Sentences with phrase «party leaders on issues»

Public opinion is now well to the left of the three main party leaders on issues such as rail renationalisation and energy ownership.

There are disagreements among party leaders on the issue of zoning arrangement in your party, what is your view about this?

Not exact matches

By converting «wasted» presidential votes into «none of the above» or support for third - party candidates in Oklahoma, Arizona and other deep red states in the South — the Confederacy, essentially — black voters would exert pressure on party leaders to not take black voters and their issues for granted.

The euro hit a two - month low against the yen soon after FDP leader Christian Lindner said on Sunday that his party was withdrawing from the talks as the three would - be partners could not find common ground on key issues.

He spoke about the need for leadership on this issue, and with him in the delegation were premiers, First Nations leaders and party leaders.

This article provides a summary of the 2004 Alberta General Election, including information on pre-election standing and polls, key issues in the election, leaders and platforms of the major political parties, and the election's final results.

Campaigning on issues related to the March 2015 provincial budget, Progressive Conservative leader Jim Prentice spent most of his week travelling around rural Alberta in his party's campaign bus.

In other words, evangelical leaders were willing to speak about the issue when it was unpopular to many conservatives (this is another reason why Christians should not be seen as a wing of any political party; they must speak prophetically as needed on issues).

The fact is that, even though every other racial minority is at least split on the issue, as a party the Democrats and their black leaders have adopted an exclusively statist understanding of minority rights.

Sometimes, leaders find that their partnerships and relationships require bracketing the abortion issue to an extent so that both parties can focus on a litany of other humanitarian and family concerns that women find themselves drawn to.

So, ahead of a critical two - day summit in which Europe's leaders will come up with a plan to solve the eurozone crisis, the pressure will be on him to tackle the issue in a way which doesn't compromise his own party's fractured views.

The Republican chosen by local party leaders to oppose Hochul was so tone - deaf and so noncommittal on important core GOP issues, its understandable that a young no BS combat vet might not be so patient with her.

A major speech on the issue yesterday was preceded by heavy briefing that the Labour leader would be taking a more aggressive position in 2017 and that party apparatchiks would «let Corbyn be Corbyn».

The Tory leader yesterday admitted his party had failed to provide a centre - right alternative for voters north of the border, letting the Scottish National Party (SNP) take a lead on traditional Tory isparty had failed to provide a centre - right alternative for voters north of the border, letting the Scottish National Party (SNP) take a lead on traditional Tory isParty (SNP) take a lead on traditional Tory issues.

I don't think it would be appropriate for a serious leader of his calibre to consult somebody who has supervised the disintegration of his party, sacked persons who hold contrary views to his, supervised bloodshed in his party and breeded experts in insults, on serious national issues.Ideologically you come from different dispositions but matured politicians bury ideological inclinations when it comes to deciding on certain sensitive issues.

KR Lohse responded to Dan Hodges» piece wondering where Ed Miliband stood on the issue of Europe and a new EU treaty by roundly condemning the means by which the Labour leader was elected: «Ed's luck ran out the day the unions propelled him into a position that the majority of the party didn't want him in.

Apart from one major speech, he has kept a low profile on the issue and is regarded as the most Eurosceptic leader of the party in a generation.

Cameron's «Europe speech `, finally delivered on 23rd January 2013, and the anaemic response of Britain's other major parties — whose leaders ostensibly support the EU but are not willing to expend any political capital making a positive case — have finally forced the issue.

bottom line is stop the cross endorsement crap and stop giving these leaders leverage over who gets jobs and whether candidates take positions on issues that suit the minor parties rather than taking a position they believe in... STOP THE EXTORTION

Geoff Berman, the leader of the state's Democratic Party who was chosen by Cuomo, issued a statement on DeFrancisco's candidacy.

Posted on 24th April 2016 in Expectations of constitutional change, Policy issues, Elections, parties & leaders

I did wonder at the lack of Lib Dem love, particularly considering their strength in Sheffield (for the leader of a national party, Nick Clegg is fantastic on local issues).

Boosting the profile of the party leaders and focusing on head and heart policy issues, by identifying the policy areas that stir the emotive and rational faculties of the UK electorate, will swing the outcome on 7th May.

There is also the issue of path dependency and the extent to which decisions taken on the part of the intervening party permanently affect the political trajectory of the state — for example in their choice of interim leaders or governing bodies.

Though he says he has not spoken to anyone at the state GOP about his interest in running for governor, Kolb on this issue was following a script laid out by party leaders, who have been hammering Cuomo over the downstate transit issues.

A number of individuals with connections to the party expressed relief that its leaders had finally decided to go this route, since this issue has caused so many headaches in recent years — including a probe by the US attorney's office, which contributed to the delay in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's agreement to run on the WFP line last fall, but ultimately did not result in any charges.

