Sentences with phrase «offer electoral reform»

His party would much rather form a minority government than offer electoral reform.

It would, one assumes, prefer to negotiate an agreement with the Liberal Democrats than submit to Conservative rule, and would perhaps offer electoral reform as bait.

As further evidence of his commitment, Gordon Brown was offering them electoral reform without even the need for a referendum.

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A key point in the drama comes when the camera lingers on Cameron's expression as he tells Tory backbenchers that Labour may have just offered the Lib Dems electoral reform without a referendum.

David Cameron has denied misleading Conservative MPs during coalition talks with the Liberal Democrats, insisting he did not tell them Labour was offering Nick Clegg's party electoral reform without a referendum.

If they really cared about electoral reform, I suspect they'd have made the Lib Dems an offer they couldn't refuse by now, much as Sunny suggested two days ago.

Well there is a theory the reason New Labour have held onto the ID cards is because they can offer to drop that to appease the LibDems rather than give them what they really want (electoral reform)...

Let me go out on a limb and say Labour ought to offer this if the LibDems were to accept it ---- so yes to electoral reform, Lords reform, (even PR to local government) and a path to a written constitution — yes to an Iraq inquiry — No ID cards; no heathrow runway.

Labour shadow ministers who sneered at the idea they might offer Proportional Representation to the Libdems, on the eve of the election, will now have to face the fact that only permanent coalition politics or electoral reform can give them a chance to rule in future.

The Free and Equal Elections Foundation, a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to electoral reform, today extended an offer of support to Occupy movements across the country.

The prime minister offered immediate legislation for a referendum on electoral reform.

There is growing speculation that David Cameron may be prepared to offer some concessions on electoral reform to gain Mr Clegg's support if there is no outright election winner.

Already, Labour offers the Lib Dems the Alternative Vote — a limited electoral reform that would give the Lib Dems significantly more seats.

If DC hadn't offered / bounced the bare minimum fig leaf of electoral reform out of his MPs, that would have counted for nothing.

They would take a Tory - led coalition for eg electoral reform; the Conservatives would offer much less.

David Cameron last night won strong support from his newly elected MPs for his offer to the Liberal Democrats to form the first coalition since the second world war with a referendum on electoral reform.

He had offered an all - party committee of inquiry on political and electoral reform to look at possible changes.

Negotiations between the Liberal Democrats and the other parties resumed today after yesterday's dramatic events which saw Gordon Brown announce his resignation and the Conservatives offer a referendum on electoral reform.

Cameron divulged that Gordon Brown was intent on offering the Liberal Democrats the guarantee of electoral reform in return for a Lib / Lab pact.

Within these overtures, Mr Cameron offered an all - party committee of inquiry on political and electoral reform.