Sentences with phrase «referendum against the will of the people»

She also said the prime minister can not «rule out a referendum against the will of the people».

Not exact matches

Either it means that other members of his party — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United States.

He knows that large numbers of people are against gambling and will come out to vote, and that referenda campaigns cost the industry effort and financial resources.

The constitutional bill is firmly anchored in the will of the people because (a) the bill fully reflects the declaration of the 2010 National Assembly at which every Icelander 18 years or older had an equal chance of being invited to take a seat and (b) it was approved by 2/3 of the voters in a national referendum against the wishes of much of the discredited political class.

Owen Smith says we need to win then perhaps presents himself as part of the ELITE arrogantly calling for a second EC referendum (against the democratic will of the British people) and at a stroke loses 17.4 m Out voters!

He said the SNP would be justified in forcing another independence referendum if Britain left the European Union against the will of the Scottish people.

He added that Labour would vote against any «emergency Budget» from George Osborne in the wake of the referendum, saying: «Labour will not allow any instability to be paid for by the working people of our country.»

Mr Salmond pointed out that the SNP's manifesto said if Scotland was «dragged out» of Europe against the will of the Scottish people, then the Scottish parliament should have the right to hold another independence referendum.