Sentences with phrase «protest party»
A "protest party" refers to a political party formed with the intent of expressing dissatisfaction or disagreement with existing political ideologies, policies, or systems. They aim to bring attention to specific issues or advocate for change by using the platform of a political party. Full definition
By - elections are tailor - made for protest parties.
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If you count Labor and the Greens as a coalition, then the rise of protest parties in Australia appears primarily as a crackup of the political right.
Perhaps that's why today's comments by Nigel Farage, leader of the euro - skeptic protest party Ukip, have made such a big stink.
The possible formation of a government in Rome between the two anti-European protest parties does not lead to new fears flaring up in the Euro Break - up Index for Italy and a new Euro crisis being indicated.
Like any small protest party they will cause annoyance where a few votes decide seats in the Council elections but I don't think they'll be a serious threat by next GE.
Only 21 % of the people surveyed by Ipsos MORI in nine EU countries wanted to leave the EU... Even where protest parties are gaining momentum, it appears unlikely that they will garner sufficient votes to muster a majority.»
The Progressive Party would be the first in a long tradition of western - based protest parties.
Still, we see some near - term upside for Spanish markets as the threat of a government led by coalition protest party, Unidos Podemos, subsides.
Reform Party candidate Deborah Grey earned a distant 4th place finish in the 1988 general election and carried the young protest party's banner in the by - election only months later.
«I'm a Lib Dem, it's virtually compulsory to hug passing gays,» protests the party leader, «but they don't do benders in East Anglia.»
Right now, Ukip are showing signs of breaking into a system designed to keep protest parties out of parliament.
Despite a record vote share for anti-EU and protest parties across Europe, the next European parliament could be even more pro-integration.
It suggests also that John Humphreys» proposed epitaph for Mr Farage: Nigel Farage: he led a great protest party, may well be on the money.
Firstly, they will simply not have the numbers, and secondly, despite many similarities, they are simply not a coherent group ranging as they do from far - left to far right, from broadly mainstream parties with experience of government through to fringe protest parties.
«Conservative MPs react to Moody's verdict Main Eastleigh by - election is showing UKIP to be an all - purpose protest party»
«Good people, who want to get things done and make a difference rather than be in some embarrassing protest party, are thinking «sod this for a game of soldiers».»
We've seen a profusion of rightwing protest parties, with only the Xenophon group in the centre, and nothing much at all on the left.
Protest parties like the Movimento 5 Stelle in Italy or openly radical ones like Golden Dawn in Greece either lack a comprehensive political agenda or seek to undermine democracy itself.
Of course, the rise of protest parties is not particular to Britain.
Comedian Beppe Grillo's protest party, the «5 Star Movement», will be the largest single party in the lower house, having gained a quarter of the vote.
Comedian Beppe Grillo's protest party, the «5 Star Movement,» has become the largest single party in the lower house, having gained a quarter of the vote.
We believe mainstream parties will retain control of government, but discontent is running high, and protest parties will continue to grow in influence.
Given also the need for an austerity budget to comply with European rules, growth is likely to weaken, meaning the protest parties will continue to strengthen and may well be strong enough to take over in a couple of years.
But mayhem broke out as the Invincible Forces descended on the protesting party supporters.
Protest parties that strike the right note, as was the case with UKIP in 2004 (16.2 %) and 2009 (16.5 %), can do very well in second - order polls, but only very infrequently are they able to carry this on to the biggest of big stages.
Turning to UKIP, most people do tend to see UKIP as a protest party (57 %) rather than a serious party (20 %)-- but amongst UKIP voters themselves 71 % think they are a serious party with workable policies.
Labour voters will just hear the same mantra of cuts and caps and abstain or vote for a protest party.»
There are also the traditional idiocies of a protest party in its first few years in power — things like meat - free Mondays in council - run canteens, which died an ignoble death, or the «no fracking zone» policy, which applied to an area where there were no plans for fracking.
Rebutting the dismissals of some senior Tories, like Michael Ashcroft, that they are nothing more than a protest party, he said the Conservatives were more likely to win votes in Thursday's local elections if they had a «credible and believable» approach to Europe.
The difficulty with this argument is that the Lib Dems were able to perform admirably as a protest party because they were perceived (not always correctly) as being positioned between the two main parties ideologically, and therefore capable of receiving disaffected voters from either main party who couldn't quite bring themselves to make the leap all the way from right to left — or vice versa.
-- a 20,000 government majority evaporates to a comfortable 5,000 - vote lead for the insurgent / protest party.
«The trouble with Ukip is it's just a protest party.
You are astute enough to know that UKIP is a protest party for its voters, even if it isn't for you.
Over half of all voters now say the Greens are a protest party who don't have «realistic» policies, according to the YouGov poll for the Sunday Times.
Protest party: Michael Ashcroft says that Nigel Farage cultivates disaffection and disillusionment
It is possible that UKIP will try to re-invent itself as a protest party, but without having Europe to blame for everything, and without Toad of Toad Hall (aka Farage) their days are probably numbered.
The MP for Pontypridd pledged to «go beyond the slogans» used by Mr Corbyn and «get to some of the solutions», which he said is necessary if the party is to turn from a protest party into one that «people can imagine running the country.»
The findings appear to confirm the Lib Dems are no longer seen as a protest party, making it harder to win a new constituency.
He insists he's not jumping before he was pushed but adds: «If you alienate thousands of people who care about defence in this country all you turn the Labour party into is a protest party and a talking shop».
«If you alienate thousands of people who care about defence in this country, all you turn the Labour party into is a protest party and a talking shop.»
The difference that drives the spurious analysis of «protest parties» is that the coalition between Labor and the Greens is less formal and more fractious than that between the Liberals and Nationals.