Sentences with phrase «party leaders asked»

Now the Speaker John Bercow says he has written to party leaders asking them to tell MPs to tone things down.

On Thursday, she sent a letter to Conservative Party leaders asking for their endorsement.

However, in the wake of graduate student protests, 31 Republican lawmakers sent a letter to party leaders asking them to leave tuition waivers alone.

Not exact matches

Justin Trudeau, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, was recently asked by a charitable organization to give back a hefty speaking fee — $ 20,000 — after the event he spoke at took a loss.

Although members of The People's Vote are quick to point out that they're asking for a different kind of vote, pro-Brexit leaders in the Conservative party, which controls the government, say the public doesn't want to vote on Brexit again.

With Canada's 2015 federal election underway, we're asking Canada's business leaders for one policy measure that the next government — whichever party (or parties) may lead it — could implement to boost business in this country.

When asked whether House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republicans in Congress would consider his trillion - dollar infrastructure plan, Trump boasted he was popular with the party's leaders on Capitol Hill.

The leader of a faction in British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative party demanding a clean break from the European Union, has denied issuing an ultimatum after asking her to drop a proposal for a customs partnership with the bloc.

In this week's episode, we ask former PC President, Katherine O'Neill, about what really happened inside the PC party after it was nearly wiped off Alberta's political map in 2015, and why she decided to step down from the party executive, just three weeks after the election of party leader Jason Kenney.

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To help them make their decision, I asked leaders of the individual campaigns or the related party (from the two major parties) to respond to some questions.

i know that we need to keep both players, their importance to the team should be reflected in their wages, i'd like to see them get between 200 000/250 000 a week but they shouldn't hold us to ransom and ask for 300 000 like i read somewhere also they shouldn't take into account the reasons why they've been playing well (very well i should say) the fact that they are at the right club playing under a manager who gives them the freedom to express themselves on the pitch, teammates that respect them and see them as their leaders they must enjoy leading the team and the way our team plays its football, i think right now both the players and the club suit each other and the best outcome for all parties (including fans) would be to agree on contracts that satisfy everyone!!

Mr. Pratt asked the leaders to respect the party's constitution and restore faith in the NDC because the party having a congress to elect a Presidential candidate is just a first step to Election 2020.

«It's asking a lot of someone of Vince's age to be an MP and a leader, especially of a minority party that has to punch above its weight against Labour and the Tories,» says Baker.

The leader of the largest party in the House of Commons is by convention asked by the monarch to be Prime Minister and to form a government.

«Party leaders and donors asked me to speed up my timetable and make a decision to either run myself, or clear the field,» Erie County Stefan Mychajliw in a press release Wednesday morning.

When Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff asked to speak to the leaders of the mass demonstrations against the government in 2014 organised entirely on social media with an explicit rejection of party politics, she was told «there are no leaders».

According to Ipsos Mori, which has been asking voters the same question at every general election since the early 1980s, 2010 was the first year when as many people said they were voting on the character of the leader as much as they were on his party's policies.

Asked how he hoped to win over frustrated Corbynites, he insisted that we was cut from a similar cloth to the current leader and he said that his party should be grateful to Corbyn

An organisation supporting the Labour leader was ostensibly asking me, a card - carrying Labour member, to protest the Parliamentary Labour Party.

Assemblywoman and Republican Congressional candidate Jane Corwin has reached out to Conservative party leaders in New York asking for their backing in the race for the 26th district.

A top Bernie Sanders official is asking Democratic leaders, including Hillary Clinton, to sign a draft letter recommitting to vastly shrinking or effectively eliminating the party's controversial «superdelegates» system — and ultimately changing the presidential nominating process.

DC: I didn't sack Michael Gove, what I did is... I don't think people understand but if you are a party leader or prime minister, one of the most important people in your life, let alone your job, is your chief whip and I asked Michael to do a job that I knew he'd do really well, which was to be chief whip, and that's the job he is doing extremely well.

The Canandaigua Republican said Wednesday he's been asked by party leaders, other elected officials and members of the business community to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who will likely seek a third term next year.

We asked what people had noticed and what had passed them by, what they thought the parties were trying to tell them and how believable (or otherwise) they found it, what mattered to them and what didn't, what they made of the leaders vying for their attention, which way they were leaning and what doubts stopped them making their minds up.

