Sentences with phrase «leader of the party because»

Not exact matches

I think many British Columbians, much like Albertans, have shrunk from voting NDP because they were seen as a party of labour leaders, professors and what my father would call «parlor pinks.»

So Kenney knows the drill, and had more or less telegraphed the NDP's first step, predicting that they would go negative because gosh what kind of governing party would stoop to doing that against a newly minted leader 18 months before the next general election.

Faith in conventional political leaders and parties is falling because people distractingly assume they are getting the whole picture (from a plethora of media) but they are not!

Iain Duncan Smith I resigned from the Conservative Party when he became leader because someone rightly characterised by John Major as a bastard didn't strike me as a worthy leader of the pParty when he became leader because someone rightly characterised by John Major as a bastard didn't strike me as a worthy leader of the partyparty.

McDonnell said: «I've been talking to Labour party members all over the country, they're saying for those begrudgers — because that's what they are — for goodness sake, get behind the leader of the Labour party that was democratically elected, it's time to put up or shut up.

d) Just like people in wealthier states choose to «invest» more into interpersonal relationships, business leaders have accomplished something in the field of business and search for a different kind of satisfaction - and party members elect them simply because they are famous / successful.

Like I said to Birgitta, the leader of the Pirate Party, I will be ready in September, October because we have to do this.

You can spot it instantly: the person saying something they don't believe in because of the party line, or pretending a previous policy didn't exist the second their leader U-turns on it.

«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.»

The trio insisted that the Leader of the Opposition had won the support of party members because he offered «an alternative to the austerity driven divisions within our economy and society».

Popular radio personality and member of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abeiku Santana, has said the party will win the 2016 elections because Ghanaians will not vote for a leader who can not keep his house in order.

It is too early to judge which direction Labour will take, simply because this hugely depends on the capacity and political orientation of the next party leader.

I write globalists because American, German, British and other nationalists actually cautioned that this was always true about the Chinese leader and its communist party - it has its own interests in mind (the AIIB bank, belt and road initiative, etc were all part of this).

Gibson, who served three terms and is not seeking re-election because of self - imposed term limits, joins more than 60 other local and state leaders, committees and organizations who have endorsed Faso in the race, including state and local GOP and Conservative party leaders, elected officials from the 11 - county district, CNBC television host Larry Kudlow, noted political science professor Dr. Gerald Benjamin and the state Conservative Party, among otparty leaders, elected officials from the 11 - county district, CNBC television host Larry Kudlow, noted political science professor Dr. Gerald Benjamin and the state Conservative Party, among otParty, among others.

It makes no difference who is leader of a moribund Party, because it is what they have to say that is important, not who is saying it.

The LibDems aren't going to lose «a bit of ground» to the Tories, they're going to lose 30 - 40 seats to them (i.e. about half the Parliamentary Party), not least because they have their most ineffective leader since Clement Davis.

Never before had a party come anywhere close to raising that amount of money, because never before had any party's leaders so effectively focused the energy of their members on this single task: fundraising.

If Jo Swinson beats the odds to hold her East Dunbartonshire seat, she would stand a very good chance — on her own merits, but also because the party is embarrassed by its lack of women MPs, and likely to be more so after the next election (though chances are the Farron or Lamb teams will try to sign her up to a «dream ticket» as deputy leader).

Brought to statewide attention because of her whistleblowing on ethical violations by state Republican Party leaders, [1] she won election in 2006 by first defeating the incumbent governor in the Republican primary, then a former Democratic Alaskan governor in the general election.

The NDC Scribe conceded that the party's register for the parliamentary primaries was not perfect because some persons contracted to compile it compromised it in their favour because they had the intentions of contesting unknown to national leaders of the party.

Or more specifically, they have a place within the Labour party because, despite his warm words, they are tolerated by the leader of the Labour party.

Since being elected party leader in 2005, David Cameron has proved himself relentlessly pro-female and anti-male in his public statements and policy directions, yet even he faces accusations of being biased against women because of the low number of women in his Cabinet.

This may be because many people found Lib / Lib Dem policies unobjectionable and were willing to express positive opinions about the leader of a party for which they had no intention of voting.

The Green Party leader is a proponent of raising the minimum wage, tuition - free public college and a ban on fracking — ideals that Hawkins said Cuomo has supported, to an extent, because Green Party candidates keep running for office.

Following the election of Tony Blair as Labour leader in July 1994 after the death of his predecessor John Smith, Ashdown pursued co-operation between the two parties because he wanted to form a coalition government should the next general election end without any party having an overall majority.

«It is now an undisputable truism that Umuahia south is now the base of concentration because of the blunt refusal of the APGA leader in Umuahia south to join the ruling party in the state after all undue persuasions from many angles.

And for Republicans, because the former Assembly GOP leader is one of the best his party has to offer.

