Sentences with phrase «party loyalties in»

As a doctoral student in Politics (DPhil), Raphael's current research examines the impact of electoral rules on legislative behaviour as well as determinants of MP - level party loyalty in European legislatures.

There's no better word for it, and to stand with this man because you happen to wear an elephant on your lapel really says that you're putting your party loyalty in front of your values,» he said.

Not exact matches

All parties will recognize that IMF managing director Christine Lagarde, a former French finance minister, faces questions about where her loyalties lie in this struggle.

Despite nearly equal voter turnout — black turnout was slightly less than white turnout in 2008 but exceeded white turnout in 2012, 66 % to 64 % — the gap between party loyalty and policy output is wide for black voters.

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Successful loyalty programs require active participation from both parties: Not only do customers have to participate, you and your staff must also be active in listening to their needs and desires.

Whether in the form of totalitarianism or of self - effacing loyalty to political parties, it represents the desire of this age to fly «from the demanding «ever anew»» of personal responsibility «into the protective «once for all»» of membership in a group.

Their loyalty to the Democratic party was rooted in the party's commitment to social justice.

Cowling cites party loyalty as a key measure that is in decline and, alongside this, a gradual blurring of what the parties are perceived to offer.

The silence by President Buhari's administration has raised suspicion among the Ogonis that the federal government in collaboration with SHELL has opted for their usual strategy of divide and rule to set the Ogoni leaders and the people against themselves and also employing gradual frustration of the oil clean - up programme to force the collective loyalty of the Ogoni nation to join the ruling party in the country,» the statement said.

The ERS's main objection is that the introduction of above the line voting is that closed list PR systems would increase the power of political parties to influence who gets elected, which, in the words of their chief executive Katie Ghose, would result in the Lords being «a mini-replica of the commons, full of party - politicians with pre-set loyalties» whilst «STV would help create a chamber free to provide objective scrutiny».

So this is reason one why the SGP has an unexpected high number of members: sharply dropping memberships in other parties, which is not happening — or happening less — in the SGP due to higher party loyalty.

Several hours later, King felt compelled to respond, writing in a follow up that he never meant to question Diaz's loyalty to the party.

My duty to the 1992 Constitution overrides any loyalty to any political party the moment it becomes an enterprise to undermine the constitution through any form of corruption or graft, including such unconstitutional conducts as those John Mahama and Okudzeto Ablakwa committed when they were in office as a government.

He said Sharpton made an analogy about his decision to stick with an ally being much along the lines of President Obama's snub to Rhode Island Democratic gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio out of loyalty to his opponent, independent candidate Lincoln Chafee, who (as a Republican) crossed party lines to endorse Obama over GOP Sen. John McCain in 2008.

Once in office, people remember only too well who put them there, making party loyalty a resilient phenomenon.

What's more, Paladino now commands up to 7 percent of the weighted convention vote, thanks to the loyalty of the Erie County GOP, which puts him and local party leaders in the potential position of being kingmakers when Republicans gather in Manhattan on June 1.

In the face of the unpredictable results of the on - going investigations, they are in a desperate search for shelter and no longer have attachment to party loyalty or even to pre-crisis allianceIn the face of the unpredictable results of the on - going investigations, they are in a desperate search for shelter and no longer have attachment to party loyalty or even to pre-crisis alliancein a desperate search for shelter and no longer have attachment to party loyalty or even to pre-crisis alliances.

Ashdown reportedly suspected him of being a Conservative mole in the party; he soon proved his loyalty.

He used the position cannily, building a base in the party unencumbered by ministerial office, charting a course of what he would term «independent loyalty» — never dissing the leader, but voting against # 9k tuition fees and the bedroom tax — yet which critics inside the party label «ambitious expediency».

The loyalty clause, which was added in 2002, prohibits the following activities, by a committee member, involving candidates other than the party's endorsed candidate: circulating nominating petitions; appearing in advertising; permitting the committee member's name to be used in advertising or on stationery; directly or indirectly contributing financially to a campaign; and appearing at political functions, meetings or support groups organized by a rival candidate.

This continuity in ideology, if not party loyalty, may be best understood through a look at Central Scotland's key seats and issues.

In the debacle over House of Lords reform, David Cameron barely scrapes a bronze for party discipline and Nick Clegg has been stripped of his gold for loyalty.

