Sentences with phrase «move the party firmly»

Hosted by newly elected Chairwoman Joann Ariola, the breakfast was intended to move the party firmly into supporting Malliotakis after its two chapters of supporting her rivals during the chairmanship of Ariola's predecessor, Bob Turner.

Not exact matches

In social policy, the Party is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty by developing a «living wage» policy that is sufficient to allow workers to support their families; make changes to the welfare system to encourage people on social assistance to move beyond poverty, such as allowing some benefits to remain until they are firmly established in the workplace; and reviewing the housing component of Alberta Works social assistance to bring it in line with the current reality of the Alberta housing market.

It seems clear that Cameron has decided (i) to keep Osborne as Shadow Chancellor, which I have personally all along predicted he would, while there have been some senior right - wing commentators calling for him to be moved http://www.nextleft.org/2008/11/why-george-osborne-will-stay.html (ii) to rebalance his team to make Osborne somewhat less prominent, with Clarke in a public - facing role, while putting firmly on the record that Hague is the senior member of his team, which the well informed Daily Telegraph reported as «an interview widely interpreted as a slap - down to Mr Osborne, who is usually considered number two in the party hierarchy» and as «widely seen in Tory circles as a blow to Mr Osborne».

If the current administration and Democratic Congress won't stand up against a corrupt system and even attempt reform, attempt structural change or pull us back from the last 3 decades where BOTH parties have moved firmly to the right, they're part of the problem.

It is important to see the change in the Conservative vote share in the context of the longer term trend: though the Tory figures have moved around more than those of other parties in the ANP, they have been around 30 %, within the margin of error, for eight weeks, while Labour remain firmly in the mid-30s.

Miliband urged other party leaders to «respond to this call for changing the system», in a move which puts the ball firmly on their side of the court over reforms of MPs» earnings.

But, perhaps more importantly, he needs to defend his other flank against a resurgent Conservative Party which is determined to move its tanks firmly onto the centre ground, forcing the third party once again to the friParty which is determined to move its tanks firmly onto the centre ground, forcing the third party once again to the friparty once again to the fringes.

Interestingly, the full figures are broken down into «One Nation» and «Clear Blue Water» Tories — i.e. the 43 % of members who told YouGov they thought the party should move closer to the centre, and the 50 % who thought the party should stay firmly to the right to differentiate itself from Labour.