Sentences with phrase «over av»

In an interview with last weekend's Observer he called the Conservatives ruthless - especially over the AV campaign - and bashed the government for trying to implement «extreme remedies», for trying to cut the 50p tax rate.

Chris Huhne has compared fellow Cabinet member Baroness Warsi to Josef Goebbels, as the debate over AV threatens to create a permanent rift in Cabinet.

The battle in Labour over AV will be hard - fought because the stakes are high.

Chris Huhne: After numerous instances of criticising Conservatives over the AV referendum, Huhne is certainly one of the Premier League's Big Four.

Messrs Huhne, Cable and Clegg may have been respectively difficult for their partners over AV, Beecroft and nearly everything, but they can not be accused of flinching from George Osborne's Plan A. Mr Huhne was a convinced supporter of deficit reduction even before the election.

He led the coalition which continued despite occasional crises over AV and Lords Reform.

Chris Huhne is the centre of attention in Westminster, as Cabinet - level tensions over AV spill out into the press.

He has interviewed dozens of those at the centre and writes about the relationship between Cameron and Clegg, the Lib Dem fall from grace over tuition fees, the «surprise» of Lansley's NHS reform, the clash over AV and Lords reform, the decision to intervene in Libya, the debate over the EU, single - sex marriage, «Plebgate» and above all else the economy and austerity measures.

For all these reasons, I think AV is actually a very good voting system and I would put the referendum result down to several things — an ineffective Yes campaign (if you typed AV into Google, they didn't even come up on the first page of results), lies and smears spread by the No campaign, the association with Nick Clegg, the split in Labour over AV and finally, and not insignificantly, the fact that the Electoral Commission sent leaflets to every household containing an overly complex explanation that made AV look more complex than the insides of a nuclear reactor.

He chose Lib Dem self interest (being in government) over electoral reform — ie he chose FPTP over AV.

Clegg claimed on Monday that Lords reform was the Tory offering in exchange for Liberal Democrat support over the constituency boundaries review, but Cameron is now insisting the actual deal was over the AV referendum.

Not exact matches

«I'm not exaggerating when I say AVs will have as big an impact on our cities and society as the arrival of the first cars over 100 years ago,» says Barrie Kirk, head of the Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence (CAVCOE), which is striving to build an ecosystem of organizations to supply the market's needs.

But the Senate has squabbled a bit more over its own proposal, the AV START Act.

He has previously worked in ERSTE Bank Austria, Interdin AV, Bankpyme Gestión and Sabadell Inversión where he became responsible for managing European and Spanish equity funds with over $ 1 billion of assets under management.

Also, over the past forty years or so, intermediate - term bonds have seen drawdowns that are roughly 70 % lower than long - term bonds, on aver... -LSB-...]

Christianity has been subject to much recent criticism for its acquiescence — even encouragement — of the exploitation of nature, said to be based on the verse in Genesis where God gave man «dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle and over all the earth» (Genesis 1, 26 AV.).

AV Ju 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

On the world market for AV products (estimated at US $ 156 billion in 1992) the top 12 AV companies control in 1993 over 40 %.

Gum disease is known to affect aver 80 % of Americans over 35 years of age.

AV has over $ 25 + million in gross sales, experiencing a 45 % growth rate in winegrapes since 1995 and a 55 % growth rate in bulk wine since 1998.

Jonathan Bernier was outstanding making 35 saves for the Avs, who opened their season on Thursday with a win over the Rangers.

Bernier was in net for Colorado's huge victory over St. Louis to send the Avs to the playoffs.

My basic position is that I can live with AV, I acknowledge that it has some strengths over the current system but prefer the current system overall.

Hi Sunder, I've disagreed with you several times over at LC, but don't think I've done you the courtesy of laying out my objections to AV yet.

Even in London where there were no other elections apart from the AV referendum, over a third of voters managed to get out of bed and make it to the polling booths.

AV is a first, timid step towards political renewal and away from the unedifying sight of the leaders of the two main parties jostling for the trappings of power, much in the manner of two bald men over a comb.

Besides the fact that AV doesn't do much to stop this (in the safest seats, MPs tend to get big percentages of the vote anyway), it's another continuation of the idea that we can get reforms passed on the back of public anger towards MPs over the expenses scandal.

On AV, I think it is more complicated, as neither you nor I can say we know what the pattern of 1st preferences would be in the first AV General Election, still less do any of us know what the overall candidate and party system look like, and the way in which different candidates and parties might interact over two or three elections.

Given the loss of the AV referendum on the voting system and the deadlock over House of Lords reform, this may be unsurprising.

Forget sweeping spending cuts, the AV referendum row and divisions over Europe.

«With just over a week to polling day, No to AV activists will be working hard to ensure that people go out and vote on May 5th.»

«Not content with pronouncing AV dead for years to come following the decisive «no» in the AV referendum, some members of the Tory right have made a point of flexing their muscles over their continued support for First - Past - the - Post.

«AV will give voters a greater sense of influence and ownership over the political process,» he said on Tuesday.

«Conservative supporters have consistently opposed AV, but their opposition has become far firmer and more robust over recent weeks.

During the Christmas holidays, the cross-party NO to AV campaign announced the names of over 100 Labour MPs — almost half of the Parliamentary Labour Party — who will be voting no to the Alternative Vote at the referendum in May.

The nine - member panel, presided over by Justice Sophia Akuffo, also averred that the «Speaker of Parliament shall always, before assuming the functions of the Office of President when the President and the Vice-President are unable to perform their functions, take and subscribe to the oath set out in relation to the Office of President».

Not only does this give electors a few extra days to consider their options based on the first result, it ensures that they are not forced into making a «saccharine» second choice (which AV would force them to do), before they know whether or not their first preference candidate will get over 50 % of the vote.

In Australia, where AV has been used for over a century to elect the House of Representatives, it has rarely led to a hung parliament.

During the course of the AV referendum campaign over the last couple of months, numerous supporters of the Yes campaign have variously claimed that polls which give a cursory explanation of the system before asking the voter whether they support AV - which have generally shown larger numbers opposing the change - are a «complete misrepresentation», «loaded» or «flawed».

As the arguments about AV and the coalition get increasingly heated over coming months, the mysteries of who said what during those few fascinating days may be worth a lot more examination.

Senior Conservatives have already questioned whether he wants to remain in his post after he launched a «theatrical» outburst against David Cameron and George Osborne in a Cabinet meeting over their refusal to denounce tactics used by the No campaign in the AV referendum.

Losing the AV referendum was a «bitter disappointment, not just to me, but to Liberal Democrats all over the country».

The No to AV campaign has been launched in London despite the uncertainly over whether the bill will make it to law.

He averred: «There is no representation of special action groups that have, over the years, observed elections and built a body of knowledge / data on how the electoral process is subverted.

Chris Huhne, the Lib Dem energy secretary and prominent campaigner for a yes vote, accepted that there would be no further attempt to introduce voting reform during this parliament and that it was «over» for AV.

If anyone has dipped into the debate on the Alternative Vote over the last three weeks, they will probably have picked up one thing: the No campaign say AV will cost # 250 million, the Yes campaign disagree.

Next, wander over to Marine Av.

Out talks to Judy Greer about playing girlfriend to Lily Tomlin in Grandma AV Club another underappreciated actress Carla Gugino has taken over lead role duties from Christina Hendricks in Cameron Crowe's Roadies MNPP Director John Curran leaves the Lewis & Clarke miniseries so Casey Affleck and Matthias Schoenaerts are without a director.

I know this means we should stay away — and I've been flinching over the film's annoying posters in the NYC subway for months (the AV Club calls it among «the worst movie advertising campaigns of all time»)-- but sometimes, when a movie gets piled on like this, I'm almost curious enough to want to go to see why.

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