Sentences with phrase «initiated by liberal»

Following exchanges over the issue at PMQs earlier, a vote has just taken place during an Opposition Day debate initiated by the Liberal Democrats in which the Government was defeated on settlement rights for Gurkhas.

We recently had a debate in Westminster Hall, which was initiated by the Liberal Democrats.

It must continue to pursue its task within the critical disciplines that were initiated by liberal scholarship at the beginning of the modern period.

Not exact matches

But if by taking a run at Mark Carney, these Liberals have initiated a never - ending cycle of speculation about the possible political ambitions of future Governors of the Bank of Canada, they will have weakened — perhaps fatally — the foundations of Canadian monetary policy.

In those more recent fiscal squeezes, year - to - year cuts in public spending have been notably less deep than those imposed after both world wars or the «Geddes Axe» cuts initiated by the Conservative - Liberal coalition of the early 1920s.

Looking at that law by the way, it was initiated by the Lithuanian governing party, the Christian Democrats — who are members of the EPP — in conjunction with their coalition colleagues the Liberals — who are members of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.

The Electoral Commission received a formal complaint initiated in a letter by the Liberal Democrats» Home Affairs spokesperson, Chris Huhne, urging them to investigate the allegations against Osborne.

Insofar as a social movement is «an organized, sustained, self - conscious challenge to existing authorities» (Tilly, 1984), the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions included a multiplicity of informal and formal institutions and alliances: students, unions, professionals, religious groups, etc.And while the master frames calling for the ouster of Mubarak and Ben Ali were no doubt unifying discursive devices that were readily supported by most if not all of the protestors, secondary frames — calls for democracy, social justice, freedom, and dignity — presented significant points of divergence not only in and between Islamist and non-Islamist groups, but between the secular - liberal youth who are credited with initiating the mass protests in the first place.

The decision to ask the Auditor General to investigate was initiated by the Conservatives, but supported by Liberal Walt Lastewka.