Specifically, the danger that people could begin to value
their party holding power over freedom itself.
The election represented the tenth consecutive Progressive Conservative government in Alberta; the last time
another party held power was in 1971, when the Social Credit Party was in government.
The Conservative
Party holds power but it is not a majority government and therefore always susceptible to losing a vote.
Though these consequences are plausible, alone they are neither undemocratic nor unusual in countries in which either multi-party government is the norm or regional political
parties hold power.
Preachers, he said, must speak truth to power «in the spirit of the prophets,» no matter which
party holds power.
Not exact matches
Ticking off every demand the New Democrats put on their long list — from giving motorists a break on their insurance to delaying and eliminating some corporate tax breaks — the Liberals have thrown down the gauntlet and put the
party that
holds the balance of
power between a rock and a hard place.
She ultimately lost her parliamentary majority but
held on to
power thanks to an agreement with a small Northern Irish
party.
With the president's
party controlling the Senate by just one seat and the Senate
holding not only the
power to pass or block legislation, but also to confirm nominees to federal positions, including the Supreme Court, the race in Arizona to replace the departing Sen. Jeff Flake is one of several to watch this fall.
By the early 1990s, the New Democratic
Party — the political ally of the labour movement — was in
power in three Canadian provinces, including Ontario, and
held 43 seats in Parliament.
The announcement came less than 24 hours after the B.C. election results were finalized, with the two
parties holding a majority of the seats committing to do anything in their
power to stop the proposal.
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party in
power has lost House seats in 9 of the last 10 congressional elections
held at the midpoint of a president's first term.
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This was why Communists were able to triumph even in countries where they began as a small minority; it was one reason why Communist
parties held onto
power even in countries where they were widely hated.
The coalition
holds the kind of veto
power that bigcity mayors, African - American leaders and labor unions
hold in the Democratic
Party.
I agree that as it stands right now, the Democratic
party is still very much a big tent with the levers of
power being
held by the centrists, i.e. the Clintons / Obamas.
But DUP MPs have notoriously poor attendance records and at least one senior Lib Dem MP believes the
party could
hold the «balance of
power» for votes on areas of mutual interest, such as housebuilding.
Political
parties in Belfast are in dispute over whether to
hold a public inquiry into the scandal - which would have the
power to compel witnesses to give evidence - or an investigation which would allow Stormont to set the terms and procedures.
Rawlings claimed some heavyweights of the
party schemed to stop him from
holding onto to
power after his constitutional eight years mandate came to an end in 2000.
But the idea of
party leaders «trying to claim
power or
hold on to
power» was the big story he wanted to explore.
David Cameron launched the Scottish Conservatives election campaign today with the unusual admission the
party would not
hold power.
Four
parties are likely to clear the 5 per cent hurdle to gain a portion of the 225
party - list seats: United Russia, the centrist «party of power,» which currently holds 238 seats in the Duma; the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), a leftist opposition party (92 seats); the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), a nationalist party dominated by its firebrand leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky (56 seats); and A Just Russia (JR), a leftist party engineered by the Kremlin to capture votes from the KPRF — but which also included a small number of liberal legislators in the 2011 - 2016 Duma (64 se
party - list seats: United Russia, the centrist «
party of power,» which currently holds 238 seats in the Duma; the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), a leftist opposition party (92 seats); the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), a nationalist party dominated by its firebrand leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky (56 seats); and A Just Russia (JR), a leftist party engineered by the Kremlin to capture votes from the KPRF — but which also included a small number of liberal legislators in the 2011 - 2016 Duma (64 se
party of
power,» which currently
holds 238 seats in the Duma; the Communist
Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), a leftist opposition party (92 seats); the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), a nationalist party dominated by its firebrand leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky (56 seats); and A Just Russia (JR), a leftist party engineered by the Kremlin to capture votes from the KPRF — but which also included a small number of liberal legislators in the 2011 - 2016 Duma (64 se
Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), a leftist opposition
party (92 seats); the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), a nationalist party dominated by its firebrand leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky (56 seats); and A Just Russia (JR), a leftist party engineered by the Kremlin to capture votes from the KPRF — but which also included a small number of liberal legislators in the 2011 - 2016 Duma (64 se
party (92 seats); the Liberal Democratic
Party of Russia (LDPR), a nationalist party dominated by its firebrand leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky (56 seats); and A Just Russia (JR), a leftist party engineered by the Kremlin to capture votes from the KPRF — but which also included a small number of liberal legislators in the 2011 - 2016 Duma (64 se
Party of Russia (LDPR), a nationalist
party dominated by its firebrand leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky (56 seats); and A Just Russia (JR), a leftist party engineered by the Kremlin to capture votes from the KPRF — but which also included a small number of liberal legislators in the 2011 - 2016 Duma (64 se
party dominated by its firebrand leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky (56 seats); and A Just Russia (JR), a leftist
party engineered by the Kremlin to capture votes from the KPRF — but which also included a small number of liberal legislators in the 2011 - 2016 Duma (64 se
party engineered by the Kremlin to capture votes from the KPRF — but which also included a small number of liberal legislators in the 2011 - 2016 Duma (64 seats).
It is therefore vital that a truly meaningful vote should be
held within the time frame of the article 50 negotiations and not be left to verbal assurances — not least because there is no guarantee who will be leading the Conservative
party by next autumn, nor indeed where the balance of
power might be in any future government or hung parliament.
