Sentences with phrase «in a minority government»

I know there are a few who say that we should have sat tight, waited for our opponents to fall out and brought in a minority government.

Both Labour and the Conservatives could do deals with smaller parties to survive in a minority government.

«I know there are a few who say that we should have sat tight, waited for our opponents to fall out and brought in a minority government,» he said.

Another important pressure group within the party, Conservative Way Forward, has called for the Tories to go - it - alone in minority government.

Her plans did not include being chancellor in a minority government, she said after meeting President Frank - Walter Steinmeier.

Merkel, 63, said she was sceptical about ruling in a minority government, telling ARD television: «My point of view is that new elections would be the better path.»

This would be especially important in minority governments, which seems to be the likely situation in Canada in the foreseeable future.

Scotland's first minister and leader of the SNP told the Guardian: «With fixed term parliaments, it gives parties in a minority government situation --(where) hopefully the SNP will be in a position of influence — huge ability to change the direction of a government without bringing a government down.....»

[86] However, the Labour Party would have had to form a coalition with more than one other smaller party to gain an overall majority; anything less would result in a minority government.

«There are advantages in minority government because it clarifies our purpose and it might enhance the parliamentary process.

They believed — just as many Conservatives hoped — that Cameron could and would take office in a minority government and prepare for a second election a few months later to give a clearer result.

1929 - 31 Labour, having secured 289 seats against the Conservatives 260, ruled for two years in a minority government with the Liberals.

Last year, the Conservative Party of Canada, led by Stephen Harper, won a parliamentary majority after being in a minority government for five years.

In the most recent provincial election the Greens won three seats and now hold the balance of power in a minority government by lending their support to the socialist New Democratic Party (NDP) which has formed government.

Graham Brady, widely predicted to become chairman of the influential 1992 Committee, demanded the Conservatives go it alone in a minority government.

In minority government the ability to govern is being able to form a majority through parliamentary groupings — either through formal arrangements or simply surviving votes.

Stephen Harper is looking solid in Canada despite still being in minority government.

A large section of the Tory party is sick of coalition and some Conservatives would prefer go it alone in a minority government, seeking support for votes on a case - by - case basis and daring the other parties to bring them down.

But the numbers are far too tight for them to be confident, and talk in Tory ranks is all about what might they have to trim if they were in a minority government.

Should the Conservatives ever find themselves in a minority government again, I doubt that they will find the NDP being very willing to work with them in the same away as they did in 2012.