Sentences with phrase «not calling for a referendum»

Earlier Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer hinted Labour could change its policy on another Brexit vote by saying the party was «not calling for a referendum at this stage».

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Although a call for a referendum to decide the path of Yunker farm development has become a campaign issue for the April 1 election, trustees said they would not make their approval contingent on a referendum.

Glen Ellyn Park District Director Lois Gordon said park district commissioners can not call for a binding referendum until there are firm plans for such a swimming facility.

«For the life of me, I still can't understand why David Cameron decided to call the referendum,» one panelist commented.

But she then calls for a referendum on Lords reform, which Clegg isn't so keen on.

Even when referendums have not been held there have been calls for them on a variety of topics: from reforming the House of Lords, to Britain's membership of the EU.

They will be joined by Smith who today called for a «confirmatory referendum, once the reality of Brexit is revealed» and made it clear that he would not support the prime minister «recklessly pursuing a Brexit of any sort, and at any cost».

You can see that after 1996 the turnout has been quite low on average, so the referendum of 2005 is not a significant outlier, but I still remember a vast and hard campaign from conservatives (and especially the church) that were calling for abstentionism.

Mr Walker, the MP for Worcester, said calls for a referendum could not compromise the UK's efforts to support the eurozone.

Corbyn has been widely criticised for not committing to the Remain campaign ahead of the referendum and, the day after the vote, called for Article 50 to be immediately invoked, so that negotiations on leaving the EU could begin.

His spokeswoman said ministers were «not persuaded» by the calls for a referendum.

With so much uncertainty and instability in Britain, and with renewed and invigorated calls for a second Scottish referendum, he couldn't simply resign and leave without damaging Britain's financial situation further.

So Smith wants a Labour Government then with his call for another referendum on the EC (not accepting the democratic will of he people) the first thing he does is slap 17m Out voters in the face and a significant number of these are potential Labour voters!

Sliwa, who also hosts a daily radio talk show, is set to call Wednesday for a public referendum to eliminate the advocate position and have the City Council speaker elected by voters, not the council members.

We also welcome measures to reduce uncertainty to business at a time of fragile economic recovery — so a move to only call for a referendum if certain and well understood conditions are not met is helpful.

Put the two together - membership of Europe and a democratic constitution - and a referendum becomes a positive, winnable call for change not a defensive manoeuvre.

The Labour leader told ITV's Peston On Sunday: «We are not supporting or calling for a second referendum.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has not ruled out calling for a second referendum once the Brexit terms are known.

Jeremy Corbyn has said Labour does not support nor will be calling for a second Brexit referendum but sidestepped the question as to whether he could change his stance in the future.

Labour's official policy is for a «soft» Brexit, with continued access to the single maket, including the City, protection of residency rights here and in the EU, maintenance of rights at work, and ultimately a parliamentary vote before article 50 is triggered, although not a second referendum as called for by Owen Smith.

Mr Corbyn told Peston last month: «We are not supporting or calling for a second referendum.

I guess the point of it is to find that out, although some people say that nobody would call for a referendum if he / she wouldn't be quite sure to win it.

Labour's decision to back the prime minister in opposing a Commons motion calling for a referendum meant there was not a chance that the government would be defeated.

The Lib Dem leader previously refused to back calls for a referendum on the EU treaty, arguing it was not necessary as the document appeared to differ sufficiently from the failed EU constitution.

Although the letter does not explicitly call for a second referendum, it says that Labour should «acknowledge that the electorate may wish to change its mind about Britain's relationship with the EU».

However, calls for a referendum on the treaty were reiterated today by the Conservatives, as shadow foreign secretary William Hague said the prime minister «can not walk away» from calling a poll on the treaty.

It comes as a Labour MP and ex-minister Gisela Stuart, who helped draw up the original constitution, berated the government for not calling a referendum on the treaty.

Instead he called for an unwieldy «constitutional convention'to consider changes in the wake of the historic independence referendum and which would not report back until the end of next year.

David Cameron is not in favour of a referendum on reforms to the House of Lords, he has said ahead of the release of a report which is likely to call for a mainly elected upper chamber.

The party position has been not to call for one now, although the Labour for A Referendum group was launched on Tuesday.

«The referendum is a mandate to leave the EU, but it is not a mandate to suspend the basic principles of a representative democracy,» Clegg said, calling for greater examination of what Theresa May was planning.

He said the request for a referendum from the Welsh Assembly Government on more law making powers was «on top of her desk» and he looked forward to a «prompt call» for it to be held as Mrs Gillan said previously that she would not stand in its way.

On Wednesday, Sturgeon separately indicated that the Scottish people could demand another independence referendum if Cameron does not agree to her call for more powers for the Scottish parliament.

David Cameron, some of whose referendum rhetoric was penned by Brown, did not bother to advise his predecessor that he would be calling for English votes for English laws on D - day plus one.

It was a referendum on whether or not he would continue in office for another eight years, or would call for a free and open election.

Of course it is not just Brexit, calls for a further independence referendum in Scotland take it further still.