Sentences with phrase «leader of a political party»

And we find growing support for several strategies put forward in recent years by leaders of both political parties — most notably, online education and merit pay.

The least popular leader of a political party since records began.

Similarly, the Commission would meet with leaders of the political parties on Tuesday and conclude its series of meetings with the media and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Wednesday.

She is in a unique group of women leaders of political parties in England.

These findings are all the more remarkable given that charter schools are now two decades in the making, and in just the last year they have received substantial media attention, been the subject of a major documentary, and enjoyed the endorsement of leaders of both political parties, including key members of the Obama administration.

Lords Jones says Labour has «one of the least business - friendly leaders of political parties seen for years».

It would be a mistake to imagine that Pope Francis were somehow endorsing the policies of his predecessor as perhaps the incoming leader of a political party might wish to be seen as the anointed successor to this or that great political figure.

12.21: Ajetachi Unit, Anyigba — Leader of a political party stormed unit with thugs and carted away ballot materials amidst shooting.

On 6 November 2017, a meeting took place between leaders of the political parties at Westminster.

«Now that the voters have spoken, REBNY looks forward to working with elected leaders of all political parties to continue on a path of strong job growth, the creation of more housing available to all New Yorkers and increased economic growth to pay for vital government services,» he said in an emailed statement to Capital.

[114] To ensure the stability of government, the lieutenant governor will usually appoint as premier the person who is usually the current leader of the political party that can obtain the confidence of a plurality in the House of Assembly.

The letter is the biggest ever endorsement by business leaders of a political party and will further undermine the economic credibility of Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, and Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor.

It was learnt that the INEC boss vainly attempted to justify the creation of the additional polling units at the meeting between him and his top Commissioners, on the one hand, and leaders of the political parties under the aegis of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), on the other hand.

Touching on the theme of the association's 30th Anniversary dubbed, «ASSI @ 30 - Repositioning Small Scale Industries for local economic development,» the newly inducted President, Saeed Moomen challenged leaders of the political parties contesting the 2016 elections to consider SMEs as the driving force of economic development.

Once a source of national leaders of both political parties, New York state has descended into a bizarre, riveting spectacle of corruption and political debasement, with its governor facing calls to resign as well as new charges of accepting illicit perks and lying under oath, the dean of its congressional delegation giving up his gavel over corruption charges and another House member announcing he won't run again amid allegations of sexual harassment.

One of the lead authors of the «hard science» section of the upcoming IPCC report is deputy leader of a political party that fancies itself a beacon of leadership in an otherwise irresponsible world.

As we look ahead to COP21 and beyond, we must hold leaders of all political parties and at all levels accountable for taking action to combat the largest threat the world has ever faced.

A year after a switch to new standardized tests for public school students caused passing rates to plummet, leaders of both political parties in the New York Legislature on Tuesday called on the state to back away from plans to use those exams to grade teachers.

The current Labour leadership was «one of the least business - friendly leaders of political parties I have seen for years» said a former minster, who served under the last Labour government.

The antipathy to Common Core is part of a much larger rejection of the dominant education - reform paradigm, supported by leaders of both political parties, that embraces charter schools, vouchers, more testing of students, increased accountability for teachers and hostility to teachers» unions.

I regard Ms Notley as a leader of a political party who, up until the last Alberta provincial election when she was unexpectedly elected, opposed pipelines that could damage the environment.

Colin Hart, director of The Christian Institute, commented: «This poll should act as a wake up call to the leaders of the political parties.

The moderator of the Church of Scotland has meet with the leaders of every political party in Edinburgh.

Ferrari asked why Mr Farron would not remind listeners, to which he replied: «To be honest with you, a person who is a leader of a political party, it is their job - and someone who is passionate about LGBT + rights - to prove it by your actions and not by your words, and my actions absolutely are 100 % about defending LGBT + rights.»

He therefore called on the leaders of the political parties and the members of the respective parties to exercise restraint in all they do especially during these times.

He has exercised that right as a person and also as the leader of a political party with his members,» Mr. Adams said.

«I am a bit concerned that a leader of a political party would seek to make capital out of this, because it is a minor issue, it does need resolving, I'm concerned by Nigel saying that people are becoming overly sensitive to Muslim communities, I think that makes it a far more divisive issue than it needs to be.»

Perhaps you will be too for the right of a leader of a political party who won the elections for the European Parliament in 2014.»

People know that I will take the steps that are in the national interest but I think I am perfectly entitled as the leader of a political party to say that I will spend the next 50 days fighting for a majority government.

He appears more human, which for the leader of a political party is always a good thing.

«The challenge is for the leaders of the political parties to work together to clean up party funding.»

«I think any leader of any political party is judged by their results and we need to set ambitious, challenging targets for what we want to achieve in May.

Gana, who was a former Information Minister had on Wednesday while submitting the report of PDP Strategy Review and Inter-party Affairs in Abuja said that PDP was already meeting with some leaders of political parties.

It appealed to leaders of political parties to toe the line of genuine internal democracy, stressing that imposition of candidates robs society of the best materials.

Today's meeting comes weeks after the leaders of the political parties met the President in Accra to report on progress made so far.

Throughout the debate, Curran returned to the central theme of her campaign — that Nassau must reform its ethics policies after the indictment of elected officials and leaders of both political parties.

It is a common sight during election campaigns to see the leaders of political parties touring the country, often on buses emblazoned with their faces.

Last year, former Labour cabinet minister Alan Johnson told The Times Corbyn was «totally incompetent and incapable of being the leader of a political party».

He told the Huffington Post: «I think any leader of any political party is judged by their results and we need to set ambitious, challenging targets for what we want to achieve in May.

«I'm the leader of a political party.

The Assembly's Presiding Officer has today written to leaders of political parties to inform them that plans to film behind the scenes could not «get unanimous approval» from all of the political parties.

If you're aiming to be the leader of a political party, that is a truly rubbish answer.

Recall that, both chambers of the 8th National Assembly marked the 2nd anniversary on Friday, 9th June 2017, where past presiding officers and leaders of political parties were in attendance.

In a blog post last night, Ms Swinson said: «Being the leader of a political party is a unique and all - encompassing job, even more than the roles of MP and minister that I have undertaken before.

Also in attendance were former Minister of Information, Prince Tony Momoh, former Vice Chancellor, University of Abuja and one time guest lecturer at the TEI lecture series, Professor Nuhu Yaqub, leaders of Political Parties, Civil Society Organizations and the Media.

«Nick Clegg is the deputy prime minister and leader of a political party and therefore needs to set out education policy for state schools and that is what he is doing.»

On Mr Corbyn, he said: «He is totally incompetent and incapable of being the leader of a political party and he knows it.

A critic of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, just before Corbyn was elected leader in 2016 for the second time, Johnson told Rachel Sylvester and Alice Thomson of The Times: «He is totally incompetent and incapable of being the leader of a political party and he knows it».