«I was previously a member of the party two decades ago and rejoined because I want to campaign for the new leader and for a Labour mayor of London.»

One of the reasons why Macmillan and not Rab Butler became leader of the Conservative Party was because Macmillan had been an opponent of appeasement while Butler had been a ministerial supporter.

They wanted to write about Cameron because in politics and personality, he reminded them of Stanley Baldwin, another long serving leader of the Conservative Party, Prime Minister of a Coalition and very much a «One Nation» Tory.

But it is thought that in several of these files the civil servants have thought it necessary to include options that do go against the grain of what the party leaders have been campaigning on - because they are not convinced the total number of cuts can be achieved unless the politicians eat their words.

Abe's statement, titled: «The APC must distance itself from the show of shame going on in Rivers State» said: «I have decided to address you this afternoon because it has become clear that my party, the All Progressives Congress, has reached a point where it must take a decision either to live up to the values of our leader, President Muhammadu Buhari, and do the right thing or abandon our values and destroy our soul in order to please man.

«Tom Watson, our deputy leader who's got his own mandate, Rosie Winterton, the chief whip, John Cryer, who's chair of the parliamentary Labour party and a friend of Jeremy's, have all been trying to get him to recognise that he can not continue in the job because he's lost the confidence of the PLP and he's hiding behind a closed door denying that this is a fact,» she said.

It was because they can not tolerate a socialist as the leader of the Labour party leading a socialist administration.»

Mr. Levy, the Suffolk County executive, entered the Republican primary race in March after New York Republican Party leaders, including the chairman, Edward F. Cox, recruited him because of their concerns about the lackluster shape of Rick A. Lazio's campaign.

One by one, they took their turn to declare that the unity of the party was paramount, only to go on to say that they weren't going to be bullied or silenced just because Corbyn had been elected leader for a second time.

«For now, the police commander is engaging with the party leaders and the DCE to see what has happened because the commander believes that the youth that went to the place did not inform him of their intention to demonstrate against the DCE.»

Conservative Party leaders said they support Katko, a Republican from Camillus, because of his «excellent qualifications.»

Because he had few cheerleaders inside or outside the party, the Labour leader was forced to compromise on the four main planks of his political agenda.

Former Presidential spokesman Dr. Doyin Okupe who read the communique of the party summit said the summit became germane because of the damage some selfish leaders were doing to it.

Seemingly confirming that no coalition had been discussed, Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies has stated that the reason his party voted for Leanne Wood was to send a message to Labour — not because of any sort of coalition deal — adding that «Labour had no divine right to assume the first ministership».

But you won't hear a senior leader of the state Independence Party — which espouses those high - minded views on its Web site — utter one critical word about the disgraceful behavior of politicians in Albany, because he's holding down a $ 100,000 - a-year job working for Brooklyn state Sen. Carl Kruger.

The leader of the party who attended the meeting confided in DAILY POST that Amaechi took the action because those removed were accused of working to install Senator Magnus Abe as governorship candidate of the party for the 2019 general elections.

Tinubu rose to the position of real influence and prominence because of his hold on Lagos politics and the roles he played in breaking the dominance of the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo, Ogun, Osun and Ekiti states as the leader of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria.

Because Andrea Stewart - Cousins, leader of the mainline Democrats, had already agreed to the terms of the state party blueprint when it was rolled out Monday evening, Klein's statement seemed to clear the way for a shift in power in the last remaining bastion of Republican power in state government.

It's tragic because there are millions of African - American voters in New York but they get little attention from Democratic pols because these self - appointed «leaders» are a bunch of lazy or corrupt suck - ups whose idea of gaining power for Black people is to ask Party bigshots to guarantee a winning spot on «the ticket» as if this were 1910 and Tammany Hall still ruled.

Many political operatives and party leaders, assessing the field of potential GOP candidates, have given Kolb short shift because he lacks funds and name recognition in the state's population centers.

National Democrats have not been financially active in support of the Ohio redistricting measure, perhaps because the party's House leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), has helped raise $ 10 million (or more) to fight a similar proposal on the ballot tomorrow in California, where Democrats are a majority of the House delegation.

At a meeting Monday with a group of influential labor leaders representing some of the state's powerful unions, including 1199 SEIU, 32BJ, the Hotel Trades Council and the Communications Workers of America, Cuomo said he couldn't pass a budget with campaign finance reform because of Senate opposition, and pressed the leaders to rein in the restive members of the Working Families Party, who vote on the party's endorseParty, who vote on the party's endorseparty's endorsement.

He said, «Some past leaders and elders of the party went to the NWC and told them that if we want to rebrand the PDP and ensure the party bounces back, we must follow the constitution and properly organise and constitute the organs of our party, especially the NWC and the BoT, where two vacancies exist because both chairmen resigned.