Sentences with phrase «over a minority government»

In particular, if David Cameron presides over a minority government or coalition, his own side would be expected to do better than that.

With a hung parliament expected following the UK general election this week, most partners would prefer another coalition over a minority government, with more than two - thirds of respondents to a new Legal Week survey arguing a minority government would be bad for the economy.

Not exact matches

«The president's infrastructure proposal would do very little to make our ailing infrastructure better, but would put unsustainable burdens on our local government and lead to Trump tolls all over the country,» said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

While an opinion poll on Saturday gave Fine Gael a one - point lead over Fianna Fail and suggested another minority government as the most likely outcome, Dublin City University politics lecturer Eoin O'Malley said Monday's events would also hurt them.

However, when the substantial majority of over 60 per cent gets split among four other competing parties, the Conservatives — with a minority of the vote — could wind up forming the government.

As the chart above illustrates, there is an interesting correlation between the seat - advantage a minority government holds over the official Opposition, and the length of time between general elections when the minority is in power.

The Grit seat advantage over the Progressives was 52, and, coincidentally, the King government did not face voters for another 47 months following their minority win.

To sum up, the six general elections considered here ended with minority governments, and those minorities all enjoyed a relatively small advantage in the number of seats — ranging from two to 22 — over the official Opposition.

It seems evident that minority governments with a comparatively narrow seat - advantage over the official Opposition usually stay in power for relatively brief periods of time.

His followers are doing pretty good job of eliminating minorities by forcing them to leave their country or be converted to Islam, but you know what, those days of Koranic abuse are over, people are hitting back at s. a. v. a g e s from air, governments around the world are not hesitant to call them terrorists and killing them any place they find.

Sadly our culture has been destroyed by the French government over the years, as was the case for every European ethnic minority in the French territory.

The report did not allege that the government of Pakistan supported discrimination, but it speculated that «the government's reticence in looking into incidents involving discrimination against minorities is a reflection of its fear of offending fundamentalist Muslims who wield substantial influence over their co-religionists.»

He told Premier: «Some Pakistani government ministers and court lawyers have tried to deal with this [persecution in Pakistan] but actually one or two of them have been executed over the years, just because they stood up for a minority, i.e. for the Christians there.

AsiaNews now reports that a new commission set up by the country's interim government will «establish a cemetery for the country's Christian and Kirati minorities... Over the next four months, the commission will scout for possible sites in each of the country's 75 districts and have them identified by July 15.»

Most Americans assume that the separation of church and state is a fundamental principle deeply rooted in American constitutionalism; that the First Amendment was intended to ensure that government does not involve itself with religion (and vice versa); and that contemporary debates over such vexing issues as school prayer, voucher programs, government funding of faith - based organizations, and the rights of religious minorities represent ongoing attempts to realize the separation intended by the Founders and like - minded early Americans.

The majority of mainstream Christians have allowed a vocal minority to take over our government and interpret scripture and Christian values for all Christians.

Even if a minority of parents actually use them as a sleep space, etc. there is still no way that a government body would hand out an inherently dangerous product for all new citizens over eight decades.

Klein can over play his hand one way: Being seen as denying significant power to Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the Democratic minority leader who would be the first black woman to hold the majority leader post in state government.

The Minority leader on his part argued that the government is conducting its activities few days to its handing over contravenes the Presidential Transition Act 2012 (845).

For Labour, concessions to this by constant apologies that the last government got it «wrong» on immigration or saying there are «legitimate concerns» on immigration are seen in the same way and risk repelling significant sections of the electorate, especially among those Labour needs to win over or persuade to turn out — notably 2010 Liberal Democrats and ethnic minority voters.

If we had PR, of course, over time there would be centre - right and centre - left coalitions: that seems to me pretty much inevitable, unless we developed a regular pattern of preferring minority governments, on the Scottish model.

Together with Citizens United, this decision guts our campaign finance system and opens the door to corruption by handing a small minority of wealthy individuals the power to exercise undue influence over our government.»

Despite the robocalls that went out on Long Island over the weekend, Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos has now made heretofore source - based speculation official: His conference will provide sufficient votes this afternoon to pass the 11th budget extender and avoid a government shutdown.

