Sentences with phrase «over social democrats»

UKIP may have some advantages over the Social Democrats.

Conservatives have an in - built strategic advantage over social democrats in the current era of austerity, in which a pared - down neo-liberalism now appears shorn of no - longer - affordable social accoutrements.

Not exact matches

Fatigued by years of austerity and swayed by promises of debt relief, Icelandic voters dumped the Social Democrats from power on Saturday, returning a center - right government that ruled over its financial collapse five years ago.

Democrats say they are the compassionate party, because they vote on social issues over fiscal ones.

Sir Alan writes of the two major political events to occur during his time as Berwick MP; the merger with the Social Democrat Party in 1988 and the talks between Paddy Ashdown and Tony Blair over a possible Lib - Lab coalition.

This, in turn, helped the Social Democrats take over as the majority party in 1969, putting an end to 20 years of Christian Democratic dominance.

Having served billions of targeted voter - matched digital ads online, social media, and mobile devices over the past five years and helping to elect scores of Democrats up and down the ballot for offices ranging from senator and governor to state legislator and school board member, DSPolitical has earned a reputation as a progressive ally and committed innovator.

Centrists, social democrats and liberals all over Europe breathed a sigh of relief, the Guardian remarked.

The «political social media user» cohort represented by these 22 % of internet users voted for Republican congressional candidates over Democratic candidates by a 45 % -41 % margin, and Republicans» enthusiasm for using social media matched that of Democrats.

When the former diplomat and Special Boat Service captain took over the helm of the newly - merged Social and Liberal Democrats in July 1988, the party had sunk to 5 per cent in the polls, and shortly after came fourth behind the Greens in European elections.

Mr Blair has taken the unusual step of briefing newspapers over his concern that the Liberal Democrats will get nowhere if they move to the left of Labour, adopt a policy of demanding higher taxes and become more critical of his party's efforts to tackle measures such as social exclusion.

Like Andy Newman over at SU, many Democrats and progressive are afraid to fight on social issues.

On the national front, the Democrat pointed to the proposed $ 65 billion in cuts to Social Security, plus $ 1.4 trillion to Medicaid and $ 500 billion to Medicare over the next decade.

The New York Times reported today that House Democrats are distancing themselves from Weiner, who admitted earlier this week to sending lewd photos over twitter and social networking sites.

While often presenting himself as a «socialist» and making an appeal to deep anger over growing social inequality, Sanders has long functioned as a run - of - the - mill Democrat, caucusing with the party in Congress and backing the U.S. military war machine, says Hawkins.

According to county Legislator Ben Boykin, a White Plains Democrat and chairman of the Committee on Public Safety & Social Services, the looming cuts to the narcotics unit will pose an abundance of consequences to Westchester, which has seen opioid - related deaths increase by 60 percent this year over last year.

Ms. Mark - Viverito, a Democrat, also said the City Council would pass legislation over the next year to block federal immigration agents from entering «private areas on city property and offices where New Yorkers receive social services» without a warrant or a court order.

Although the 6.4 % increase falls short of her party's campaign promises, Bulmahn says the new governing coalition of Social Democrats and the eco-friendly Green Party plans to continue the increases over the next 5 years.

CHANG: Of course, that will mean a pretty intense battle between Republicans and Democrats over revenue increases and cuts to entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare.

«It's tricky and it's going to be hard, but there are ways it can be dealt with,» says Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, a former tech executive who has led investigations into Russian interference on social media over the last year as the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee.