coalitions between progressives, especially if they result in electoral reform, genuine reform of the House of Lords and of the City, legislation for fixed - term parliaments, stronger civil liberties, an enhanced Freedom of Information Act, closer ties with Europe, a multilateral foreign policy and withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The opinion polls since Christmas put the Conservatives and Labour pretty much neck and neck and over the past five years the UK has got used to the idea of coalition government.

The Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties rejected the idea of a coalition with the SNP.

High - level cabinet disagreements are starting to emerge over Labour campaign, including how open the party should be to the idea of a coalition with Liberal Democrats

Leo Amery, who disliked the idea of a Coalition which existed only for the «negative policy of anti-Socialism», called a meeting of 17 Conservative ministers on 16 October, at which he found many wanted Lloyd George deposed.

The LDs may be against, at best divided, at the idea of a coalition which had nothing about that.

The Liberal Democrats, who hoped to get the British people acquainted with the idea of coalition politics, would like us all to think we are now in a period of plurality.

We've been under the impression that David Cameron first began to explore the idea of a coalition with the Lib Dems in those first few tentative days after 6 May 2010.

Her conservatives have flatly ruled out the idea of a coalition with the Eurosceptics.

Ed Balls didn't come across to the Lib Dem negotiating team as being very engaged with the idea of coalition.

Will you all forget the idea of a coalition with the SNP.

«Paddy was clear as we gathered afterwards in the room behind the stage that the rightwing press (which hated the idea of coalition government) would unleash everything at us after the first debate.

However, there is a younger generation of LibDems who are very hostile to this idea of a coalition with Labour.

They like the idea of coalition and parties working co-operatively.

(I personally think the idea of a coalition is a good one..