Sentences with phrase «of a hung parliament with»

That might evolve into a firmer endorsement of the Liberal Democrats this time or of a hung parliament with Nick Clegg ensuring the Conservatives remain «Cameroonian».

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Bourses in Europe were lower Monday as investors took a cautious approach as they came to terms with a hung parliament in the U.K. and awaited a meeting of the Federal Reserve later this week.

Results of the Italian election point to a hung parliament, with no party or coalition winning enough votes to form a government.

«There's been a lot of discussion on the fringe of this conference about our party's next steps; about our relationship with the other parties; and about what we should do in the event of another hung parliament,» he said.

«It's like flirting: desperate isn't sexy...» It's May 2010 and Peter Mandelson is advising Gordon Brown on how to deal with the Lib Dems amid the wreckage of a hung parliament.

Combined with the expectation of a slight incumbency boost — that same bump the Conservatives have been praying for months for now - a hung parliament with the Tories as the largest party seems a plausible scenario.

Both Mr Brown and Mr Cameron have attempted to court Mr Clegg in the early weeks of his leadership, with the Liberal Democrats set to hold the balance of power in the event of a hung parliament.

At the same time, not many audiences would be quite so anoraked as to hit the host with a barrage of questions about majorities and departmental carve - ups when he asks, in a moment of audience interaction, what Nick Clegg should do if faced with another hung parliament.

With the general election - and another possible hung parliament - now due next year, both Labour and the Liberal Democrats are thinking more seriously about the idea of working with each otWith the general election - and another possible hung parliament - now due next year, both Labour and the Liberal Democrats are thinking more seriously about the idea of working with each otwith each other.

«My reading is that with the uncertainty about the outcome of the election whether it be a hung parliament, whether it be a Tory majority or any of that stuff, people actually tuned in much more to local issues.

And with the prospect of another hung parliament this May, all the talk of a vote - by - vote minority administration propped up by nationalist MPs means we could be going back to the 1970s in more ways than one.

With the polls suggesting a hung Parliament, I'm rather excited at the prospect of the battle ahead.

The challenge lies with the politicians to acknowledge the risks and to reform the government formation procedures before we have another hung parliament, and the risk of a messy and contested process of government formation.

With a hung parliament now viewed as the most likely outcome of the election, Allen's comments aren't just dry theory any more.

I am about to put up a blog post at http://www.barder.com/ephems/ suggesting the outline of Labour's best line to take with the LibDems after the election has produced a hung parliament, if it does, and before parliament meets, while Brown and other Labour ministers sit tight, refusing to yield to the unconstitutional clamour for their resignation.

The single most likely outcome of the May general election is a seriously hung parliament with the Conservatives as clearly the largest party but a majority on the left.

But there is uncertainty associated with all the forecasts and some forecasters are trying to estimate the extent of that uncertainty, which in turn can be used to calculate probabilities of particular events (hung parliament, largest party, etc..)

The single most likely outcome (central forecast) is at the bottom of the pie chart and that is a seriously hung parliament with the Conservatives as clearly the largest party but a majority on the left, including the SNP and Liberal Democrats.

Forecasters, academic experts, journalists, pollsters and the betting markets have long been forecasting a seriously hung parliament with both major parties not only short of the 326 seats required for an overall majority but even forecast to get less than 300 seats.

Graham Allen, chair of the political and constitutional reform committee, hasn't been particularly happy with the debate about what exactly happens when the voters return a hung parliament.

Mr Cable admitted it would be «difficult to work with the Conservatives or Labour» in the event of a hung Parliament, but added that it was the Liberal Democrat's mindset to show «we can work with other parties in the national interest».

Labour should prepare for a possible hung parliament by forming a partnership of principle with the

Some are so bruised by the experience of coalition government with the Conservatives that they claim to get down on their knees every night «and pray that the next election doesn't produce a hung parliament».

With the shadow of the Scottish independence referendum hanging over parliament, this was never going to be an ordinary prime minister's questions.

Speaking of grown - up politics, I ask whether she would ever consider working with Ed Miliband in the event of a hung parliament.

Before that, the last such incident was the aftermath of the December 1923 election, when Stanley Baldwin's Conservatives became the largest party of a hung parliament without the possibility of any governing agreement with the Liberals.

