Sentences with phrase «playing after the next election»

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Soros, in London to publicise a new book — The Tragedy of the European Union — made his remarks after the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, won plaudits from business groups for playing down the chances of an in - out referendum should the opposition win next year's general election.

But privately, some Senate Democrats conceded that another factor might be at play: with Republicans likely to take control of the Senate next year after winning a handful of seats in the November elections, there was little reason for them to shoulder the burden of cuts.

Up to July 2015, he worked in Parliament through the All Party Parliamentary Group APPG for East Asian Business which he chaired, the All Party Parliamentary China Group [32] of which he was the vice-Chair (special focus on Hong Kong), and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Trade and Investment [33] of which he was treasurer to promote better trade and political and cultural links between the UK and East Asia and work to encourage the next generation of East Asians and other diaspora to develop the leadership skills to play a greater role in public life, in society, and business, and in harnessing the resources that East Asians have globally and locally both financial and non-financial to address global and local problems today.These groups were discontinued after the May 2015 election.