Sentences with phrase «of a second referendum on»

LONDON (AP)-- British Prime Minister Theresa May has firmly rejected the notion of a second referendum on the country's membership in the European Union, insisting Wednesday that the U.K. wouldn't attempt a back - handed effort to remain in the bloc.

But the truth is, if Scottish Tories vote to leave it will increase the chance of a second referendum on Scotland leaving the UK.

Senior party sources suggested that, although Cable backed the policy first proposed under Farron of a second referendum on Brexit, he wanted to lean heavily on his credibility as a former cabinet minister to give the party more gravitas.

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has criticised former Prime Minister Tony Blair's call for people to «rise up» against Brexit and suggestions of a second referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union.

Not exact matches

In the runup to the 2015 UK general election, former Prime Minister David Cameron promised to hold a nationwide referendum on Britain's membership of the EU if he was elected for a second time.

Leaders of both the Conservative and Labour parties, which don't normally agree on much, have ruled out the possibility of holding a «second referendum».

A grand coalition of the PP and second placed Socialist Party (PSOE) is Rajoy's other possibility, and Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera has also indicated some interest in this to stymie Podemos, due to the two new parties opposing views on a Catalan independence referendum.

Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou proposed calling a referendum on a private sector debt - restructuring plan agreed with the creditors as part of a second bailout package in October 2011.

He also takes a look at the implications of the political situation in the United Kingdom where the government is facing calls to hold a second Scottish referendum as it prepares to fire the starting pistol on the process of leaving the European Union.

Scottish leader floats notion of second independence vote Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon says late 2018 could be the best time for a second referendum on independence from the United Kingdom.

But, aware that the prospect of a second referendum plays badly with even moderate «Yes» voters, the SNP will spend the next six weeks playing down the independence dimension while the Tories place it at the centre of their campaign, an attempt to turn the general election into a referendum on a referendum.

For all this controversy, Cable believes a second referendum on the Brexit deal, including an option to remain a member of the EU, is vital.

Whatever the outcome on May 6th, this election will be remembered, first, as the surge of extreme parties who have swept a third of expressed votes, while the two main parties combined totalled only 56 % of vote share, and, second, as a referendum on the President.

Of the 19 times a referendum on an EU treaty has been offered (not counting the 3 times a second referendum has been held following an initial rejection) the treaty has passed eight times, been rejected five times and the referendum cancelled six times.

AFTER more than two years of implying she was on the brink of calling a second independence referendum, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has backed down.

Second, the referendum commitment was a means of managing intra-party divisions on Europe within the Conservative party.

She knows there will be no better chance to hold a second referendum on independence than in the context of Brexit and the collapse of the Scottish Labour party.

The First Minister's announcement on Monday that this was not to be the year of the second referendum may be read as a concession that she simply could not win one.

The bare possibility of a second referendum after 2014 may have a destabilising effect on British politics for the reasons he identified.

The referendum, besides boosting the major determinant of SNP voting, had a second important effect on the party by increasing the fervency of existing SNP supporters [1].

The Scottish independence referendum will be on a single yes or no question to whether Scotland should become independent, leaving out a proposed second «Devolution Max» question, which would grant the Scottish government considerable further powers whilst remaining part of the United Kingdom.

Adonis has also been highly critical of his own party's stance on Brexit, urging the shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer's team to advocate remaining in the single market, and suggesting Labour would eventually end up backing a second referendum.

Some seem to suggest that the second referendum could be on improved terms of EU membership.

In fact, the only second referendum whose effect would be clear is one where the options are to leave on the terms that have been negotiated or to reject those terms and hope we can get something better before being forced, under the terms of Article 50, to leave without having negotiated any terms at all.

A great many of those who signed up to the SNP after the referendum did so on the basis that they expected the party to call a second vote on the UK's constitutional future sooner rather than later.

Former Labour leadership contender Owen Smith - who was sacked from Mr Corbyn's frontbench after breaking from party policy to call for a second referendum - seized on the apparent slip of the tongue by Ms Thornberry, saying it was the latest in a string of inconsistencies on Brexit from Labour frontbenchers.

