Sentences with phrase «referendum as»

Alternatively, if there is disagreement between the houses that has lasted for three months over the proposal, the referendum as originally proposed in either house may proceed.

Following the report, Twitter, Facebook and Google have been requested to find out whether any foreign interference took place during the Brexit referendum as a part of the UK Electoral Commission's probe launched in November.

Their fantasy involves a general argument that they lost the referendum as a local consequence of a global phenomenon — the world has been swept by a «new age of unreason» as Osborne puts it.

We don't expect any immediate changes following the referendum as it will take roughly two years for the exit vote to have an impact.

However, Wolchover says there has been no such Act of Parliament, since the European Referendum (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 is procedural and does not enshrine the result of the referendum as a constitutional decision.

Wolchover also argues that the prime minister and senior ministers may have committed the common law offence of misconduct in public office by wilfully misconstruing the referendum as decisive.

Upon realizing that vouchers were rejected by 62 percent of voters, Byrne referred to the referendum as a «statewide IQ test that Utah voters failed.

So it may no longer be necessary to have an appointed board to avoid an annual budget referendum as it was in the past.

The Scottish party - backed by Conservatives in London - has decided against an early referendum as favoured by former Scottish Secretary Lord Forsyth and Scottish Labour leader, Wendy Alexander.

«In light of the misrepresentations of the Leave campaign, Parliament should reject the results of this non-binding referendum as Nicola Sturgeon has announced she will do in Scotland's Parliament.

«Every day we see another example of why David Cameron and the Tories simply can not win this referendum as they lose credibility with the public,» Khan said.

If Cameron does not win an outright majority, will he insist on an EU renegotiation and a referendum as an essential condition of a coalition with the Lib Dems or anyone else?

«Personally, I don't see the case for a referendum as a strong one,» he said, noting that it could be viewed as an expensive irrelevance given that all three main parties entered the last general election committed to a largely elected Lords.

Lib - Lab coalition For all the differences that Labour and the Liberal Democrats might claim during debates and on the campaign trail, it seems probable that a deal to put AV + to a referendum as part of wider constitutional reform would be one of the first measures of a Lib - Lab coalition.

Support for the coalition has now collapsed from 59 % to 43 %, backing for the Lib Dems from 23 % at the general election to 8 % in some polls, and Nick Clegg has become one of the most hated men in Britain as his party prepares to pay a savage political price in next May's elections — and quite possibly in his lifeline electoral reform referendum as well.

Policy: The theft of national democracy by the EU under the Lisbon treaty will be put to a referendum as soon as possible.

This could exacerbate the sense of injustice among English nationalists already decrying the EU referendum as a European version of the West Lothian question (the problem of Scottish MPs potentially holding the casting vote at Westminster on purely English issues).

Why not see the referendum as the first step in a new endorsement of popular politics?

Mr Duncan Smith also warned the problems will get much worse unless the UK votes to leave in June's In - Out referendum as countries like Turkey and Albania join the club.

When 62 % of Scots voted Remain in the EU referendum as the UK voted Brexit, it undoubtedly shifted the political goalposts.

Nobody knows what will happen, but since the national government sees the whole referendum as illegal, chances are slim they will suddenly change their mind afterwards and grant independence.

Today Mr Prescott went one step further, by demanding Labour voters vote against the introduction of AV and treat the referendum as a vote on the coalition government.

Labour's official policy is for a «soft» Brexit, with continued access to the single maket, including the City, protection of residency rights here and in the EU, maintenance of rights at work, and ultimately a parliamentary vote before article 50 is triggered, although not a second referendum as called for by Owen Smith.

Main Gove wants an EU referendum as well as a renegotiation - and the Government to concentrate on getting the latter right»

He said: «Every political party went into the election with a pledge to reform the House of Lords so I do not personally see a referendum as having much to recommend it.»

In a nutshell, boycotters see the referendum as an ineffective, financially - draining, and biased move on the part of those supporting statehood.

The SNP candidate has not yet completed her undergraduate degree in at the University of Glasgow and has courted controversy during her campaign, declaring that she had fantasised about «putting the nut» on Labour councillors and referring to No voters in the independence referendum as «gullible» and «selfish».

And it's been much more about things other than the referendum as well.»

The above meant that many Puerto Ricans saw the referendum as biased towards statehood, especially given that the governor, known as strongly pro-statehood, was the figure pushing it.

«Since it is becoming all the more obvious — by the way, IPOB and Nnamdi Kanu enjoy massive support from the Igbo back home — that the issue of the drive for Biafra nation is still a boiling issue, we urge the UN to intervene by initiating processes for a peaceful referendum as the only option to finally settle the Biafran issue.»

Salmond also revealed how he has gone back on the same weight - loss regime he employed during the Scottish referendum as he prepares for his one - man show at the Edinburgh Fringe.

New Yorkers will be asked in a statewide referendum as early as next year whether public officials convicted of corruption should be stripped of their pensions.

Having once dismissed Gordon Brown's pre-election promise of an AV referendum as doomed by association with him, there is a bitter irony here.

Paterson said the prime minister should hold his referendum as planned in 2017.

Today, the PM is trying to cut a reasonable deal with Berlin and Paris over proposed amendments to the Lisbon treaty (you can get your tighter eurozone clauses without a UK referendum as long as Britain is required to give nothing up).

This is a deeply cynical move from a deeply ambitious politician who is using an in - out referendum as a back door to Number 10.

Perhaps the most significant aspect of the event at Bloomberg's London HQ was Cameron's refusal to acknowledge to media questions that he would be as prepared to campaign for a «no» in a referendum as for a «yes».

I voted against increases to EU budgets, I voted for an EU referendum as soon as possible, I'm pro-grammar schools, I'm pro-reducing immigration — it would make sense to talk about at least a joint candidacy.

Crucially, the ComRes poll also found that among divided Labour supporters - who could decide the referendum as the Liberal Democrats are united for AV, while the Conservatives want to keep first - past - the - post - 61 % would vote against reform.

Not surprisingly, supporters of leave saw the referendum as an opportunity to express their dissatisfaction not just with the EU, the symbol of openness, but also with their own government.

This issue has been raised both in the wake of both the Brexit Referendum as well as in response to the 2016 Presidential election.

People in Scotland, she boldly predicted, would «increasingly demand» another referendum as the stark reality of Brexit became clear (they haven't so far), and the observation that beyond hard - core groups of Nationalists and Unionists, there was actually a degree of «commonality» among the majority of Scots, a desire to see how things pan out.

This was as evident the morning after the referendum as it was the morning after the Conservatives» surprise majority victory in the 2015 election.

He wouldn't rule out a referendum but added «personally I do nt see the case for a referendum as a strong one».

But last year Jo Swinson, Christine Jardine and Jamie Stone won their seats by careful positioning in the post independence referendum as the candidates best placed to stop the separatist SNP.

While the UK Government has legitimised the Scottish Government and supported the Scottish Independence referendum as a highly democratic exercise, Spain stands out as remaining normatively inflexible without, so far, even contemplating any dialogue with the presidents of the Catalan and Basque Autonomies.

The Prime Minister describes the EU referendum as one of the biggest decisions of our lifetimes...

Election Returning Officers will be unable to guarantee «One Person - One Vote» nor to sign off ANY part of such a referendum as «true», «democratic», «free» or «fair».

Both sides of the argument have heralded the referendum as a «unique event».

Since the Brexit result she's repeatedly described a second independence referendum as «highly likely», which has not unreasonably created the expectation that another plebiscite is, well, highly likely.