Sentences with phrase «parliamentary arithmetic»
"Parliamentary arithmetic" refers to the process of counting votes and calculating the numbers needed to win a decision or pass a law in a parliament or legislative body. It involves analyzing the political balance of power and gaining support from enough members to achieve a majority or achieve a desired outcome. Full definition
the actual election result made a Lab - Lib govermment pretty difficult in Parliamentary arithmetic, because of instabiiity risks.
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But with a more confident Labour party or a different parliamentary arithmetic the Act can be a significant constraint on the PM.
When Parliamentary arithmetic forced the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to govern together in May 2010, many had cause to be concerned.
The attack does not shift the UK parliamentary arithmetic which is stopping the Government putting to the Commons its wish to extend RAF airstrikes to Syria.
While the coalition itself might have been the product of pure parliamentary arithmetic, the changing policy profile of the Party after 2006 meant that by 2010 a Liberal - Conservative coalition was substantially more viable than it had been for decades.
Miliband could face similarly tricky parliamentary arithmetic in six month's time.
So, Labour, if it follows Labour Uncut's advice, and avoids this dastardly trap by our Etonian masters, will have accepted social cleansing, greater inequality, etc, not merely as some sort of forced defeat by parliamentary arithmetic, but as a conscious decision, perhaps justified by some notions by some of a «tactical retreat» (don't laugh).
The raw parliamentary arithmetic, based on current seat projections, would give a Labour - SNP informal pact a working majority of between 6 and 20.
«The Government has a very small majority so, let's be clear on that, you don't need very many for this to be a problem of parliamentary arithmetic, but it is fair to say that the numbers on this who have expressed concerns directly to ministers, to whips, to myself — these are the conversations [that] are going on in the lobbies, in the tearoom --[they] are very significant indeed.»
Given the Parliamentary arithmetic, and that it is Labour who had gone in with a majority, there are good reasons to think that from Friday May 7th Clegg's preference was to seek to lead his party into a Cameron - led alliance; aware that some in his party would want both options fully explored.
In his book 5 Days in May, Andrew Adonis goes so far as to argue that the Liberal Democrats formed a coalition with the Conservatives rather than Labour not because of the parliamentary arithmetic was considerably better but instead because Nick Clegg and David Laws especially were ideologically closer and personally warmer to the Tories than to Labour.
The Parliamentary arithmetic always meant that the Lib Dems» game...
If there is a hung parliament after a general election, then the Parliamentary arithmetic will be such that the Lib Dems will have everything to gain by holding out for full PR and everything to lose by settling for AV.
Given the likely collapse of Lib Dem MPs after 2015 as a result of the Tory - dominated government this time round, the parliamentary arithmetic could make even that possibility unfeasible.
«Before or after the next election, if the parliamentary arithmetic throws up the need for a coalition of Labour and the Lib Dems, I would go into that with enthusiasm... I could serve in a Cabinet with Chris Huhne or Vince Cable tomorrow.
But he said that the parliamentary arithmetic meant that was not realistic.
«The parliamentary arithmetic made a Lib - Lab coalition unworkable, and it would have been regarded as illegitimate by the British people.
The parliamentary arithmetic is fragile, with Tory officials estimating that about 20 - 30 Conservative MPs would not back an extension of bombing to Syria.
The parliamentary arithmetic that shows the Conservatives to be 16 votes short of a working majority
The parliamentary arithmetic made a rainbow coalition of centre - left forces difficult in 2010, but had it happened a reformed Lords would very likely already have happened.
Labour figures argue that all the above — the parliamentary arithmetic, the market warnings, the Prime Minister being «Gordon - ish» — are mere alibis for the Lib Dems, who want to pretend that they had no choice but to get into bed with the Tories.
The parliamentary arithmetic, they argue, meant that the only available recipe for stable majority government was a Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition.
«Post-election parliamentary schedule finalised Main The parliamentary arithmetic that shows the Conservatives to be 16 votes short of a working majority»
He said at the time he would have preferred to work with Labour but the parliamentary arithmetic did not allow it, so there was «no point fantasising».
Evans also said Lib Dems «have to make it clear that if the parliamentary arithmetic is right we are clearly capable of docking with either party».
But by far the stronger force determining the composition of the next government will be parliamentary arithmetic.
Currently, the parliamentary arithmetic means hard Brexit is impossible.
Constitutionally it was perfectly appropriate for her to look to another political party for its support on «confidence and supply» matters, and the parliamentary arithmetic made the DUP by far the best placed candidate for discussions.