It also divided the electorate into segments according to their characteristics — including how they voted in 2010, their views of the party leaders, which party has the best policies on different issues, and their opinion of each party's attributes — and identified each segment's propensity to vote Conservative.

Every week until the general election, the Lord Ashcroft Polls team will visit constituencies around Britain to find out what people from all walks of life think about the parties, the leaders and the issues as they approach their decision on 8 June.

The shadow chancellor dismissed suggestions the party's leadership was trying to quash debate on the issue, after pro-EU MPs, who are pushing leader Jeremy Corbyn to commit to permanent membership of the single market, failed in an attempt to stage a vote.

Given that most Lib Dem MPs after the election will be on the social liberal side, and most of the members are too, and given the democratic nature of the party organisation it would not be surprising if they undermine their leader on these issues.

Posted on 19th February 2016 in How Scotland should be governed, Policy issues, The Scottish independence referendum, Elections, parties & leaders

Following Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos» comments yesterday about ongoing talks on a public campaign finance system, state Conservative Party is upping the ante on the issue, warning Republican lawmakers that they could lose a crucial endorsement if they vote «yes» should a bill come to the floor.

The question there is whether the rank - and - file activists, who are unhappy with Cuomo for his fiscal conservatism and lack of movement on progressive issues — mainly creation of a public campaign finance system — will buck party and labor leaders who are more pragmatic and want to endorse the governor for re-election.

On one of the issues that's believed to have caused the most difficultly during the talks chaired by Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb - the devolution of policing - the Labour leader announced that his party intended to implement a compromise solution.

Those three men were the governor and the two Legislative Leaders Senator Joseph Bruno and Speaker Sheldon Silver.If legislation was being negotiated, it was basically the responsibility of these three men to find out which issues need to be brought to their respective parties and negotiated on for a vote.

Mostly Uprising has focused on a technical issue: how party leaders create political districts.

He said leaders of the party, including state, local government and ward executives as well as National Assembly and State Assembly members met at Imo International Convention Centre, Owerri, to deliberate on issues.

The Ukip leader said his party would continue promoting immigration as a key issue ahead of the European Parliament elections on May 22, insisting the main parties had failed Britain.

A Republican lawmaker says GOP leaders have discussed scheduling House votes on two immigration bills as a way of ending the party's internal battle over the issue.

On Tuesday evening, a day after the state Democratic party issued a set of ultimatums designed to bring the two conferences back into alignment, IDC leader Jeff Klein appeared to agree to the reunification terms.

At around 6 pm Harriet Harman, leader of the Commons and deputy leader of the Labour party, issued a statement which focused on party unity rather than an outright endorsement of Brown's leadership credentials.

In February, the SNP's leader gave a fairly unambiguous statement that the party would not vote on issues just affecting England, such as hunting.

In a joint statement issued on Monday, Jalo alongside Okey Nnaedozie, PDP's deputy national organising secretary; Dennis Alonge - Niyi, deputy national youth leader; and Bashir Maidugu, deputy national legal adviser; accused the PDP top officials currently undergoing trial of «dragging the name of the party in the mud».

Mr Aitken is to lead a study for the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), a think tank headed by Iain Duncan Smith which advises Conservative party leader David Cameron on social issues.

Labour was engulfed by questions on tax and spending plus the Corbyn issue when the leader os demonstrably less popular than the party's policies.

The Tory leader has been urging the party to be bolder, and welfare is an issue on which they have been vulnerable.

YouGov did the fieldwork for two academic election surveys (the British Election Study and the SCMS) as well as their daily polling, and all three used different question ordering (daily polling asked voting intention first, SCMS after a couple of questions, the BES after a bank of questions on important issues, which party is more trusted and party leaders) so will allow testing of the effect of «priming questions».

Lazio promised Conservative Party chairman Mike Long months ago he would remain on the line, and the big issue now is making sure the party gets enough votes to maintain ballot status (party leaders would also like to get enough to retake Row C, and push past the Independence PaParty chairman Mike Long months ago he would remain on the line, and the big issue now is making sure the party gets enough votes to maintain ballot status (party leaders would also like to get enough to retake Row C, and push past the Independence Paparty gets enough votes to maintain ballot status (party leaders would also like to get enough to retake Row C, and push past the Independence Paparty leaders would also like to get enough to retake Row C, and push past the Independence PartyParty).

Typically though the main factors in voting intention are things like party identification, perceptions of the leaders and the parties's perceived competence on whatever voters see as the important issues of the day.

Though some Republicans are said to favor GENDA, if their party held an outright majority in the Senate, it is unclear whether their leader, Dean Skelos from Nassau County, would ask the full GOP conference to do what it did two years ago on marriage equality — allow a floor vote even with most of its members opposed to the issue.