Sentences with phrase «of next election»

On Monday, Klobuchar and Sen. John Kennedy, R - La., wrote to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassle, R - Iowa, requesting that the committee call technology firms» CEOs to appear and describe their efforts «to combat attempted foreign interference,» as well as «to protect Americans» data and limit abuse of the platforms» in advance of the next election.

But it seems unlikely that it will have that much resonance in an Ottawa where every measure is judged in terms of increasing electoral support in Québec and the winning of the next election and in Foggy Bottom, where the State Department is still articulating American needs in terms of a post-September 11 paradigm, in which traditional concerns of national jurisdiction have a lesser weightFor which see todays» news on the long journey of the NatWest Three.

This is likely to be pertinent to the plans of the Ministry of Justice in England and Wales — which is racing to implement an online small claims court by the time of the next election — but we will see:

That figure may well be much smaller by the time of the next election, because the market value of some of the major companies has been falling rapidly, and the value of their coal, oil and gas fired power stations is falling even faster.

I think Labor's strategy is to get this plan passed by hook or by crook and then let people see that the sky does not fall as the opposition has been saying, revealing the scaremongering of the latter by the time of the next election in two years.

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Jim Flaherty expressed doubt Wednesday that expanding income - splitting for tax purposes is the best way to spend a surplus he expects to deliver ahead of the next election.

There is quite honestly no way of knowing, certainly not by the time of the next election.

I make it for the 650 MPs, 89 will be over 65 by the time of the next election.

«Also Frank Dobson hasn't been mentioned — I would have thought he's more likely to retire than some who have been mentioned, since he will be 75 by the time of the next election»

The overall increase of 58,000 in the net migration figure will come as a blow to Prime Minister David Cameron and Home Secretary Theresa May's aim of cutting it to the «tens of thousands» by the time of the next election in May 2015.

Also Frank Dobson hasn't been mentioned — I would have thought he's more likely to retire than some who have been mentioned, since he will be 75 by the time of the next election, though he may remain for one final term.

and still only in her late 30s — she'll still be only 39 at the time of the next election.

By the time of the next election in 2015 I will have served for two decades in the House of Commons and in the European Parliament in Brussels.

It was her admission that Labour will review their policy on pensioner benefits ahead of the next election.

To vote in New York, one must be a United States citizen who will be 18 years old by the date of the next election.

But this doesn't explain why Mr Cameron's speech was made now, some three years away from the date of the next election: after all, we're not even halfway through this Parliament yet.

The deadline for Labour's new settlement with the unions is clear: Ed Miliband was unequivocal that it had to be in place by the time of the next election.

Despite Labour's recent recovery in the polls, the most likely outcome of the next election is a Tory victory.

The Progressive People's Party (PPP) has announced its readiness to merge with other political parties in a bid to form an alternative political force in the country ahead of the next election in 2020.

But at the time of the next election people do remember such instances and also remember who was responsible.

By the time of the next election, Lib Dems would be able to say that much had been achieved «by a totally new way of doing politics»

Balls argues that a central issue of the next election will be Ronald Reagan's famous question: «Are you better off than you were four years ago?»

That compact at the heart of the current coalition is now breaking down as resumed growth and the prospect of the next election induce the parties to reposition themselves.

The timing is absolutely right now for the unveiling of an election pledge to legislate to scrap any further MP and Ministerial final salary pension accrual from the date of the next election and to replace it with money purchase pensions with a decent employer contribution for all future service.

However by the time of the next election Gordon Brown will be Labour leader, not Tony Blair.

How these strands of opinion develop, and particularly how former Liberal Democrat voters perceive their party's role in the coalition, will determine the outcome of the next election — however the votes are counted.

The three are committed to opening open up a dialogue within and between their parties over alliance - building ahead of the next election.

If the result of the next election is a German - style grand coalition you read it here first.

ToryDiary: «The Government's pledge to reduce net migration is a key plank of the next election campaign - CCHQ regularly issues infographics and updates reminding everyone that the Coalition's record starkly contrasts with Labour's incompetence in border control.

It looks instead like the government will use the constitutional reform and governance bill to pave the way for a referendum within two years of the next election, ie in the next parliament, but just on the alternative vote (AV)-- a system that allows preferences but isn't proportional.

«We must get beyond the short - term thinking in Albany that never sees beyond the horizon of the next election,» the report says.

Asked what they expect the result of the next election to be, 40 % expect the Conservatives to retain power (27 % outright and 13 % in a coalition), compared to 28 % who think Labour will win (21 % outright, and 7 % in coalition).

Stephen Byers, holder of the honorary post of Blairite Outrider, condemned it for breaking a manifesto pledge not to raise income tax rates — because it would come in just before the expected date of the next election.

The worry I have is the more we bang on about immigration — and it seems as though that is going to be one of the big themes of the next election — it resonates with what we understand people are concerned about, but the more we bang on about that as the Conservative Party, the more we will seem I fear to people in this country with brown skin, with black skin, people who've come from outside the UK, they will just think «God, Tories somehow see us as being second - class citizens».

Labour desperately needs to develop its stars of tomorrow — the people who will get great media coverage and win over voters not just in advance of the next election, but in the run up to 2020.

As the outcome of next election looks set to be one of the most hard to call in the last two decades, a one note hiring strategy focused on whichever party is flavour of the week is clearly a profoundly rash tactic.

44 % of people told Populus they thought it was important for a political leader to have strong religious belief, 53 % disagreed (for the record, Tony Blair is known to be a practicing Christian who regularly attends church, Michael Howard attends a Liberal Synagogue on the High Holy feast days — not that it matters anyway, since neither of them will be leader of their respective parties by the time of the next election).

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

There is a Populus poll in The Times tomorrow which does not appear to cover voting intention, but rather asks the public what they expect they outcome of the next election to be.

First, it clarifies what could be one of the most important dividing - lines of the next election — between tax cuts and in - work benefits.

But as the decades passed, lawmakers increasingly passed bills to raise their salary as far in advance of the next election as possible to reduce the likelihood of voter backlash.

No, Corbyn needs to press for Labour to drop its support for Trident replacement ahead of the next election.

But for now at least, on economic policy, on which the fate of millions and the result of next election will depend, Ed has failed to deliver the change Britain needs from the manifesto policy the electorate rejected.

The boundary changes defeat matters far more to the outcome of the next election than even the coalition's biggest U-turn, or the resignation of a Cabinet minister.

Well, firstly, the results of the next election aren't written in stone, and there's always a chance - slim though it might be - the party somehow recover from their current electoral horror story.

It has been threatening for some time to pressure local Labour parties to withdraw their support for certain candidates ahead of the next election.

The coalition would govern for a year - announcing the date of the next election, and legislating for fixed - election dates, too.

The narrowing of the Tory lead in the opinion polls over recent months underlines that the outcome of the next election is not certain.

Zuma, 74, will have completed two terms in 2019 and is not eligible to run for president again, but the ANC — which is packed with his loyalists — could replace him ahead of the next election.

Regardless of whether they do though, one way or the other, the UKIP vote is likely to have serious consequences for the outcome of the next election.