Roy Hattersley, without going so far as to back the centre - left slate, caught the mood when he wrote in the Guardian on 20 August that the Labour leadership demeaned itself by defining «loyalty as uncritical agreement» and that it «diminishes the party's moral authority by endorsing candidates who promote their cause by buying advertising space in newspapers.»

Now the party needs to get over the intellectual defensiveness which has afflicted it for decades — and reach out to people in English constituencies who have no tribal loyalty to Labour.

Only marginally, and it would not be any major demographic shift in party loyalty with the black voters.

With fewer MPs, standing for office on the basis of open primary contests, those in our legislature would have to carefully balance their loyalty to their electorates, with their loyalty to the party machine in Westminster.

Also in FPTP, to vote against a lazy or corrupt MP (think of the expenses scandal) the voters who support the incumbent's political party are forced to ignore the party loyalty and policies, and vote for the candidate of a different party and policies they may not agree with.

In an interview, Mr. Felder reiterated that he has no loyalty to either party, but rather is looking for the best deal for his district, which includes a large population of Orthodox Jews.

In any case, he owed a greater loyalty to the party he claims to love.

By the traditional standards of party loyalty, it was a setback for Mr. Cuomo on Tuesday when Republicans captured the State Senate in convincing fashion, since the party stands in the way of a number of his liberal goals.

After months in which politicians have obfuscated in the name of loyalty and discipline, the man who wrote the party's manifesto believes his duty now lies in being brutally honest.

Cuomo may not have the loyalty of all of his party, in other words, but he clearly believes that he has enough of it.

Soubry said in the Commons,: «There comes a time when you have to set aside party differences and even party loyalty and you have to be true to what you believe in, and perhaps that time is now.»

According to the League, the announcement undermines the party's credibility and puts Nana Nketia's loyalty to the CPP in doubt.

We believe in loyalty and we believe in the ideals and principles of the Democratic Party.

Mr. Mohammed is quoted as saying the party could «not even be sure where [Dr. Mahama's] loyalty is anymore... he can not continue, in my opinion, to be the leader of the party.»

Some speculate that McCain will do all he's asked in the hope that the party faithful will recall his loyalty in 2008.

And unlike previous European elections, there is growing evidence of loyalty with almost 60 % of mainly this «new electorate» pledging support for the party in next year's general election.

It seems to me that too few have grasped how the fundamentals of British politics are changing — how public loyalty to the main parties is in decline, how issues are now more important than old tribal allegiances and how the rise of new concerns such as nationalism and immigration cut across old party divides.

We have not replaced branch executives, and as a leader of the party in the constituency, I shall reward loyalty and hard work to ensure the NDC secures enough vote for the party in the coming elections in 2020.»

However, in reaction to the numerous allegations raised, the Member of Parliament for the constituency, Sam Dzata George, noted that the allegations are untrue, and that rather, the party has decided to reward loyalty, dedication and hard work in the constituency.

«It's not dangerous, but it's a bloody nuisance, and it has destabilised an already fractious and not very well disciplined party, with a lot of new people to whom the concept of loyalty and sticking with it under fire appears to be in its infancy...

As the 2016 governorship election in Edo State beckons, Mr Anselm Ojezua, the state chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, has warned party leaders to eschew creating tension in the party as a result of their loyalty to any of the governorship aspirants of the party, assuring that the party will be fair to all aspirants during the primaries.

The good thing however, is that Hussain looks set to reap the fruits of his sacrifice and that looks good a lesson in loyalty and party supremacy.

A national chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded national convention, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has reaffirmed his commitment and loyalty...

It would be wrong to assume the 28 % who stay with Labour regardless is purely down to blind brand loyalty — people may be sticking with the main Labour party in both scenarios because they think a splinter party is doomed under First Past the Post, or because they disapprove of splitters.

It is that sense of loyalty that has led Malek, a prominent Republican rainmaker, to emerge as the leading defender of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in the wake of the 2008 election where she served as the party's vice presidential nominee.

What the man did is an indication of his failure of the loyalty test we put to him when the party granted him amnesty to return to us after he contested as an independent parliamentary candidate in 2008 and campaigned against late President Atta Mills and contested for the NPP's Nana Akufo - Addo in the then Mfantsiman East constituency, now Ekumfi constituency.»

In an effort to strengthen party supremacy, the committee also said «all members of the party — old and new — should make public a written affirmation of their loyalty to the party and its constitution.»