Sentences with phrase «power against the conservatives»

But the changes are in the interests of everyone (* except * the Conservatives, perhaps), including a viable Labour coalition partner for the Liberal Democrats, for the Liberal Democrats to have increased power against the Conservatives.

He and his politicized agencies (IRS, CIA,...) are already using their power against conservatives.

Not exact matches

Includes an examination of a possible vote of non-confidence against the Conservative minority government; a request to the Governor General to allow a Liberal - New Democratic coalition to form a new government; and the immediate tasks facing a possible coalition government once in power.

Either social conservatives will devise effective new political strategies now, in 2018, or the Republican party will turn against them, and Democrats will exercise their power more aggressively, unhampered by fears of opposition.

They are unhappy with developments in America, but rather than direct their anger against the corporate economic powers that are doing them dirt, they have instead been diverted to conservative cultural issues» race, crime, moral decay, homosexuality, guns, abortion, feminism, anti-Americanism, and on into infinity» that are largely irrelevant to their lives.

I just posted this on another topic... change a few words, youll get the point: In an ideal situation, «World Religions» would be part of a «World History» class, unfortunately, in the USA, there are far too many conservative Christians with power to rewrite history, make whole groups of people second class citizens by making laws against them, and travel the world trying to convert non-Christians through our Military, Politicians, humanitarian efforts and more.

I hope the Conservatives will turn against their current cult of personal power which is now evident in their support for directly - elected executive mayors.

It covers Margaret Thatcher's premiership from 1983 - 1987, when she was at the height of her powers and against many odds saw off most of her political foes, both within and outside the Conservative Party.

I have no doubt that the Conservative Party will make major gains in votes and seats in the next 10 years that will build to their return to power ultimately, but they are a long way off actually winning a majority and it has to be said that a Hung Parliament now looks more improbable than at any time since 2001, demographic factors are working against the Conservative Party as well - Labour seats mostly are held with far lower turnouts which is partly why Labour can get fewer votes than the Conservatives and end up with an overall majority and far more seats than the Conservative Party.

The Conservatives» poor performance in the General Election raises the prospect that the pendulum of power may have swung towards Parliament and against the government.

The Conservative leader of the Local Government Association, Sir Simon Milton, has warned councils against over zealous use of surveillance powers that they were given to fight terrorism and criminal offences.

These politicians are up against social conservatives who believe in marriage and the church, economic conservatives who believe in the market and social democrats who want to give power to the state.

«The nationalists are against nuclear power, so they're uncomfortable,» he says; the Conservatives only back nuclear energy as a «last resort».

But the power - sharing deal showed signs of strain, as some of Mr Cameron's own Conservative backbench MPs joined the opposition building against the change.

And although it has been claimed, with justification, that the Conservatives have been keen to contrast the supposed strength and competence of May against the «chaos» of Corbyn's bid for power, another key message from Theresa May's Manifesto is that the opposition is utterly unimportant.

At that time, the Conservative government of John Major and most Westminster Tories were resolutely opposed to intervening militarily against the Bosnian Serbs, either through the despatch of ground troops or the use of air power, or even to allowing the Bosnians to defend themselves by lifting the international arms embargo that locked in place a Serb advantage in heavy weaponry.

But he's also run a divisive campaign and plotted with another conservative challenger to team up against Evers in exchange for a fat salary and personal driver at DPI — as well as power over urban school districts.

The Conservatives» plan to Increase the HBP limit from $ 25,000 to $ 35,000 would have mitigated against the erosion of home buying power for the average Canadian household.

(Defining conservative as a belief in small and less intrusive government, as well as the American ideal of protection of individual liberty against any «group power».)

Conservatives distrust central planners, preferring to rely on traditional institutions that protect individuals» «natural rights» against the power of the state.

The UK renewables community, notably featuring Richrad Branson and many other signatories, has issued a brief open letter to PM Cameron in rebuttal to 101 conservative Members of Parliament who argued against wind power.

The technological arguments against renewables remind me of arguments against steam power by conservative Royal Navy admirals of the early 19th century.