The disappointment for Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP, of course, is that their powerful block of MPs doesn't hold the balance of power at Westminster, as they'd hoped.
Not exact matches
Power that is not purchased by private entities is held by the Balancing Pool, which is owned by the government and mandated to return savings to consumers in the form of credits on their power b
Power that is
not purchased by private entities is
held by the
Balancing Pool, which is owned by the government and mandated to return savings to consumers in the form
of credits on their
power b
power bills.
It is therefore vital that a truly meaningful vote should be
held within the time frame
of the article 50 negotiations and
not be left to verbal assurances —
not least because there is no guarantee who will be leading the Conservative party by next autumn, nor indeed where the
balance of power might be in any future government or hung parliament.
It's
not surprising: the
balance of power in this country is largely determined by which party
holds more seats.
Fast forward through five years
of coalition government and he's
not now so bashful: «Someone is going to
hold the
balance of power on the 8th
of May and it won't be David Cameron or Ed Miliband.
We do
not know why this mattered so much, but it has become a talisman
of liberal radicalism, to be implemented in that split second opportunity when the party might
hold a
balance of power in the Commons and «name its price».
They also maintain that Cameron does
not himself want a reform that — leaving aside questions
of high principle, and looking only at partisan advantage — would have the severe drawback
of leaving the Liberal Democrats
holding the
balance of power in the upper house.
Steiner referred to the delicate
balance of power in the state Senate, where Republicans
hold a slight majority due to the Independent Democratic Conference, a group
of eight breakaway Democrats who caucus with the Republicans, and Sen. Simcha Felder, who — although he is
not allied with the IDC — also caucuses with the Republicans.
We need a proportional voting system where voters have a real choice
of not just which party
holds the
balance of power, but also who represents them locally.
«The era
of single - party government is over... Someone is going to
hold the
balance of power on the 8th
of May and it won't be David Cameron or Ed Miliband.
There are arguments for and against PR (if you mean proportional representation) Charles — the party
of my own choice would have gained massively at the last General Election with PR,
held the
balance of power in fact probably with 4 million votes... but that does
not mean that even I think you have to support PR «if you believe in democracy».
But many Labour MPs fear that an elected Lords would challenge the supremacy
of the Commons and they do
not see why they should vote for a reform that would allow the Lib Dems to
hold the
balance of power permanently in the Lords.
The Committee concludes that the Strathclyde Review does
not provide a «sufficient basis for changing how Parliament
holds the Executive to account»; that «both Houses
of Parliament... need to play an active role in considering how
powers should be delegated appropriately in primary legislation, how those
powers should be exercised by Government and the way in which both Houses scrutinise and approve delegated legislation»; and that «[t] he use and scrutiny
of delegated legislation is at the heart
of the delicate
balance of power between Parliament and the Executive».
Mr. Ortt said he would
not resign, but the indictment nevertheless raised the issue
of the
balance of power in the State Senate, where Republicans
hold a slim majority thanks only to a
power - sharing agreement with a group
of breakaway Democrats.
But whatever they show, the Liberal Democrats won't have given up hope
of holding the
balance of power in a hung Parliament, even if their Commons representation looks to be decimated.
Suddenly, I have become very tired
of the Toyota's... Bought a brand new Accord Crosstour EX-L V6 4WD 2010 on 1st Oct 2010... Now the
balance of my life in this world will be with Honda's... For a few thousand dollars I did
not go for the one with Navigation, now I am deeply regretting it, but
not for long, I am definitely going for a new one with the NAV Package... Crosstour has amazing
power & superb road handling &
holding... I do
not see cowboys in Beamers / Audi's cutting me off anymore....
- the team has been adding weapons one by one because they want the same amount
of attention for each weapon - the team learned that when they added two new weapons at once, one would end up getting overshadowed by the other - there were more new stages than returning stages because bringing back old stages would have little surprise - since they want to satisfy both new and returning players, they changed the order
of stage additions - there weren't any major direction changes in
balancing from Splatoon 1 - there have been more pattern combinations between weapons and stages, so there was more involved to
balance them all - matchmaking is handled by getting 8 players with similar rank points, and then they're split by weapons - the rank point gap between S + players is bigger than ordinary players - only about one in 1,000 active players are in the S +40 to S +50 region in Ranked Battles - there's even less than one in 10 players that reach S +, while 80 %
of the overall player base are in A or less - about 90 %
of S + ranked players are within a + / -150 hidden ranked
power range - rock was the popular genre in Splatoon, so they tried changing it for the sequel - they prioritized making good background music first before forming the band to play that music - the design team would make the CD jacket - like artwork afterwards - due to this, the band members would often change; some getting added while some others removed - Off the Hook is an exception, as they first decided they would be a DJ and rapper along with their visuals first - Off the Hook's song came afterwards - In Splatoon street fashion was the trend, but in Splatoon 2 they tried adding more uniqueness - the aim was to add Flow with ethnic clothing and Jelfonzo with high fashion - all Jellyfish in this world are born by splitting, which means Jelfonzo was born by splitting from Jelonzo - Jellyfish are like a hive mind - when they
hold a wedding ceremony, they're just simply
holding the ceremony - Jelonzo and Jelfonzo start gaining their own consciences so they can speak - Flow used her working holiday to go on a trip before reaching Inkopolis Square - during the trip, she met the owner
of Headspace - the owner liked her, so she got hired to work there - Bisk has a unique way
of speaking: anastrophe - the team tried to express him as an adult man - they made him into a giant spider crab because they wanted someone with high posture - he came from a cold country and broke up with his girlfriend to join a band - just like Flow, he became attracted to squids - Crusty Sean finally has his own shop, but he opened it because he's someone who follows the current trends - one
of the trends happens to be people opening their own shops - drink tickets aren't stacked, but the probability is higher than a single brand - the music in Inkopolis Square changes depending on the player's location - sounds contribute to creating atmosphere in the location - the song at front
of Grizzco Industries had an atmosphere that feels like some smell can radiate from the game screen - as for Salmon Run, they imagined it as a Japanese restaurant outside Japan that is
not run by a Japanese person - each time the player moves between the shops, the game uses an arrange shift that shows the personality
of each inhabitant - the arrangement in Shella Fresh is related to Bisk's guitar and mystery files that describe his past - with the Squid Sisters moved to Hero Mode, Off the Hook was put in charge in guiding battles and festivals - Bomb Rush Blush has an orchestra «because it would sound like the final boss» - the team wanted to express the feel
of the story's real culprit with this music - the probability
of each event occurring in Salmon Run is different - there are no specific requirements, meaning they're picked randomly - this means it's possible for fog to appear three times in a row - the Salmon have different appearances based on the environment they're raised in - if the environment is harsher, they would become large salmon - Steelheads and Maws have big bodies, while Scrappers and Steel Eels have high intelligence - Salmons basically wield kitchenware, but everybody else has a virtue in fighting to actually cook the Salmons - Grill is the ultimate form
of this - when Salmons are fighting to the death, they can feel the same sense
of unity - they would be one with the world if they were eaten by other creatures, and they also fight for the pride
of their race - MakoMart is based on a large supermarket in America - the update also took place on Black Friday in America, which was why Squids are buying a lot
of things in the trailer - Arowana Mall looks like it has more passages because there are changes in tenants and also renovation work - Walleye Warehouse has no changes at all, because the team wanted to have at least one map that stayed intact - the only thing different in this map is the graffiti, which is based on the winner
of Famitsu's Squid Fashion Contest - all members in the band Ink Theory graduated from music university - they are well - educated girls who also do aggressive things - the band members wearing neckties are respecting the Hightide Era from the prequel - the team will continue adding weapons and stages for a year, and Splatfests for two years - the team will also continue to make more updates including
balancing
The Greens are the best shot, but under current conditions they can't hope to do much better than their current role
of supporting a minority government and / or
holding the
balance of power in the Senate.
Andrew Weaver, the Green Party leader who
holds who
holds the
balance of power in B.C., isn't prepared to vote down the government on Site C (and cause an election over the issue) despite the fact that he is equally outraged.
No doubt our courts would have found it possible to
hold that «exercise regal
power» did
not extend to «vice-regal
power», in a country whose basic framework involved a careful
balance of rights
of Protestant and Catholic, rather than one that was emerging from a century and a half
of religious strife where the winners intended to consolidate their gains.
After affirming the trial judge's decision that Mr. Allen was actually terminated on October 14, 2009, the Court
of Appeal for British Columbia cited with approval the decision
of Bowes v. Goss
Power Products Ltd., 2012 ONCA 425, (canvassed by this blog in the post Fix the Duty to Mitigate) in which the Court
of Appeal for Ontario
held that if an employment contract provides for a fixed severance package there is no duty on the employee to mitigate his damages, and
held that as Mr. Allen's employment agreement did
not impose a duty to mitigate, the trial judge properly found he was therefore entitled to the
balance owing for 15 months» salary and benefits in lieu
of notice as damages for breach
of contract.