Sentences with phrase «majoritarian position»

McDonnell is also turning his attention to the prospect of parliamentary battles this autumn, pledging to make life difficult for the Conservatives in the Commons after winning a «majoritarian position» on issues such as scrapping the public sector pay cap.

Their public majority has been stolen right out from under them and they live their lives in bitterness and insecurity, chasing after the safety that comes from holding the majoritarian position.

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Finally, certain groups, indeed largely the same groups, have historically been «relegated to such a position of political powerlessness as to command extraordinary protection from the majoritarian political process.»