Sentences with phrase «referendum vote offers»

«The fact that we have seen over # 1 billion worth of venture capital investment into London fintech companies since the EU referendum vote offers further proof that global investors still believe London will remain a leading fintech hub for many years to come,» Rajesh Agrawal, London's deputy mayor for business, said in a statement Thursday.

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Tsipras is campaigning for a no vote in the referendum on Sunday, which is officially on whether to accept a tough earlier bailout offer, to impress on EU negotiators that spiralling poverty and a collapse in everyday business activity across Greece has meant further austerity should be ruled out of any new rescue package.

Greek banks are closed all week after news broke that the country will be holding a referendum vote on whether to accept the bailout measures offered by international creditors.

In yet another unexpected twist to the Greek drama, Greek voters delivered a resounding «No» vote in Sunday's referendum, strongly rejecting the previous offer by Greece's creditors.

The leader of the SNP group on Inverclyde Council has dismissed the offer of new powers for the Scottish Parliament if the «no» vote carries at the independence referendum.

The reasoning behind the claim is that the French club have already turned down an offer from our Premier League rivals West Ham worth $ 40 million and with the exchange rate the way it is after the Brexit referendum vote that is more than # 33 million.

Either they offer enough goodies to the Lib Dems to stop them voting them out, e.g., a referendum on PR, or they don't.

Until that day I will continue to vote for any party that offers a Referendum on Lisbon and hopefully the end of Englands occupation by this degenerate bloated gravy train for has been politicians.

This means that, in the referendum planned for May 2011, we will be offered the «choice» between two flavours of vanilla - first - past - the - post or the Alternative Vote.

The Sunday Times story that communicated the London mayor's thoughts said, «Johnson has told friends that a «no» vote is desirable because it would prompt Brussels to offer a much better deal, which the public could then support in a second referendum.»

Australias House of Representatives is elected by the Alternative Vote (AV) system, which will be offered to the British public in a referendum next May.

It was widely understood at the time that Labour were prepared to legislate to secure a shift from the first - past - the - post system to alternative vote, while offering a referendum on a shift to proportional representation.

The right - wing option would see it rely on the votes of UKIP and the unionists — perhaps offering concessions on the EU referendum and public spending in Northern Ireland.

Quite apart from the fact that proportional representation is * fair *, and therefore a far better starting point for a Parliament that is responsive to the will of the people, the difference between Caroline and most Labour or Conservative MPs is that she is trying to ensure that a referendum on voting reform actually offers a meaningful choice.

Once the LD's «settled» for what the Tories were prepared to offer in the referendum, rather than a truly proportional system, ther eis little point splitting the vote: that only plays into the hands of those in favour of the status quo.

A referendum on the Alternative Vote was the most extraordinary of many surprising parts of David Cameron's «big, open and comprehensive offer» to the Liberal Democrats.

But he stopped short of promising the immediate legislation on a referendum on voting reform offered by Prime Minister Gordon Brown less than an hour earlier.

Brexit Smith was a Remain campaigner and after the vote to leave he pledged that he would offer a further referendum on the final «Brexit» deal if voted Labour leader.

Those polled were dismissive of the reasons offered for not holding a referendum, with 52 % saying that politicians who did not support a vote did so because they thought it would not give them the result they wanted, while 46 % of Labour supporters agreed — despite this being their party's policy.

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

This was offered to them as part of the bargaining process that created the current coalition government, but it was a referendum on the Alternative Vote (AV) rather than full PR.

Ryanair reported to police for offering cheap flights to expats voting Remain in EU referendum

The Conservatives have bitten the bullet of offering the Liberal Democrats a referendum on the alternative vote system and that will clearly be their final offer on voting reform.

Labour, he assured them, was preparing to try to form a government with Clegg by offering the alternative - vote without bothering to consult the public in a referendum.

As well as having huge implications for the British party system, the legacy of the Independence Referendum (narrowly won by the unionist side) may offer some pointers to what might happen should the U.K. narrowly vote to remain in the European Union.

They were late and while we waited, rumours - later confirmed - reached us that the Conservatives were to make a new offer to us to hold a whipped vote in the Commons on an AV referendum, in return for a full coalition.

However the Conservatives insisted that the furthest they could go was to consider offering a free vote in the House of Commons on a referendum on AV.

The big issue is whether the Conservatives needed to offer Nick Clegg a referendum on the AV voting system.

He will have heard the answer that the right hon. Member for Blackburn (Mr Straw) gave when I asked him whether it had been the case that the outgoing Labour Prime Minister had offered, during the coalition negotiations, to ram through the alternative vote without a referendum.

If they had been well ahead there would have been no offer of a referendum on the Alternative Vote.

But the Tories had not offered a guarantee of a referendum on introducing the alternative vote electoral system, in which voters rank candidates on preference rather than place a cross against one candidate alone.

Some MPs asked the Tory leader about how the coalition would work and whether it was wise to offer the Lib Dems a referendum on the Alternative Vote system.

Offer another referendum on AV — and allow their unreformed members to campaign with the Tories for a «No» vote?

A review of five of the best EU referendum books offers up some surprising insights into the campaigns and landmark vote

The protest outside the Lib Dem meeting played an important role in putting voting reform squarely on the agenda, ensuring we have a referendum on the voting system, rather than just an investigative «commission» as the Conservatives were initially offering.

The cross-party Smith commission was set up after Scotland voted no to independence in the referendum in September, to agree on further powers offered by the Westminster parties in advance of the vote.

Speaking after Mr Cameron had addressed a meeting of Tory MPs, shadow foreign secretary William Hague said: «We will offer to the Liberal Democrats in a coalition government the holding of a referendum on the alternative vote system, so that the people of this country can decide what the best electoral system is for the future.»

Since the Hollywood board represents the majority of SAG actors and the majority of money earned under the TV / Theatrical contract, it is safe to assume that thousands of working actors, if given the ability to weigh the pros and cons of this proposed deal, will be voting against this contract when it is offered in a referendum next month,» said actor Kent McCord, the opposition's unofficial leader.

The idea of «fundamental British values» feeds into broader narratives of «Britishness» which played a significant role in the UK referendum vote to leave the European Union and Conservatives» call for a British Bill of Rights to replace the protection offered by the European Convention on Human Rights, under the Human Rights Act.

Massachusetts voters had a say in the charter cap debate when they were offered a referendum in the 2016 election, voting on a proposal that would increase the yearly charter quota by twelve schools.

Yet after Wylie left Cambridge Analytica, he sent a pitch to Vote Leave offering to harvest data for them during the referendum.

The whistleblower who says social media data harvesting is «grossly unethical» personally wrote a pitch to Vote Leave offering to harvest data for them during the referendum campaign, Guido can reveal.