Sentences with phrase «immediate majority government»

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In the same way that Blair made some immediate policy announcements post 1997, Cameron and Osborne are using the weeks following their election victory to show what a majority Conservative Government really looks like.

If they signalled they wouldn't do so, two immediate points of interest come to mind: 1) If Labour were the largest party, or even in a whole UK majority, but the Tories were the largest rump UK party, the Liberal Democrats could more easily claim a renewed coalition with the Conservatives was preferable to a centre - left alliance, since a government that would lose its majority within a year would be unable to govern effectively; 2) A Labour or Labour - led government following a «yes» vote would have an incentive to push back the date of independence as far as possible.

He then moved on to the issue of votes of confidence, which the Bill would still make subject to a simple majority, but rather than causing an immediate general election, there would be a fortnight for a new government to be formed which could command the confidence of the Commons, before a new election had to take place:

One immediate response is that the electoral system is working again and producing a strong, majority government: the Conservatives can claim that they clearly won the election.

But unless they win an overall majority — which by tradition brings about an immediate change of government — that demand would be unconstitutional.

Call me pedantic but surely a majority government should be formed along the lines of who is best suited to deal with the immediate crisis?

No party won an absoloute majority so Labour remained in government in the immediate aftermath of the election.

«To the best of my knowledge, information and belief, the Plaintiff [Dominic Ayine] brought this action in his name fronting for the immediate past Government to set at naught the popular wishes of the majority of the Ghanaian electorate who see the President's acceptance of the nomination of the 2nd Defendant [Martin Amidu] as Special Prosecutor, as being in the national interest to attack the canker of corruption in the body politic,» Martin Amidu indicated in his affidavit verification sighted by Citi News.

In response to a scathing report by the USDA Inspector General (IG), critical of the government's handling of puppy mill investigations, Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D - IL) and Senator David Vitter (R - LA) today called for immediate changes at the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS) and promised to work with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on administrative and legislative reforms.