Sentences with phrase «referendum on how»

Duncan's tenure so far is a referendum on how federal education policy is made, and the goals it serves.

I'd welcome the chance to frame school choice as a debate about whether Washington ought to be telling states and communities how to run their schools, and to turn the issue into a referendum on how one feels about Trump.

The mid-terms are usually a referendum on how the president has done so far in his term.

I arrived unfashionably early at the Excel Centre for the results «as they happened» from around the UK on the referendum on how to elect MPs to Parliament.

It represents the ultimate referendum on how much value your product has created for would - be users.

Not exact matches

The verdict, no matter how it comes down, is going to be seen as a referendum on Silicon Valley culture.

Schroepfer's responses on several requests by the committee for historical samples of the referendum ads AIQ had run amounted to «we'll see what we can do» — with the exec cautioning that he wasn't entirely sure how much data might have been retained.

[53] Recent examples illustrate how advertising tools on social media have been exploited to spread disinformation during the 2016 U.S. presidential elections and the Brexit referendum: «Russian Twitter Trolls Meddled in the Brexit Vote.

An opinion poll on Sunday showed 47 per cent of likely voters saying they will back the treaty, 35 per cent saying they will vote No, and 18 per cent as undecided how to vote in the May 31 referendum.

This data - gathering machinery can be used to shape who we vote for, or whether we vote at all, or how we make choices on big referendums, such as whether Britain leaves the European Union.

Stephen Maher on how the once serious Harper - era star became a provincial politician pitching an unserious referendum in Alberta

How European markets might react to the possibility of «Brexit,» which is shorthand for «British exit from the European Union,» both in the run - up to the UK election and its aftermath, remains unclear, although given that UK assets suffered as the result of the referendum on Scottish independence became less predictable such volatility could conceivably reoccur.

Even if you knew the news ahead of time — «Greeks Vote No on Referendum» — you still have no way of knowing how this news will be interpreted by the markets (tens of millions of people you've never met, all buying and selling for different reasons).

Therefore, a referendum on same - sex marriage presented the perfect opportunity to show the Catholic Church as a teaching institution just how thoroughly its teaching in sexual matters has been rejected, at least insofar as it was ever really known to begin with.

Prior to the referendum, Archbishop Martin commented that he had «no affiliation with any group of No campaigners» and that he would not tell others how to vote on the issue.

Any one who follows me on twitter will know how passionate I have felt over the Irish Marriage Equality Referendum.

The ugly is how the entire ballot is a revisionist referendum on the steroid era with absolutely no coherent voice.

Although the board approved holding a referendum to raise the money, no decision has been made on exactly how large a tax increase would be requested from voters.

«With two referendums on the same ballot, it's magnified twice, and voters have to figure out how to navigate both things, which is sort of asking a lot of them,» Krupnikov added.

It's too late to place another referendum question on the November ballot, so the board has plenty of time to consider how to proceed, he said.

Guaranteeing a division on the issue is a long way from guaranteeing the referendum itself, so it will be interesting to see how many Tory hardliners kick up a fuss about that.

In the light of last night's vote in the House of Commons on whether or not to hold a referendum to ratify the Lisbon Treaty, Unlock Democracy is calling on Parliament to decide new rules over whether legislation has constitutional implications or not and how such decisions should be decided.

[1] A blog posted on the day after the referendum reinforces these findings, albeit in somewhat earthier tones: «How old people have screwed over the younger generation — in three charts ``.

If you needed any reassurance on that point, just look at how much attention the current referendum is getting elsewhere.

Amongst the plethora of books on the EU referendum and its consequences Tim Shipman's All Out War The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain's Political Class (William Collins) is without doubt the best overall account with lessons for Prime Minister May and her close advisers.

Posted on 30th November 2016 in How Scotland should be governed, The Scottish independence referendum, Elections, parties & leaders

For example, if Labour managed to get its act together, a big «if» I know, and they put an amendment to the voting reform bill designed to introduce AV + on to a referendum question rather than AV, how will the Liberal Democrats vote?

Posted on 18th September 2016 in How Scotland should be governed, The Scottish independence referendum

Without coming to agreement on how to proceed, legislative leaders considered several legal options, including passing statutes to delay the implementation of Goodridge, a strategy outlined by Mary Ann Glendon of Harvard Law School, until a referendum on a constitutional amendment could be held in November 2006.

Finally, while it is true that the British press has become notably more euro - sceptic since the 1990s, there are reasons to question how much influence this section of the media will have on the referendum result.

Posted on 3rd November 2014 in How Scotland should be governed, Expectations of constitutional change, The Scottish independence referendum, Elections, parties & leaders

Posted on 6th October 2014 in How Scotland should be governed, The Scottish independence referendum, Elections, parties & leaders

Miliband said: «As the person who helped write the manifesto I have always thought the referendum is a good idea, since if you are making such a large constitutional change I don't see how you can justify not having a referendum... on this issue I am pro-reform.

Posted on 19th February 2016 in How Scotland should be governed, Policy issues, The Scottish independence referendum, Elections, parties & leaders

The statement is the first confirmed indication of how the governor planned to vote on the convention referendum, which is held every 20 years.

Given the stance of Theresa May on allowing Scotland a second referendum, how could Scotland become independent?

The book is billed by publisher William Collins as the inside story of how the referendum on the European Union brought about Brexit «and sank Britain's political class».

Asked how they'd vote in a referendum on EU membership 40 % say they would vote to stay, 37 % say they would vote to leave.

Either way, recalling how recently Miliband, Balls, Alexander et al forced the European ConstitutionLisbon Treaty on the British people without the referendum they had promised, I find it difficult to subscribe to the idea that they and their Labour colleagues are suddenly all now committed eurosceptics.

A Boehner aide familiar with his speech tells CNN that «he will focus on the issue of jobs, and how the November election will be a referendum on President Obama and Washington Democrats» job - killing record.»

Labour leader Ed Miliband has said that the vote on the Scottish referendum was a «wake - up» call for the establishment on how the country and the economy are run.

Tuesday's referendum asked voters to increase how much Utica is obligated to spend annually on its roads, from $ 2 million to $ 5 million.

Tom Clark heads out on the streets of Reading, one of multicultural Britain's economic success stories, to hear how voters are approaching this week's referendum.

The situation to - and - fros when you look at how the British people would vote if a referendum on membership were held today, but never with a significant majority voting to leave.

-LSB-...] stick to his pledge to offer a referendum on the Lisbon treaty regardless of how the Irish vote.

The crucial when and how details on the renegotiations — and the referendum is dependent on the Conservatives being in power after the next general election − will not begin for some time and he can focus on the economy, the Maghreb terrorist threat, gay marriage and other issues requiring his attention.

The author and columnist has made no secret of her support for Britain remaining in the EU and wrote in the Mail on Sunday about how her children cried after the referendum result.

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.

Given this gloomy scenario, new thinking is urgently required about how to secure a good majority in the June referendum, one that does not leave the bitter aftertaste and sense of betrayal which has occurred in Scotland since the 2014 referendum on independence.

Jeremy Corbyn's close ally Cat Smith recently told TP how she hopes that «the Labour party can really gel together» for the impending referendum on the European Union.