Sentences with phrase «in another hung parliament in»

A general election on March 4 resulted in a hung parliament in which no one party or coalition of parties won enough of the vote to govern alone.

Pollsters suggest that the 2015 general election could easily result in another hung parliament in which the Liberal Democrats could again feature.

Not exact matches

Bourses in Europe were lower Monday as investors took a cautious approach as they came to terms with a hung parliament in the U.K. and awaited a meeting of the Federal Reserve later this week.

In the event of a hung parliament, the Italian constitution specifies no time limit for parties to reach an agreement or call a fresh election.

Italian stocks fell at the start of this morning's trading, after populist parties won almost half the vote in Italy's Sunday elections, and early results suggested the country is heading for a hung parliament due to no party or coalition of parties meeting the 40 % threshold for stable governance.

«For sure, the priorities are immigration, the control of borders, of Europe, (the issue of) cultural identities and the understanding of how the Italian society should move ahead in a globalized world,» Terzi di Sant «Agata said, following the Italian election result which pointed to a hung parliament where no one party or coalition gained a majority of the vote that would allow it to govern alone.

There are growing calls for electoral reform in Italy to prevent hung parliaments in the future.

The anti-establishment 5 - Star Movement is set to win a third of votes in a poll that delivered a hung parliament.

Italy's election next spring is likely to result in a hung parliament, further limiting the scope for reforms.

We're in hung parliament territory and I do expect that there will be communications.»

Arsio: Iranian Jews - those who haven't fled after seeing many of their community hanged as «spies» - have a couple of token seats in the powerless Iranian parliament.

«There's been a lot of discussion on the fringe of this conference about our party's next steps; about our relationship with the other parties; and about what we should do in the event of another hung parliament,» he said.

It's called a hung parliament because no party won a majority of seats in the House of Commons.

The civil service were supposed to clarify matters by producing a rulebook, the Cabinet Manual, which includes a whole chapter on government formation in the event of a hung parliament.

These specially commissioned works are the collection's crme de la crme, and are hung in communal areas of Parliament, known as the line of route, so they can be viewed by as many people as possible.

It suggests the Tories would remain the largest party in a hung parliament, losing just two seats to end up with 301.

Pollsters predict another hung parliament in May this year, which is also likely to be characterized by a more complex constellation of political forces than its predecessor.

Both Mr Brown and Mr Cameron have attempted to court Mr Clegg in the early weeks of his leadership, with the Liberal Democrats set to hold the balance of power in the event of a hung parliament.

At the same time, not many audiences would be quite so anoraked as to hit the host with a barrage of questions about majorities and departmental carve - ups when he asks, in a moment of audience interaction, what Nick Clegg should do if faced with another hung parliament.

Electoral reform is a precondition of Lib Dem support in the event of a hung parliament, but David Cameron remains opposed to the idea, despite not ruling out a referendum.

The polls indicate that the UK is set to elect another hung parliament in May 2015.

«I absolutely believe that if we'd have had that election that Gordon Brown would no longer have been prime minister and that the Conservatives would have been the largest party in a hung parliament.»

The Conservatives are on course to be the largest party in a hung parliament, according to an analysis of online search terms.

«My reading is that with the uncertainty about the outcome of the election whether it be a hung parliament, whether it be a Tory majority or any of that stuff, people actually tuned in much more to local issues.

And with the prospect of another hung parliament this May, all the talk of a vote - by - vote minority administration propped up by nationalist MPs means we could be going back to the 1970s in more ways than one.

In a hung Parliament, who would you go into coalition with?A coalition between the Greens and the Labour Party might be a good idea.

In the days after the final results were in and Britain's first hung parliament since the Second World War was confirmed the head - scratching continueIn the days after the final results were in and Britain's first hung parliament since the Second World War was confirmed the head - scratching continuein and Britain's first hung parliament since the Second World War was confirmed the head - scratching continued.

That's because in a hung parliament scenario there's no requirement for the prime minister to resign immediately.

The full report, Government Formation in the Event of a Hung Parliament: The UK's recognition rules in comparative context, can be downloaded here.

