Sentences with phrase «referendum result for»

Cameron, George Osborne and Mark Carney are meeting today to discuss the ramifications of the Greek referendum result for the UK economy...

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Since there are no exit polls for the referendum, unlike the general election, this is our best gauge of voter sentiment until results start trickling in from local counting areas around 1 a.m. BST.

The outspoken former minister, who resigned from his role after the national referendum, despite it returning the result he was calling for, told the ABC the far - right Golden Dawn party could «inherit the mantle of the anti-austerity drive, tragically».

Re: 2015 Metro Vancouver Transportation and Transit Plebiscite Results «First and foremost, I'd like to thank The Vancouver Board of Trade's thousands of members and partners, who have shown a tremendous amount of support for our organization over the past six months, as we poured time, energy and resources into this unprecedented referendum campaign,» said Iain Black, President and CEO of The Vancouver Board of Trade and one of the Better Transit and Transportation Coalition's four co-chairs.

Aggregate IQ (AIQ), for its part, influenced the result of the Brexit referendum in June 2016.

The most recent five - day stretch of gains came despite pundits calling for some selling early last week on worries about the referendum results in Italy last week — and the effect it may have on Italy's struggling banking sector — and the likelihood that the Federal Reserve may well begin to tighten the monetary reins this week.

JUNE 24, 2016 — Prices for certain futures contracts on the CBOE Volatility Index ® (VIX ®) rose more than 60 % during the early part of the June 24 trading day, as more updates about the anticipated results of the Brexit referendum were divulged.

Co-founder Lloyd Dorfman expressed that «the referendum result was good for flexible office space,» in a recent online publication.

Whatever the outcome of the Greek referendum on Sunday (July 5), the result is likely to mean more uncertainty and possibly pain for the people of...

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.

Ireland had just had an election then, and the newly elected Prime Minister, Enda Kenny (now triumphing over his referendum result) in one of his first speeches in the Parliamentary chamber, blamed the Vatican for everything whilst the visitation was underway, thus undermining it completely — as though it were Italian or French priests and Cardinals who were guilty of the Irish abuses, conveniently letting the locals off the hook, and redirecting the anger towards Church discipline and teaching rather than criminal individuals.

Since this referendum is for maintenance of existing facilities and not new construction, non-passage would result in sweeping cutbacks to services and operations, thus reducing the level of excellence to which residents have become accustomed.

After the referendum, the Park District and the board sought to boost citizen participation, which resulted in the formation of advisory boards for Centennial Beach and Frontier Park, among others.

The result was particularly damaging for the prime minister given he had already tried to win back Ukip voters with a pledge to hold a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU.

Any such plan would, in turn, risk being derailed by a negative referendum result such as that of the previous referendum for a North East assembly.

However White has already taken part in two chess - boxing events and, apparently driven by a thirst for revenge over the Brexit referendum result, he floored Arnott.

There is a similarity here with turnout requirements for referendums — where higher turnout is often seen to create both de jure and de facto legitimacy for their results.

♦ Anti-HS2 group High Speed UK has said that now is «not the time» for the Government to press on with the project in light of last week's result in the EU Referendum.

I suppose the answer to the question is that D Cameron was confident enough of an «In» result when he went for the referendum not to bother with a supermajority.

Citing Corbyn's call for the triggering of Article 50 soon after the referendum result came in, he argued:

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.

What consequences have resulted in the past for parties (or other political movements) which promote independence referenda, but go on to lose them?

Embattled UK opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he will stand in any new party leadership election amid calls for his resignation in light of the referendum result.

Labour respects the result of the referendum and the will of the British people and will not frustrate the process for invoking Article 50.

Sometimes the result of a referendum is extremely embarrassing for the government (like the one to forbid mosques from having minarets) but if they are passed they have to implement them.

The report comes amid suggestions that the case for HS2 is weaker than ever following last week's EU Referendum result.

In the wake of the Brexit result the SNP called for a second independence referendum.

Had the former Prime Minister taken revenge on court for the EU referendum result?

