Sentences with phrase «party in opposition»

The context is made all the worse for the coalition by the fact that parties in opposition nationally tend to win more seats in local elections than governing parties.

In principle, the losing party in opposition proceedings bears the fees incurred by the winner as well as all costs incurred which are essential to the proceedings.

The Labour Party in opposition needs to present itself as an alternative government, but just as importantly the role of the main opposition party in a parliamentary democracy is to seek to influence the decisions of government, and shape the political debate.

During his five years in charge of the International Development brief for the Conservative Party in Opposition and two in government, Andrew Mitchell did more than anyone before to change the approach to development aid.

To suggest that a provincial premier, let alone the leader of the third party in opposition can influence a US president is ridiculously naïve.

The problem with the non-cooperative status quo is that we get into a trap where progressive parties in opposition (ie Lib Dems & Greens) have an incentive to point to the Government's failings rather than suggesting solutions.

«The Labour Party in government and the Tory Party in opposition have collectively voted for institutional corruption in politics.»

The apparent acquiescence of the Conservative Government of Arthur Balfour to industrial and business interests (traditionally the allies of the Liberal Party in opposition to the Conservative's landed interests) intensified support for the LRC against a government that appeared to have little concern for the industrial proletariat and its problems.

«I have said that publicly before and I will say it again, for our democracy to thrive and continue to be strong, we need strong party in government and strong party in the opposition.»

Buttressing his standpoint, he cited the then New Patriotic Party in opposition promise to drastically reduce fuel prices and electricity tariffs as some of the juicy promises.

But this is a time in the electoral cycle when parties in opposition at Westminster need to do more than consolidating.

We must put Ghana First by equalizing the disadvantages of the political parties in opposition to ensure that they have a fair and even chance against any abuse of incumbency by this Government which is definitely very desperate to remain in power after eight years.

He said: «The Conservative party in opposition has gone further than any opposition I can remember in my political lifetime of saying not just this is what we will do in the first year, in terms of taking out # 6bn of wasteful spending to stop the jobs tax.

I'm left - leaning but I don't feel any tribal affiliation, though I would love to see an effective Labour Party in opposition.

We are united across our party in our opposition to the destructive austerity, failed economic policies and the deep unfairness of this government.

I am aware of at least one peer who indicated they did not want to take up a ministerial post for personal reasons, but for the most part, the following names are those who worked tirelessly for the party in Opposition who have not been given ministerial posts which they richly deserved.

How could a party in opposition gunning to take over the reins of power make such a move, when elections was just about a year away?

It was their «expertise» which put the Party in opposition for the past ten years.

However, Mr. Owusu Afriyie indicated that a party in opposition like the NPP needs his kind of leadership as a general secretary because he has lived up to expectation and will continue to deliver if maintained.

Hogan met Dadey for coffee Wednesday and discussed the possibility of a «fusion ticket» that could pull together candidates from both parties in opposition to the Miner administration.

This trick worked for the party in opposition and using same trick in government.

Hours after the comment was published by Citi News and received widespread criticism from Ghanaians, the party's founder, Jerry John Rawlings condemned Nii Lante's comments, saying such mindsets could keep the party in opposition for a long time.

The former foreign secretary will suggest his brother is pandering to Labour's core vote rather than reaching out to the middle classes and that his strategy will keep the party in opposition rather than return it to power.

Once you control for voters» views about other issues, differences among racial / ethnic groups and political parties in opposition to Common Core are small or zero.

While reading this very thoughtful column and coming to the last paragraph in which you mention institutional resistance to new approaches, I can't help but wonder if such resistance is a result of the current situation being perpetuated because it is beneficial to the parties in opposition to new approaches.

The power of the social media, the news media, the pressure groups, and political parties in opposition, provide the great power of communication that can very quickly create demands that law societies be replaced with agencies that are more responsive to the democratic process.

There are a handful of other battle enhancements, including some unusual new playable characters: Juno, a magician who can travel around the battlefield as a ghost if she dies; and a member of the antagonistic Dredge, who joins your party in opposition to their race.