Sentences with phrase «of majority government»

Although absent from the Conservative manifesto, the policy is the stated aim of a majority government recently elected at a general election (albeit on just 37 % of the vote) and on which the Commons has voted (twice) in favour.

The Coalition could hammer out as detailed a Spending Review as it can, whilst the Tories make it clear — either in footnotes or in a separate document — what they would do in case of a majority government after 2015.

In the 2005 general election, Labour was re-elected for a third term, but with a reduced majority of 66 and popular vote of only 35.2 %, the lowest percentage of any majority government in British history.

Liberal commentator Olly Grender said it was old fashioned to suggest that the best decision - making came as the result of a majority government.

And he examines the challenges for the Tories if they are to achieve their goal of a majority government at the 2015 general election.

There was even talk in some quarters that AV would deliver semi-permanent blue - yellow realignment - so best for Tories to drop their dream of a majority Government.

As you rightly mentioned in your question, arguments in favour of majority government is that they tend to last much longer, bringing with it an element of stability.

David Cameron, prime minister of a majority government, had to carefully time his parliamentary vote on airstrikes over Syria in order to win.

In his first statement outside Number 10, David Cameron said that as the head of a majority government he can deliver all of his manifesto.

Yet the 2015 election has demonstrated that with small shifts in voting they can achieve the holy grail of majority government.

Not exact matches

Opinion polls suggest a majority of voters will opt to stay, but the post-referendum negotiations between the U.K. government and the E.U. could still sour market sentiment.

«It is important that we achieve a two - year agreement that funds our troops and provides for our national security and other critical functions of the Federal government,» the statement from the White House, House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.

Out of a total population of around 32.5 million people, the majority are in their mid-30s or younger, according to government data.

And because the majority of Eritrean youths were now conscripted in the National Service, any business requiring their labour had to effectively rent them from the government.

Grantham believes it's likely the majority of pension plans will run a long - term deficit, and this will have major policy implications for government.

For the «vast majority of candidates,» says Aiken, the intervention of a lawyer or bot is unlikely to do more than an accurate self - assessment using government - provided tools.

«Macron has tried to strike a fine political balance to maximize his chances of building a majority, while making sure the new government has enough competent figures to launch reforms,» Antonio Barroso, deputy director of research at Teneo Intelligence, said in a note.

While approval is not a given since the ruling coalition government led by Abe's LDP does not have a majority in the upper house of parliament, most analysts do not foresee any problems given signs this week that main opposition parties will not block the nominations.

September 16 — As many as 30,000 Malaysians, the majority of whom are from the Malay community, march through Kuala Lumpur in a show of support for the government.

There were a few dissents, but a majority of the Monetary Policy Committee also opted to create # 60 billion (about $ 100 billion) to buy government bonds over the next six months and # 10 billion to purchase corporate debt over 18 months.

The ongoing dispute between so - called Remainers and Brexiteers about this relationship took another turn last week when a majority of the U.K.'s House of Lords — the upper house of parliament — voted that the U.K. should stay in a customs union with the EU, something the government under Prime Minister Theresa May has said would not happen.

The motion, a broadly worded declaration of support for foreign policy, received 158 votes in favor, below the necessary majority of 160 votes and was followed by a chorus of opposition calls for the government to «quit, quit, quit».

When he landed in Vancouver, Canada last month he was treated like a rock star by thousands of South Asians clamoring for just a peek at the man leading India's first majority government in 30 years.

While representing the vast majority of its metro region, Calgary Economic Development also benefits from diversified funding from the city, private industry and other levels of government.

Portugal's minority center - right government collapsed this week after the three leftist parties that won the majority of seats in September month's general election refused to support its continuation of bailout - dictated austerity policies.

It comes with the Government under pressure after losing its House of Commons majority in the general election as Jeremy Corbyn's anti-austerity Labour outperformed expectations.

The Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority has disclosed that the majority of public submissions on the $ 450 million Iconic Scarborough development supported the project, but said all government agencies and utilities it consulted, with the sole exception of Tourism WA, opposed it.

Two - thirds of young people agree with a smaller majority of Americans overall that the government should make sure people have health care coverage.

Though the referendum law sets the bar for passage impossibly high, the government has promised to respect the wishes of a simple majority.

These clients include a majority of the Fortune 100 companies and more than 500 government entities.

Though some Republicans, like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, were quick to praise Tillerson's international business experience working with foreign governments, Tillerson's nomination was met with deep skepticism from both parties over his embodiment of the most contentious 2016 campaign issues: Trump's closeness with Russia, climate change skepticism, and potential business conflicts of interest.

A majority of the judges on a federal appeals court seemed skeptical of the government's defense for President Donald Trump's executive order restricting travel, during courtroom arguments Monday.

It's politically risky for the federal government to ride roughshod over state laws voted in by a majority of the people, says William McGrath, a partner at the Washington, D.C. - based Potomac Law Group.

This sentiment was reflected elsewhere; a Nanos research survey showed 48 % of Canadians felt the country was headed in the right direction and a healthy majority believed Harper's government was doing an average job, at least.

But with her Liberals winning a majority government Thursday, Wynne emerged as the saviour of her party's flock, putting a fresh face on a troubled party that has ruled Canada's most populous province for more than a decade.

The Israeli government has ruled out any right of return, fearing the country would lose its Jewish majority.

Small and medium companies across the country that have contracts with the prime (think of a parts manufacturer for a car or airplane company) or with the government are eligible in the vast majority of cases.

After all, he'll say, our system of government is based on majority rule.

«Although we expect that the Greek government will implement the required measures, the risk of early elections is increasing given the rising political cost to the government and its slim majority in the parliament... Early elections might bring a new and more reform - minded conservative government, but Greece's economy would be hit again by prolonged uncertainty, after having just started to record positive growth,» Moody's said.

Early returns suggest a significant majority of voters in the State of Washington have approved an initiative to privatize the state's remaining government liquor stores.

Republicans and some Wall Street analysts warn that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's decision to blow up the filibuster on presidential nominations will lead to an even darker period of partisan acrimony, throwing into question the ability of Congress to pass a bill to fund the government past January and raise the debt limit in February.

Despite the fact that the vast majority of the company's $ 85 million in revenue depends on government funding, Virts - Mozer is confident that her firm will make it through the shutdown just fine.

Government lending data reviewed by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting shows the companies direct their lending toward white borrowers and white neighborhoods, even in metros like Philadelphia where a majority of residents are people of color.

No group managed to secure a majority in the Italian parliament, heralding weeks of political uncertainty and raising the prospect of a government between sworn enemies - the center - right led by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and the center - left under Pier Luigi Bersani.

Despite its name, RBS is currently majority - owned by the taxpayers of the entire U.K., since it needed a government bailout in 2008 to make up for bad investment decisions.

(For all the fights the 2012 budget sought to pick with the Yankees and the environmentalists, there were a lot of hangdog expressions at Hy's that night among Conservatives who had hoped for real small - government conservatism from a majority government and thought Flaherty had delivered thin gruel.)

Five local companies will share in a combined $ 92 million worth of contracts awarded by the state government, with the majority of the work comprising school construction jobs.

Alberta was the only province where a majority of residents surveyed said they approved of the government's handling of the environment, with 55 per cent saying they agreed the Tories are protecting the environment.

* 44 per cent of Canadians think Harper's majority government is «working well,» while 56 per cent don't think it is.

While France and Italy have emphasised the importance of more talks, a big majority of the 19 euro zone governments favour taking a hard line with Greece, diplomats said, and Germans are running out of patience.