Eighty - nine per cent of members backed Mr Clegg's approach to the hung parliament scenario - that he should let the party with the most votes and the most seats try and form a government.

High - February 15th: Hedging their bets - A Guardian report that Clegg would rule himself out of a coalition in the event of a hung parliament was quickly rebutted, leaving the position clarified and enabling party activists to go about their jobs with the position clear in their heads.

This means building strong foundations for any consequent coalition - a necessity which, last time round, was compromised by the rush to office of both parties, and their unpreparedness, plus that of Whitehall, for the dance of negotiation which a hung Parliament brings with it.

The hung parliament of 2010 produced a Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition but after the Lib Dems» unhappy experience in office — and with neither Labour nor the Conservatives prepared to form a coalition with the resurgent SNP — the UK may be heading for a minority government.

It not only deprived him of seats that are rightly his, it undermines any hope that Clegg will be able to carry his party into a second coalition with Cameron in a future hung parliament — a parliament which is now more likely because of the failure of boundary changes.

[32] Lib Dems state that they want «three - party politics» in the Commons; [144][145] the most realistic chance of power with first past the post is for the party to be the kingmakers in a hung parliament.

With some of the polls pointing to a hung Parliament, or at least some commentators and the Lib Dems hyping it up, it is worth revisiting Mark Oaten's Coalition: The Politics and Personalities of Coalition Government from 1850, published in 2007.

With the next general election likely to yield a hung parliament, Cameron would have needed every one of the 20 extra MPs these boundary changes would have brought him.

Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman has since made clear in an interview with the Independent newspaper that she is not a supporter of «cosying up» to the Liberal Democrats, on the basis that Labour may rely on the Lib Dems in the event of another hung parliament in 2015.

Nothing to do with a Hung Parliament, and the Tories or labour he might join, if labour comes out tops then he will lean with brown, if it's Cameron he'll kiss the butt of Thatcher.

The Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman will deliver his message to the London School of Economics (LSE) tonight, as the party privately tries to establish red lines for cooperation with others in the event of a hung parliament.

Whatever people may think of New Labour's achievements, faults and mistakes, there is an enormous difference between the timidity with which a government with a majority of 170 + proceeded in its first term, carefully implementing its incremental manifesto but always looking over its shoulder in search of the «daily mandate», and the astonishing bullishness of this Coalition despite the hung parliament.

Clegg's comments — seen by many as a hint that he might even work with the Tories rather than Labour in the event of a hung parliament — came as the Conservatives outlined their flagship education policy.

It is thought that, although continuing to warn publicly of the dangers to the economy of a hung parliament, the Conservatives may have begun privately considering how a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats could be possible.

One woman was surprised by Darling's performance: «Personally, I thought you could see some similarities between what Alistair Darling and Vince Cable were saying so the idea of what would happen in a hung parliament, I think it's raised some interesting questions with regards to that.»

Jeremy Corbyn said the face of British politics had changed and called on Theresa May to resign after her snap general election left Britain with a hung parliament 11 days before Brexit talks begin.

«The rules are that, if it's a hung Parliament, it's not the party with the largest number of seats that has first go - it's the sitting Government.»

With Labour, the Tories and the Liberal Democrats positioning themselves ahead of a possible hung parliament, Channel 4 News asks why politicians are failing to spell out the scale of the cuts that will have to be made after the election.

The 2015 election result took almost everyone by surprise, with the Conservatives winning a narrow majority despite predictions of another hung parliament or a minority government.

Farron had stuck resolutely to his line of «no coalitions, no pacts,» with other parties, in the wake of the general election result, which led to a hung parliament.

In advance of the publication of a ConservativeHome poll on party members» attitudes to co-operation with the Liberal Democrats he suggests that Britain may be heading for a hung parliament after the next General Election.

The 1992 general election was widely tipped to result in a hung parliament or a narrow Labour majority, but in the event the Conservatives were returned to power, though with a much reduced majority of 21.

Voters can elect a strong Conservative government that will bring borrowing, immigration and regulation of banks under control or it can choose the chaos of a hung parliament and Britain could go the way of Greece with much higher interest rates.

The resulting general election returned a hung parliament, but Asquith remained prime minister with the support of the smaller parties.