Sentences with phrase «of another hung parliament next»

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«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.

Based four years on from the hung parliament, hung more than loosely on our own shambolic cross-party covenant of 2010, the next general election is looming and the fatal embrace between Lib Dem and Tory is stretched to its limit.

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 other.

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.

When an administration is introuble, the talk is often of a hung parliament after the next election.

Of course a successor will lead in the same nightmarish context of a hung parliament, but he or she will not have been culpable for the last election and will have every intention of leading the party into the next onOf course a successor will lead in the same nightmarish context of a hung parliament, but he or she will not have been culpable for the last election and will have every intention of leading the party into the next onof a hung parliament, but he or she will not have been culpable for the last election and will have every intention of leading the party into the next onof leading the party into the next one.

IF, and it's a big IF, there were to be a hung Parliament next time around, far better that the LibDems (and I guess this applies to the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Dr. Dick Taylor too) act as kingmakers by voting for or against the government, whether it be Labour or Conservative, * on the merits of each individual piece of legislation * than propping up some of the most loathsome, reactionary policies this side of the self - styled moral crusaders from the ear of High Thatcherism.

If the Liberal Democrats can ensure that their party structures operate so as to allow a clear voice to come through, they have every chance of putting forward a distinctive manifesto at the next election - one that will, in all likelihood, put it closer to a reformed Labour Party, should the Alternative Vote deliver another hung parliament.

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».

They could also wait for the next hung parliament, and hope that a smaller party has enough influence (and determination) to hold a referendum on a PR voting system, but this depends on the luck of hung parliaments, and on the negotiating decisions of existing parties.

The next 12 months will see the realities of hung parliament bite, as the coalition's midgame turns to endgame.

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.

Changes to constituency boundaries mean there is an increased likelihood of a hung parliament after the next election.

Being the party conference season, there has been much discussion about the possibility of a hung parliament at the next election.

This finding - which underlines the increased danger of a hung parliament after the next General Election - reflects the positive impact of boundary changes on Tory prospects.

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.

Analysts say the spread could see the Conservatives claim a 100 - seat majority at the next election, although electoral commentators maintain a hung parliament is the most likely result of a Labour defeat.

The leader of the Liberal Democrats yesterday said his party would not «bail out» the Government if there were a hung parliament at the next general election.

For some time this website has pointed out that, despite the relentless negativity of the right - leaning press, Labour is on course to win the next election, albeit probably as the largest party in a hung parliament.

Though we have about 1000 days until the next election, Plaid Cymru have offered the Labour party a deal by way of a strategy should we find ourselves with a hung parliament in 2015.

Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman interviews Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg on his party's policies, the likelihood that he will be chosen as Britain's next prime minister and which party he would back in the event of hung parliament.

But the interest in the possibility is at least as much a reflection of the political class's frustration with the predictability of the David Cameron versus Gordon Brown contest as of any convincing likelihood that the next parliament will be hung.

The DUP leader expressed his optimism about the next few weeks, saying the prospect of a hung parliament gives Northern Irish voters crucial influence on polling day.

In an article for today's Platform, Mike Smithson of PoliticalBetting.com forecasts a hung parliament at the next General Election.

A hung parliament after the next election could mean a move towards a form of proportional representation.

The Conservatives shocked everyone by winning a small majority at the 2015 General Election, despite predictions of a hung parliament and the possibility of constitutional wrangling over who had legitimacy to form the next Government.

Meanwhile, Gordon Brown, who is being closely advised on this matter by Peter Mandelson, is not only contemplating a grand coalition in the event of a hung parliament after the next election, but he is also ready to consider heading a national government in the coming months in the event of the economic situation getting worse.

He also indicated he would be prepared to work with the other main parties in government in the event of a hung Parliament at the next election.

Partners may not have wanted a Labour government, according to our survey published yesterday, but they feared the prospect of a hung parliament even more, with more than 60 % of respondents believing activity levels would fall during the next 12 months in the event of no party winning an outright majority.