In 2015, they suggested an altogether different outcome, a hung parliament in which the Scottish National
Party would
hold the balance of
power.
Political
parties, of course,
hold considerable agenda setting
power in how they control campaign events.
But with the two
parties sharing
power in Albany and each
holding a veto over the redistricting process, it is probably inevitable that one of the two seats the state loses will be a Democratic -
held one.
Israel's prime minister has made a last - ditch attempt to rally his supporters as the country went to the polls, with an incendiary warning that a high turnout of Israeli Arab voters could threaten his
party's
hold on
power.
County Leaders will be prevented from unilaterally controlling the
party via proxy voting and will not be able to stack the Executive Committee with human proxies to preserve their
hold on
power.
One of the tools that majority
parties have historically used in order to
hold power longer is the size of a district.
It's not surprising: the balance of
power in this country is largely determined by which
party holds more seats.
Meanwhile, smaller
parties such as the Greens, the Liberal Democrats, the UK Independence
Party (UKIP) and the Scottish National
Party (SNP) could
hold the balance of
power in a hung parliament after May 2015.
Brown's thesis is a strong rebuttal to a commonly
held point of view, arguing that a «strong» leader — defined as someone who «concentrates a lot of
power in [their] hands, dominates both a wide swath of public policy and the political
party to which [they] belong, and takes the big decisions» (p. 1)-- is ultimately an undesirable leader.
The dominant
parties in southern Africa maintain their
hold on
power through a mix of co-option and coercion and are not unlike their counterparts in other competitive authoritarian states such as Mexico, Argentina and Russia.
We do not know why this mattered so much, but it has become a talisman of liberal radicalism, to be implemented in that split second opportunity when the
party might
hold a balance of
power in the Commons and «name its price».
Tony Blair had famously never
held a government position before becoming Prime Minister, as the Labour
Party had been out of
power for the entire duration of his career as an MP.
In these chambers it was not a question of which
party will
hold power, but simply by how much.
As a result,
power has been
held by either of two
parties for most of Canada's history.
Ahead of a debate in front of Tory
party members in Wales, Mr Cameron said he was committed to devolution, and would support further
powers, while Mr Davis said he would
hold a referendum to let the electorate decide.
«For decades the legislative leaders of both
parties have had far too much
power to thwart the will of the people and their elected representatives by
holding bills in committee thereby preventing an up or down vote by the legislature.
How does it affect them or their
party's chances of winning or
holding power?
The council election was
held on the same day as the national General Election, when the Labour
Party government lost
power and the Watford parliamentary constituency was won by the Conservative
Party.
The last polls conducted before polling day show the Scottish National
Party (SNP) is likely to win a lot of seats and
hold the balance of
power.
I have no doubt that the Conservative
Party will make major gains in votes and seats in the next 10 years that will build to their return to
power ultimately, but they are a long way off actually winning a majority and it has to be said that a Hung Parliament now looks more improbable than at any time since 2001, demographic factors are working against the Conservative
Party as well - Labour seats mostly are
held with far lower turnouts which is partly why Labour can get fewer votes than the Conservatives and end up with an overall majority and far more seats than the Conservative
Party.
The Senate leadership coalition
holds power by a narrow margin, and Governor Cuomo has already promised the minor
party, the Working Families Party, that he would work to help Democrats regain control of the Senate, in exchange for the party's endorsement in the fall elect
party, the Working Families
Party, that he would work to help Democrats regain control of the Senate, in exchange for the party's endorsement in the fall elect
Party, that he would work to help Democrats regain control of the Senate, in exchange for the
party's endorsement in the fall elect
party's endorsement in the fall elections.
The Senate leadership coalition
holds power by a narrow margin, and Governor Cuomo has already promised the minor
party the Working Families Party that he would work to help Democrats regain control of the Senate, in exchange for that party's endorsement in the fall elect
party the Working Families
Party that he would work to help Democrats regain control of the Senate, in exchange for that party's endorsement in the fall elect
Party that he would work to help Democrats regain control of the Senate, in exchange for that
party's endorsement in the fall elect
party's endorsement in the fall elections.
As for Flanagan, «It's clear that to an embarrassing degree Flanagan is Cuomo's flunky, his most loyal ally in the Legislature, a guy who will abandon the supposed fundamental positions of his own Republican
Party in order to
hold on to
power,» said the lobbyist, a Democrat who has worked with both leaders.
The prime minister is in a sticky spot on the continental issue due to the divide amongst the ranks in his own
party; and even more so after a recent report found that 56 % of Brits want to
hold a referendum on Britain's membership with the supranational
power.
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) had recently
held a crucial National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting which saw firebrands of the
party deliberate on the best ways to capture
power in the 2020 elections.
We need a proportional voting system where voters have a real choice of not just which
party holds the balance of
power, but also who represents them locally.
This is because of the actions and inactions of the leadership of the
party by allowing the NDC appointees to
hold on to key positions when they are the ones who went to remote areas to campaign to bring the
party back to
power.
I remain intrigued by the prospect of Alex Salmond and dozens of MPs
holding the balance of
power at Westminster post-election; it will be little more than the main
parties deserve after the contemptuous way they treated those inclined to vote yes in the independence referendum.