Speaking on the Floor of Parliament, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, criticized the government over its communication of what he described as a «sensitive matter.»

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) government should be apologizing to Ghanaians for its inability to fully implement the free secondary education policy as promised over the years, the Minority in Parliament has stated.

The Minority in Parliament has also demanded the immediate dismissal of Mr. Quaitoo from the government over disparaging comments.

If it's 1950 all over again, expect a Tory minority government to limp on until 2016 followed by the return of Labour.

Minority Members of Parliament have alleged that the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo has sacked over 14,000 public servant workers.

Ms Turnely continued: «In the face of the government's campaign to broaden access to universities, elite public schools have actually increased the number of pupils they send to Oxbridge over the last five years, whilst ethnic minority students are twice as likely to attend modern universities than traditional universities.»

He said the police only got involved after the Minority started piling pressure on the government over the US - Ghana security cooperation agreement.

Deputy Minority Leader, James Avedzi, has mocked President Nana Addo's appointment of over 100 Ministers to steer the affairs of his government, saying he may as well appoint Ministers specifically for Whatsapp and Twitter if need be.

As part of the deal to allow a minority private sector stakeholder, the government has said it will take over the Royal Mail's pension fund deficit.

And while I sympathize with his frustrations regarding «the holes in his roads and in the county budget», for most in the community know that I, as a minority legislator, have been one of the most prominent voices in county government trying to stop financial missteps over the past few years.

The two MPs got into a heated argument in Parliament over the controversial Ghana Expatriate Business Awards, following claims by the Minority that government charged $ 100,000 from expatriates to make them...

The Minority in Parliament is demanding the immediate dismissal of Deputy Agriculture Minister, William Quaitoo from the government over disparaging comments he made against northerners.

- if there was a hung Parliament (current chances: over 50 %, under 66 %, eg 8/11), it is more likely than not that there would be a minority government than a coalition, and the most likely outcome is a Conservative - led minority govt if the party does win most votes, and esp if it wins most votes and seats.

The Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak has cautioned the Akufo - Addo government to terminate its plans of handing over mission schools in the country back to the churches or face legal action.

There are no constitutional reasons why a minority Tory government should take precedence over a «rainbow coalition» of Labour, the Lib Dems and the nationalists, but Labour figures fear they will lose all public support if they are seen to cling to power too long.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Keta Constituency, Richard Quashigah, is on the heels of the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, demanding an apology from him for calling the Minority ignorant over the sale of the domestic bond issued by government.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Builsa North, James Agalga has suggested that Minority Members of Parliament are ready to back the suit filed by a member of the party against the government over the defence cooperation agreement with the United States.

[21][clarification needed] He subsequently became MP for Plymouth Sutton at the February 1974 general election with a majority of 8,104, [22] when Harold Wilson took over from Edward Heath as prime minister of a minority Labour government.

In New Zealand, over recent years, the largest party has typically formed a minority government loosely supported by a number of smaller parties.

The First Deputy Minority Whip has laughed off claims by the Employment and Labour Relations Minister that over one million jobs have been created by the government within 15 months.

«Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb (R - Canandaigua) said Silver's arrest casts a «dark cloud over state government» that already has had a an impact.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Rep. Elise Stefanik excoriated U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer over the federal government shutdown more

Addressing a press conference in Goaso on Tuesday, the Minority Spokesman on Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu - Afriyie Akoto, said government has over the years been implementing misguided policies and poor projects in the sector which employs about 60 % of the Ghanaian population.

It's appalling that the present APC Government led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari has continued to allow his tribesmen (the Fulanis) to use sustained killings and maiming to frighten and cow Northern minorities and Christians all over Nigeria into accepting the bloodbath going on in parts of Southern Kaduna and parts of Middle Belt as a norm.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer criticized House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz for threatening to subpoena the head of the independent Office of Government Ethics over the official's statements about Donald Trump.

Dr Zubaida Haque, research associate at the Runnymede Trust, said: «Government and school leaders should be concerned that over 60 per cent of black and ethnic minority teachers are thinking of leaving the teaching profession.

The No Child Left Behind Act may have given the federal government a big say over K - 12 policy — but Congress and the administration remain minority investors when it comes to education funding.