Sentences with phrase «rainbow coalition»

Brown shirts, blue shirts, black shirts: they were the unfortunate rainbow coalition of societies whose civic cultures were in crisis during the dark middle decades of the twentieth century.

«It's a real rainbow coalition,» says Demos.

Had we gone ahead with Jenkins» AV +, then the progressive majority that exists in the country would have been translated into the election results and the progressive rainbow coalition touted last May that was a nice - but - impossible idea would have been entirely workable.

> then the progressive majority that exists in the country would have been translated into the election results and the progressive rainbow coalition touted last May that was a nice - but - impossible idea would have been entirely workable.

The so called rainbow coalition.

I added: «I thought progressives were about rainbow coalitions and big tents.»

«The postdocs who go out into these schools are a real rainbow coalition,» says PENN - PORT Director Yvonne Paterson.

The rainbow coalition of children playing on our floor grew both cranky — pulling hair during toy - turf battles — and dirty, as they took advantage of the mayhem to dodge baths.

Adonis was one of the few Labour figures who believed a rainbow coalition of Labour, Lib Dems and nationalists was a viable result of the hung parliament.

«The narrative about the progressive movement is that it's majority white, but it's not; we're a rainbow coalition.

Rhodri Morgan has accepted the nomination as Welsh first minister, after the spectre of a rainbow coalition collapsed.

Lynch ran Liu's first successful campaign for comptroller — putting together a so - called «rainbow coalition» similiar to the one he engineered for Dinkins, and remained a supporter even as many abandoned Liu during his fundraising scandal.

But how would APC cope, with its rainbow coalition yet to fully gel, when hit by its own «Obasanjo»?

A rainbow coalition would have been hugely unpopular in the right - wing press, but it could have passed wholesale reform of British politics and then called another election in two years.

Prior to the 2001 election the Liberals provided the council leader as part of a «rainbow coalition».

But in 2010, it took four days for the parties to agree that there would be a Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition, during which time Labour began discussions to form a so - called «rainbow coalition» with the Liberal Democrats and assorted smaller and nationalist parties, which was of course ultimately unsuccessful.

Clearly some of them are quite happy to sink any idea of a rainbow coalition if it involves significant electoral reform.

If Labour emerge as the largest Holyrood party after the May elections, then I do not think that the SNP will try to cobble together a rainbow coalition.

It is important to note that there has been no talk of a «rainbow coalition» from any of the parties.

In this case, he would be safe in the knowledge that the Conservatives, presumably in the midst of a leadership election or with a new and potentially more right - wing leader, would be unable to muster a rainbow coalition.

The author writes in his introduction: «If the 2010 general election were to throw up some form of progressive co-partnerships or even a rainbow coalition of the liberal left, I would be perfectly content.»

A rainbow coalition in Wales could also see a Conservative minister anywhere in the UK for the first time in ten years.

If you'd gained, say, ten more seats and we ten fewer, Peter Mandelson would probably have pulled off the rainbow coalition, and Gordon Brown still be Prime Minister.

This changed in 2007 when the Welsh Conservatives were briefly involved in coalition talks after the indecisive 2007 Welsh election on a «rainbow coalition» with the Welsh Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru which collapsed after the Liberal Democrats backed out.

The parliamentary arithmetic made a rainbow coalition of centre - left forces difficult in 2010, but had it happened a reformed Lords would very likely already have happened.

But Miliband will lead a rainbow coalition on the issue which relies on support from minor parties, making the result of the clash deeply uncertain.

There are no constitutional reasons why a minority Tory government should take precedence over a «rainbow coalition» of Labour, the Lib Dems and the nationalists, but Labour figures fear they will lose all public support if they are seen to cling to power too long.

Inside, in the «war room», he told us: «Gordon Brown has already been in contact with Vince Cable, and he is talking about forming an anti-Tory «rainbow coalition».

The general view was that they didn't, but Chris said: «It's vital to strengthen our bargaining position by making the rainbow coalition a real possibility.

The possibility of some SNP involvement in a Labour - led government materialised when Angus Robertson, the SNP's leader in the House of Commons suggested its MPs would be willing to join Labour, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and MPs from other smaller parties to form a rainbow coalition.

It's also worth noting that a rainbow coalition held together by the SNP and Plaid votes would probably get English people (who consistently vote Tory on average) angry enough to leave the union... as things are, I think it is the case that there is more support for Scottish independence in England than there is in Scotland, partly because of the West Lothian question, partly because the Barret formula is (rightly) seen as subsidizing the Scots with (quite a lot of) English tax payers cash...

The Scottish National Party (SNP) signalled its willingness to join Labour and the Liberal Democrats in government as part of a rainbow coalition, but it quickly became clear that Gordon Brown's continued presence as Prime Minister was seen as a major obstacle to formulating a Labour — Liberal Democrat deal.

People like Tom Watson, Ian Austin, Michael Dugher and John Spellar may not exactly have «rainbow coalition» or «next Labour» printed on their t - shirts, but they are well acquainted with the mechanics both of internal elections and of external spin.

A so - called «rainbow coalition» consisting of politicians of different ethnicities and led by Heastie was then able to take over the party through moves that paralleled the coup that roiled the State Senate the following year.

David is a local councillor and is in fact currently a one - man Conservative bloc in a rainbow coalition running Inverclyde council.

The Montreal segment, where Burt and Verona indulge in melancholy good times with a married pair of former college classmates (well played by Chris Messina and Melanie Lynskey), and their rainbow coalition of adopted kids, appears to be in the movie for its own sweet sake.

The rebel alliance (also known as the Resistance) is a rainbow coalition, and Star Wars — and here my personal bias may be showing — is now as diverse as Star Trek was 50 years ago.

A rainbow coalition: Asian knife hurler (Byung - hun Lee), Hispanic outlaw (Manuel Garcia Rulfo), face - painted native - American archer (Martin Sensmeier), a Confederate sharpshooter (Ethan Hawke), a guy described as a bear in people's clothes (Vincent D'Onofrio), and a goofball gambler (Chris Pratt), all led by silky - smooth bounty hunter Denzel Washington.

Don't miss this rainbow coalition of comedians who'll poke fun at traditions, customs and cultures in the most hilarious ways.

The rainbow, that multicolored spectrum of white light's refracted parts, has become a symbol for gay pride, Skittles, luck, and justice in the form of the rainbow coalitions that surfaced in the United States and South Africa after each country's civil rights movements.