I wish the new Labour leader well and would ask him to join us on the streets with the working class people who are taking a stand against social cleansing but for now it remains to be seen whether the rest of his party will follow his lead.

Asked whether Carswell, who has publicly fallen out with the Ukip leader, should leave the party he replied: «He can do what he likes.

Not one, but two Republicans connected to the veteran operative have been approached by party leaders and asked to consider challenging New York's junior senator, Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand, next fall.

We asked our 1000 respondents whether the performance of their local MP is the most important factor in determining their vote or that of the party leader.

«Well I would think as the leader of the party, that I'm asking all Democrats to support the winner of these primaries,» the governor explained.

The party leader's supporters should ask themselves how long they can allow the Tories, unchallenged, to wreak intolerable damage on the country

It was a noisy and acrimonious scene on the floor of the Senate as Senator Thomas W. Libous, a Republican from Binghamton and the party's deputy leader, shouted for a roll - call vote, while Democrats attempted to stall the vote by asking to adjourn the session.

The party leaders are not asking for reunification right away, though.

Asked about the role of the Democratic party leaders in choosing the speaker, the CM said, «at the end of this process the Progressive Caucus will coordinate with the county organizations to elect Melissa Mark - Viverito as the speaker.»

In appointing senators from the minority party, the President of the Senate can ask for recommendations from the Minority Leader.

Asked if they would expect to get back a # 10 note lent to a party leader, just 44 % said the Liberal Democrat leader would return it.

We asked Republican congressional candidate and Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan about the reported arrest of New York State Senate Temporary President & Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos and what it says about the party or state government.

Ever since I became leader of this Party in 2005, people have been asking me to tell them, not in general terms but in specific detail what a new Conservative government would do on tax and spending in a Budget in 2010.

The Governor General asks the Members of Parliament to form a government, which is normally the party whose candidates have won the most seats; that party's leader generally becomes Prime Minister.

Shortly after the leader's speech, Diane Abbott was asked if peace had broken out in the Labour party, She replied: «I wouldn't go as far as to say that.»

It asks the Leader to make a statement which condemns campaigning outside MPs» offices and surgeries; to make a commitment to «actively change» behaviour which goes against Labour Party values; and to hold Labour figures «accountable» for supporting events where abusive behaviour is encouraged.

Asked about the results on the BBC's Question Time programme, Harriet Harman, the Deputy Leader, who scored 4.95, said it was just «one poll» and said those within the party calling for a leadership election were making «an error of judgement».

The governor, at a business group breakfast earlier this summer, was asked, by the leader of the state's Republican Party, Ed Cox, how the bridge would ultimately be paid for, after that.

Private emails circulated by several party officials have asked Republican leaders to hold off on endorsing DeFrancisco, and to search for alternative candidates to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo in November.

Asked what would happen if a new leader tried to change policy to support Nato withdrawal, he said: «There's always been in the history of the Labour party individuals who take different positions.

Robert Castro, 62, of Port Richmond, said he was asked to step down as North Shore district leader for the Staten Island Democratic Party and was offered a position as the Hispanic Outreach coordinator for the party — but the promised spot never was given to him, the Staten Island Advance first repoParty and was offered a position as the Hispanic Outreach coordinator for the party — but the promised spot never was given to him, the Staten Island Advance first repoparty — but the promised spot never was given to him, the Staten Island Advance first reported.

This is in contrast to a YouGov poll in the Times today which asked a nationwide sample how people would vote with Vince Cable as leader — in YouGov's control question asking how people would vote with the existing party leaders the Lib Dems were on 8 %, if the leaders were Cameron, Miliband and Cable the Lib Dems would still be on 8 %.

The first is that normal voting intention questions do not include prompting by the party leaders names, so realistically you should only compare the results of a question asking «how would you vote with Milliband in charge» with one saying «how would you vote with Brown in charge».

Asked why he had not mentioned Brown's name, Miliband said: «Gordon Brown is the leader of our party.

«I have asked my fellow Welsh party leaders to co-sign this letter so we can not only bring more powers closer to the people of Wales, but so we can end the injustice of 16 and 17 year olds in Wales being denied the vote.