What these three countries have in common is not just that the same leader has been re-elected, but that in their recent elections Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland all saw the return of a hung parliament in which no party gained an overall majority.

I hope we get a Lib Dem - Tory coalition in the event of a hung parliament.

Worse, Nick Clegg's insistence that a hung parliament was inevitable — in line with the pundits and the published polls — fostered complacency on the left and exacerbated tactical unwind.

For a party which is now openly plotting to take advantage of another hung parliament by securing five more years of Lib Dems in power, it makes complete sense.

Concerns for the timely delivery of vital infrastructure projects have been raised by industry commentators following Thursday's General Election which resulted in a hung Parliament and fresh uncertainty for the sector.

I personally don't mind whether there's a Lab - LibDem coalition if there's a hung parliament, or a semi-formal pact that allows Labour to continue in office with conditional LibDem support.

The current endeavor by Tory backbenchers to repeal the Act is based on a simple calculation — most forecasts predict that the 2015 general elections will result in another hung Parliament, in which the joint seat share of the two dominant parties, Labour and the Conservatives, will be eroded even further.

In several of these cases (1951, 1966 and Oct 1974) the parliament was either hung, or the Prime minister had a majority of less than 10 (which is not considered to be a «working majority» in the UK's parliamentary system) and so you can say that they «jumped» to call an election before they were «pushed» by losing a vote of no - confidencIn several of these cases (1951, 1966 and Oct 1974) the parliament was either hung, or the Prime minister had a majority of less than 10 (which is not considered to be a «working majority» in the UK's parliamentary system) and so you can say that they «jumped» to call an election before they were «pushed» by losing a vote of no - confidencin the UK's parliamentary system) and so you can say that they «jumped» to call an election before they were «pushed» by losing a vote of no - confidence.

For example, many in the UK believed that the 2015 election would yield a hung parliament — even Murr's (2016) citizen forecasters (although in relative terms the citizen forecaster model was the most precise).

It is therefore vital that a truly meaningful vote should be held within the time frame of the article 50 negotiations and not be left to verbal assurances — not least because there is no guarantee who will be leading the Conservative party by next autumn, nor indeed where the balance of power might be in any future government or hung parliament.

But there is uncertainty associated with all the forecasts and some forecasters are trying to estimate the extent of that uncertainty, which in turn can be used to calculate probabilities of particular events (hung parliament, largest party, etc..)

Pollsters predict another hung parliament in May this year and potentially protracted coalition negotiations.

The details of the stillborn coalition negotiations between the two centre - left parties comes as senior figures in both parties start building bridges ahead of what is expected to be another hung parliament in 2015.

Of course a successor will lead in the same nightmarish context of a hung parliament, but he or she will not have been culpable for the last election and will have every intention of leading the party into the next one.

In 2015, they suggested an altogether different outcome, a hung parliament in which the Scottish National Party would hold the balance of poweIn 2015, they suggested an altogether different outcome, a hung parliament in which the Scottish National Party would hold the balance of powein which the Scottish National Party would hold the balance of power.

I have been trying in recent weeks to publicise in my blog and in LabourList the little - known procedures in the event of a hung parliament, under which whatever the results in votes and seats, Gordon Brown will be both entitled and obliged to continue in office until he has met parliament as prime minister and ascertained by the vote on his Queen's Speech whether he still commands a majority in the House.

The Ulster Unionists never knowingly underestimate their power in a hung parliament and that will include flexing muscles in relation to the Brexit negotiations.

In a hung parliament the Labour leadership, with other parties, has an opportunity to remove all political space for the cornered prime minister.

Although he may have solved a short term problem, the only long term thing Cameron might have achieved is making a Labour - Liberal Democrat coalition even more likely in the event of another hung parliament.

Mr Cable admitted it would be «difficult to work with the Conservatives or Labour» in the event of a hung Parliament, but added that it was the Liberal Democrat's mindset to show «we can work with other parties in the national interest».

Clegg and the Lib Dems made premeditated false statements on student fees, speed of cuts, immigration etc etc intending to change them after the election finished in a hung Parliament as everyone predicted it would be.