Sentences with phrase «mayoralty as»

In 2000, when he won the mayoralty as an Independent, Ken was hugely more important than Labour.

Seeing the London mayoralty as an opportunity to shortcut the system and create an Obama moment, they look to get someone with a bit of spark and an existing public profile, surround him with political insiders, run him as an independent, throw big money at the campaign and hey presto - a black Mayor of London.

Not exact matches

As a brand, Ford's mayoralty is not so different.

Mr Johnson, who has been Mayor since 2008, returned to the Commons in May as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, seven years after quitting Parliament when he won the Mayoralty.

New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg has, as James Fallows amusingly notes, taken the opposite of the Washington approach to terrorism: He's downplayed the Times Square incident, mocked the attacker as an «amateur,» and insisted on the quality of the existing security apparatus, all with a total lack of sentimentalism that's the hallmark of his mayoralty.

But, as Oddo points out, it's not like the Speaker's chair has been a great launching pad to the mayoralty.

Among its listed backers are several actors and figures who have been major supporters of de Blasio's mayoralty — like actors Susan Sarandon, Cynthia Nixon and Steve Buscemi, as well as left - leaning political magazine The Nation's editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel.

But the question still begs: Why hasn't she taken a leave of absence from her position as city council speaker while running for the mayoralty?

«Ken Livingstone will not serve as Chair of TfL during my Mayoralty.

There are only three citywide positions in New York and, as several white candidates are jockeying for the mayoralty and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer runs unopposed for comptroller, the public advocate's office is viewed by some Democrats as an opportunity to have demographic diversity on their ticket.

While it's true that, as Public Advocate, James stands first in the line of succession to New York's mayoralty, we didn't realize that it was on the forefront of her mind.

A Board of Health hearing in Long Island City tomorrow may be the only opportunity to comment, and Halloran described the Board as a «strong mayoralty agency.»

It was a note the center sounded again last year, as Mr. de Blasio and some of his rivals for the mayoralty proposed using mandatory inclusionary zoning as a means of resolving the displacement dilemma.

Tessa Jowell has announced she will leave parliament at the next general election, in a move which is being widely interpreted as the opening shot in the battle for the London mayoralty.

As Weiner continues mulling his options, 40 percent of registered Democrats say they want him to seek the mayoralty, while 46 percent do not want him to run and 14 percent are unsure.

As Weiner contemplates his return to elective politics, 40 % of registered Democrats want Weiner to seek the mayoralty, while 46 % do not want him to run.

De Blasio's address Thursday, delivered as he nears the exact halfway point of his mayoralty, outlined some of his accomplishments, but was focused almost entirely on homelessness.

As the Times noted, though enrolled Democrats outnumber Republicans in New York City by more than six to one, no Democrat has won the mayoralty since David Dinkins in 1989.

But, as Common Cause notes, «We do not accept that dark money is a necessary part of the modern mayoralty.»

Sitting on stage beside his wife, Dinkins grew emotional at times as Chirlane McCray, de Blasio and Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito detailed the significance of his mayoralty, used his iconic phrase — «gorgeous mosaic» — to describe the city and thanked him for helping to inspire their political careers.

A new parliament in Scotland, an assembly in Wales, self - rule in northern Ireland, a mayoralty in London, the introduction of proportional representation for almost all UK elections bar the House of Commons — it amounted to a quiet revolution that may well endure as New Labour's most permanent legacy.

It gives De Blasio (as well as Bill Thompson, who will also be a significant factor in 2013) an opportunity to strengthen his argument that a Quinn mayoralty will essentially be a Bloomberg fourth term.

If Mark Green had won the mayoralty (as he was supposed to) and made Bill Bratton his police commissioner (as he would have done), what would TV's John Miller have done?

As for the Lib Dem's chances of winning the London Mayoralty — more LOL.

If there was real enthusiasm for Labour and Ed Miliband it wouldn't be losing control of Glasgow (as seems likely) or failing to win the London Mayoralty (as most predict).

As the face of the social - Darwinist wing of the local charter movement, she's been cast as the grim reaper of moribund neighborhood schools, a witting tool of privatizing billionaires, and a Machiavellian schemer with her sights set on the mayoraltAs the face of the social - Darwinist wing of the local charter movement, she's been cast as the grim reaper of moribund neighborhood schools, a witting tool of privatizing billionaires, and a Machiavellian schemer with her sights set on the mayoraltas the grim reaper of moribund neighborhood schools, a witting tool of privatizing billionaires, and a Machiavellian schemer with her sights set on the mayoralty.

In his epic 12 - year mayoralty, Bloomberg has been an extraordinarily pro-art force at exactly the time that the art market and the cross-cultural visibility of the contemporary art world — with New York as its molten center — has reached unprecedented heights.