Sentences with phrase «into coalition talks»

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Plaid leader Ieuan Wyn Jones then attempted to lead a coalition government, entering into talks with the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives.

But if May has not secured a deal with another party by Monday morning, there will be pressure on her to call off the talks, particularly if Labour can show it can form a coalition with other parties to form a working majority and send Corbyn into Downing Street as Prime Minister.

What is confi rmed, and supported by other accounts, is that both the Lib Dems and (perhaps surprisingly) the Conservatives were well prepared to enter into talks about coalition, while Labour gave the impression that they hadn't really lost the election.

There are a number of local Liberal Democrats less than enamoured by the cuts agenda of the Coalition, and already there is talk of finding a high profile candidate to carry the banner for a more recognisable Liberal candidate, who local supporters with their long non conformist tradition might buy into.

Andrew Adonis's insider account of the Lab - Lib coalition talks provides a vivid and vital, and often surprising, insight into the crucial politics of the day — and is also particularly relevant to the prospects for both parties after the 2015 general election.

After a day - long conference in London on how to move forward the political process in Libya, other developments included: An admission the Coalition did not yet fully know who made up the opposition, which came after Nato said American intelligence had shown «flickers» of al Qaeda among the rebels; A suggestion the Coalition would be prepared to see Colonel Gaddafi go into exile if a country was willing to take him; A claim by the Italians that several nations were working on a deal involving a ceasefire, exile for Gaddafi and a talks framework between Libya's tribal leaders and opposition figures; Nick Clegg warning about the «danger of overreaching» during a speech in Mexico, but stressing liberal interventionism must be upheld.

[157] Under the constitution governing what happens in the event of a hung parliament, Brown remained temporarily as Prime Minister, [158] while the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives entered into talks aimed at forming a coalition government.

The book, which makes extensive use of a near - verbatim record of the talks kept by long - serving Lib Dem aide Alison Suttie, marks Mr Laws's return to the political limelight following his shock resignation from the Cabinet just weeks into the Coalition.

With no recourse into a coalition with the SPD, these smaller parties now hold a significant amount of leverage during coalition talks, as without their support, Merkel's party risk having to call a new election.

Less than two months into the first phase of the coalition's consulting process, and the prime minister did little to quash talk of a debate, telling BBC Radio 4's Today programme: «This government is taking government off the sofa and putting it round the cabinet table.

Welsh Tory leader Nick Bourne (who blogs here) has long hoped to put his Tory group into a grand coalition but that hope only became feasible when Mike German AM pulled out of talks to put his LibDem group into coalition with Rhodri Morgan's Welsh Labour party.

For that reason, he welcomes the Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN) insertion of provisional definitions of REDD + into the negotiating text that emerged from talks tonight in Bonn.