Of course, Sturgeon would like to hold a second referendum and to be the politician who led the Yes campaign to victory but she is not reckless; the First Minister wants to see support for independence polling at at least 60 per cent - for a substantial period of time - before gambling on another votOf course, Sturgeon would like to hold a second referendum and to be the politician who led the Yes campaign to victory but she is not reckless; the First Minister wants to see support for independence polling at at least 60 per cent - for a substantial period of time - before gambling on another votof time - before gambling on another vote.

That's why, as MPs start the second reading of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill on 6 September, I am tabling an amendment that would rewrite the referendum question to allow people to choose from a wider range of voting systems, including properly proportional options such as the additional member system (used in elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Greater London Assembly) and the single transferable vote (used in Northern Ireland).

Given the stance of Theresa May on allowing Scotland a second referendum, how could Scotland become independent?

In spite of the disingenuous terms upon which the first referendum was fought and the importance to the UK's competitiveness of remaining in the EU, Corbyn has closed the door on a second referendum.

Vince Cable, we are reliably told, will argue today that the SNP should back the notion of a second EU referendum, on the terms of the deal which will eventually emerge from negotiations.

Smith is proposing a second referendum on the terms of Brexit and believes there «is a chance» that the UK will not leave the EU if there is a credible Labour party to make the case.

Earlier, a Lib Dem amendment calling for a second referendum on the terms of exit was comfortably defeated by 336 votes to 131.

In his speech opening the debate on the Lords reform bill, he hinted that the election of the second and third tranche of elected peers, in 2020 and 2025, could be subject to a referendum.

Here's our coverage of the best bits from the Commons» second reading debate on James Wharton's European Union (referendum) bill.

We will vote in parliament to block any attempt to invoke Article 50 until Theresa May commits to a second referendum or a general election on whatever EU exit deal emerges at the end of the process.»

Tim Farron, whose party is campaigning for a second referendum on any exit deal finalised with the EU, said: «After months of platitudes and driving us headlong towards a hard Brexit out of the single market, threatening jobs and our economic security, a few empty words are utterly meaningless.

In the aftermath of the independence referendum, SNP membership soared to around 130,000; many of the new recruits wanted a second vote on the constitution sooner rather than later.

In the campaign for the Labour leadership, David Milliband suggested holding a referendum on both changes to the electoral system and the introduction of an elected second chamber on the same day.

The committee is also expected to call for any proposals on reform of the second chamber to be put to voters in a referendum.

The Ukip leader's declaration of defiance raises the prospect of the Brexit brigade copying Scottish Nationalists chivvying for a second independence referendum since losing by 55.3 % -44.7 % in their 2014 plebiscite on breaking up Britain.

It was only the second national referendum ever to be held within the United Kingdom and the result of the referendum was a decisive rejection of the adoption of the alternative vote by a margin of 67.9 percent to 32.1 percent of voters on a national turnout of 42 %.

Theresa May has prompted a tidal wave of anger from north of the border after rejecting Nicola Sturgeon's call for a second referendum on Scottish independence.

The Commons all - party joint committee on Lords reform is expected to call for any proposals on reform of the second chamber to be put to voters in a referendum.

Here is another sign that Labour is on a journey to support the softest of Brexit and even possibly backing for a second referendum.

The second ITV EU Referendum debate, held on 9 June, was once again set up to showcase the key arguments of the campaigns.

Sturgeon was expected to speak on Friday morning, touching on the possibility of a second Scottish referendum after her country voted to remain in the EU, in contrast to England.

Former PM says Commons should get free vote on final Brexit deal in which parliament can accept or reject the final outcome, with the option of ordering a second referendum.

Then win the vote on the Act in Holyrood then bring it into being A second referendum then becomes the will of the people and London will have to accept it or enrage the Scottish voters even more.

An article («Schools to See Big Windfalls From State Ballot Measures») on state ballot measures in the Nov. 13 issue misidentified, on second reference, M. Dane Waters, the president of the Washington - based Initiative & Referendum Institute.