Sentences with phrase «party split»

It seems fairly straightforward, then, that if the Labour Party split in two one part of it would remain the official opposition.

With her Conservative Party split over Brexit, May will have to be careful to preserve the uneasy balance in the cabinet after the loss of such a senior pro-EU minister.

Two Connecticut state senators left their posts today as part of a bipartisan deal in the General Assembly to preserve the even party split in the state Senate.

This prevents a repeat of a scenario like the one that played out in 2014, when three candidates affiliated with conservative parties split the vote and let Democrat Marc Panepinto win with 32 percent in the general.

Back before the election YouGov asked a couple of questions asking how people would vote if the Labour party split into a centrist party and a Corbynite Labour party.

Troubling new polling shows the damage that could be done if the Labour Party splits following a...

With the Republican Party split between party - backed Dede Scozzafava and Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, recent surveys suggests Owens is in the lead — giving Democrats a rare shot at a pickup in this solidly - Republican upstate district.

«Part of what came out of the turbulence of the last day or so is a realisation there are people around Jeremy who are prepared to see the Labour party split rather than for him to go, and that is anathema to everybody who thinks that we need to get rid of this government and the damage that they are doing and the further damage that a rightwing — even more rightwing — Tory government would do,» she said.

The progressive political party the Working Families Party split up over the weekend, with some of the last remaining major unions leaving the group.

The Green Party of England and Wales was created in 1990 when the former Green Party split into separate parties: Scottish Green Party, Green Party in Northern Ireland, and England and Wales.

Inevitably, this week's headlines have been dominated by the controversial vote over gay marriage the media's delight at being able to trot out the usual hackneyed clichés about Tory Party splits.

The race garnered national attention over the Republican Party split between the Scozzafava and the more conservative Hoffman.

Developer Samurai Punk and indie label Surprise Attack Games today announced that Screencheat, the chaotic party split - screen FPS where everyone is invisible, launches today for PlayStation4 and Xbox One.

A spokeswoman for Governor Cuomo's campaign denies that the governor has anything to do with the Working Families intra party split.

For example, if Red Party splits to Dark Red Party and Light Red Party.

If Corbyn succeeds in turning Labour into a people's protest movement, there will be no alternative but to split the party

Quotas could only work in a system where you elect a party not an individual each party would then be obliged to provide enough candidates of each kind so that if they won they could fill the quota, this would be very difficult for small parties any split between parties would raise the questing which party has the fill what quotas or perhaps all the parties do

In the event of a Labour Party split there might be a need for reallocation of these positions, and in particular the chair of the Public Accounts Committee (as indicated above) is allocated to a member of the Official Opposition.

Ever since World War I, when the the likes of the UK Labour Party, the Australian Labor Party and the German Social Democratic Party split over the slaughter in the trenches, left - of - centre parties have been divided between a principled pacifist wing and what has normally been a majority prepared to back military force when considered necessary.

In the 2014 mid-term elections, Republican David Rouzer won the state's Seventh Congressional District seat, increasing the congressional delegation party split to 10 - 3 in favor of the GOP.

So be in no doubt: whenever the EU referendum comes, however the other parties split, there will be one party united in its commitment to maintain Britain's place in Europe.

It's too apocalyptic to predict a full party split, which is always highly provocative — just ask Jon Cruddas — but exercising that kingmaker role in either direction could expose the Lib Dems to some major internal friction, and possibly significant defections.

But the past year has seen a repeat of the drama and turmoil of the Major years: a rancorous party split over Europe within months of victory and a slim commons majority making the government vulnerable to defeats by opposition ambushes and even small backbench rebellions.

Dan Hodges thinks that Denhams article is essentially the speech Milliband planned to make but abandoned at the last minute, afraid of opening Party splits.

If these proportions were carried over to a 2018 gubernatorial election that had turnout and a major party split similar to 2014, the WEP would receive about 42,000 votes — close to the 50,000 needed to remain an official party — while the Reform Party would receive only around 15,000.

If this is the outcome then he has also done politics a disservice by adding to cynicism more broadly, though this would not be without comparison to selfish party splits and back - stabbing that is not unheard of by those who may wish to criticise George.

• James Forsyth at Coffee House says that Cameron would consider backing a «No» vote in certain circumstances, and that there could be a Conservative party split when the renegotation talks are over.

Put another way: Cuomo seemed to be field - testing another way to divide the Legislature, by geography instead of by the more traditional two - chamber party split.

However cynicism is not the sole preserve of the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats you may suspect and I certainly do, feel that in the traditional three party split where the Liberals are in the middle they hope to pick up the votes where they are second and either Labour or the Conservatives are third and thus gain more seats in the commons.

Save for one or two instances (a midpoint party split and subsequent battle is notably thorny), it's usually possible for your team to avoid those moments of compulsory battle training.

Troubling new polling shows the damage that could be done if the Labour Party splits following a Jeremy Corbyn victory in its leadership contest.

He has also accused Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell of saying in a private meeting that he was prepared to see the Labour party split rather than give in to the anti-Corbyn rebels.

The Scottish Green Party was created in 1990 when the former Green Party split into separate parties for Scotland, Northern Ireland, and England and Wales.

So said Robert Peel, who knew a thing or two about Tory party splits.

Well, covet no more, for Samurai Punk and Surprise Attack Games are delighted to announce that Screencheat, the chaotic party split - screen FPS where everyone is invisible, launches today for the two consoles!

If Cuomo wins because Lazio and the Conservative Party splits the vote against Cuomo, Paladino voters will blame Lazio and the Conservative party.

The Working Families Party split up over the weekend, with some of the last remaining major unions leaving the group.

But how would a Labour Party split work in practice?

During the First World War the Labour Party split between supporters and opponents of the conflict but opposition to the war grew within the party as time went on.

The two - party split is behind much of the discord over church priorities.

when two parties split, does that divide god?

McDonnell has previously accused Smith of «blackmailing» Labour members with warnings of a party split, and today he repeated his description of the challenger as the «disunity candidate».

The party split following the arrest and imprisonment of party leader, Hassan Radjabu — a key strategist in the civil war — divided members, leading to key figures, such as Alice Nzomukunda and Pascaline Kampayano deserting the party and forming new offshoot parties.

A Labour Party split will inevitably hasten a cross-party movement towards proportional representation, which the majority of members, including myself, support.

With the state losing two seats and both parties splitting control of line - drawing, it's long been conventional wisdom that the one Democratic member and one Republican member will see their districts axed.

Meanwhile, in a sign of continuing tension following a tumultuous past week that saw the party split over airstrikes on Islamic State in Syria only to bounce back in the byelection, senior figures say chief whip Rosie Winterton is coming in for most private criticism from Corbyn allies.

Despite the poll tax, despite the party split over Maastricht, despite Thatcher's bloody exit and despite the recession, the Tories were not in a worse position in 1992 than Labour is in now.

Although there would doubtless be some confusion, and perhaps bitter arguments about money, the parliamentary arrangements after a party split would hence probably be quite straightforward.