The consequences of the Brexit referendum are bad for both Europe and Britain, regardless of the result.

The referendum result wasn't a defeat for the yes campaign or a victory for the no campaign, it was the rejection of alternative vote.

David Cameron lacked judgment in holding the referendum, but also to blame for the result was the lack of Labour leadership in promoting a vigorous campaign to expose the distortions and lies the Tories were using to blame Europe for the policies they had instigated, which had damaged schools, hospitals, social services and housing needs.

What this has resulted in is a nationally funded republican campaign for a referendum on doing just that in California.

Commenting on her selection, Trudy Harrison said: «This important by - election is an opportunity for the people of Copeland to send a message that the referendum result must be respected.

[17] The Scottish government insisted in 2010 that they could legislate for a referendum, as it would be an «advisory referendum on extending the powers of the Scottish Parliament», [16] whose result would «have no legal effect on the Union».

[18] In Lewisham, the Bring Back Democracy campaign called for a new referendum, citing poor turnout and a very close result in the 2001 referendum.

For all these reasons, I think AV is actually a very good voting system and I would put the referendum result down to several things — an ineffective Yes campaign (if you typed AV into Google, they didn't even come up on the first page of results), lies and smears spread by the No campaign, the association with Nick Clegg, the split in Labour over AV and finally, and not insignificantly, the fact that the Electoral Commission sent leaflets to every household containing an overly complex explanation that made AV look more complex than the insides of a nuclear reactor.

While the 55 % -45 % referendum vote preserved the territorial integrity of the UK, David Cameron's linkage of English Votes for English Laws to plans for further devolution to Scotland, just minutes after the announcement of the result, undoubtedly played into Scottish nationalist hands.

It was only a matter of days between Nigel Farage winning the referendum to him resigning; a matter of hours between the results being announced and David Cameron resigning; and a matter of minutes between Boris Johnson being about to launch his campaign for the Conservative leadership as the presumptive frontrunner to falling victim to rapidly shifting allegiances in his party.

May picked up the gong for surviving the carnage of the referendum result to emerge as prime minister, while Reeves was recognised for her Commons tribute to her friend and fellow Labour MP Jo Cox, who was killed in June.

What is the truly honourable thing to do: to respect the result of the referendum, or to say what you believe to be best for the country?

The other option is to propose a bill to have the Act nevertheless enter into force: For the results of an advisory referendum are not binding.

Labour's shadow chancellor John McDonnell has again dismissed the idea of Jeremy Corbyn stepping down as Labour leader, calling for calm among Labour MPs, following what he called «mass hysteria» throughout British politics in the wake of the EU referendum result.

Cameron appears set to remain as leader, and Prime Minister, for several months, to deal with immediate issues arising from the referendum result, and to oversee the election of his successor.

Though the leadership's lacklustre performance on the EU referendum campaign trail annoyed many new members, support for Corbyn amongst members was at 55 % in mid-July, nearly a month after the result.

Having failed to achieve a change in the voting system for the House of Commons — with the loss of last year's referendum on the alternative vote — Nick Clegg's party is determined to push ahead in order that his party can boast having forced a major constitutional change on the country as a result of being in government.

We were given the opportunity to adopt the AV system in a 2011 referendum, yet it was decisively rejected, with 68 % of voters opting for No on a 42 % turnout, in part the result of the abject failure of electoral reform advocates to craft a convincing case in favour of change.

The People's Pledge campaign group, which argues in favour of a European referendum, has just announced the result of two referendums it held in the Greater Manchester constituencies of Cheadle and Hazel Grove, voting for which closed at 5 pm today.

He said: «At this critical time for our country following the EU referendum result we need strong and effective leadership of the Labour Party.

As a result, he called for a voter referendum to amend the City Charter so mayors would have to set aside a fixed amount every year toward the staggering tab.

The former chancellor told the Daily Mail: «It would clearly be sensible in terms of party management to allow Cabinet ministers to speak out on both sides — once the date for the referendum is set — not least to enable the Conservative party to reunite easily once the referendum is over, whatever the result.