Sentences with phrase «referendum which»

Now it's a question of timing and awaiting the result of the referendum which has arrived in the process.»

The choice is between an advisory referendum and a referendum which is binding, but is subject to later legislation if Parliament changes its mind.

There is therefore little point in a referendum which is advisory only, as it just throws the ball back to Parliament, so that the referendum is little more than an opinion poll.

The referendum which does not seem to trigger, but does not preclude either, legislative consequences appears to assign to the past the strict constitutional requirement of concreteness.

In the week when Gibraltar commemorated the 1967 referendum which essentially enshrined the small territory's freedom of choice to be part of the United Kingdom, Avellano presented a project with strong political overtones questioning the true margins of identity, autonomy and independence of his country.

A U.S. court of appeals recently upheld California's Proposition 209, a statewide referendum which forbids special consideration for women or minority group members in jobs, government contracts, or university admission.

We have a new Prime Minister without a mandate, we have Brexit negotiations that are being undertaken without any authority other than the referendum which said people wanted ultimately to leave the European Union.

It's not true to say that independence would automatically mean a worse deal for the vulnerable in society, and I don't think most people would be more likely to vote for a side of a referendum which says independence for Scotland will punish the disabled or elderly.

It contrasts with the New Zealand referendum which took a two - stage approach — asking first if voters wanted to keep or discard the current system, and if the latter, asking which exact system they would replace it with.

But there was another referendum which shaped the future of Scotland, though it seems like ancient history, of a different political era.

«A referendum has taken place and I think we have to recognise that, whatever we feel about it, there is a result from that referendum which we have to work with.»

The warning, from CBI director general John Cridland, came after David Cameron admitted on Friday that he now faced an uphill struggle to convince the British people to remain inside the EU, in the runup to an in / out referendum which he has promised to hold by the end of 2017.

You are always asking for a referendum which is not in the agreement, instead of putting the British national interest first.»

Special state legislation would be required to establish such a district and county voters would have to approve its creation in a referendum which would also establish an initial funding level for the district.

Labour Peers are not trying to stop the AV referendum which ought to be in a separate bill anyway.

Mayor Shayne Gallo said last week that he will, as he promised, sign legislation to authorize a referendum which, if

The Scottish Conservative leader has called for the SNP to scrap proposals for a fresh independence referendum which she branded «a massive political miscalculation».

At a time when as a Labour Party we should have been taking the Government to task over the fallout from a referendum which they had called, we had instead chosen to create divisions amongst our own party.

On Sunday, Greeks voted in a referendum which has been as much a corruption of democracy as their practice of voting two - and - a-half millennia ago was a noble innovation.

For example, that could be FPTP vs AV +, or multi-options, or there might be a version of a referendum which was linked to a citizens convention proposal.

The Premier's major speech marks the start of the final six week countdown to the landmark June 23 referendum which will see both sides throw their all at it now that the local elections are over.

Labour Bolton have promised a referendum which (as Bolton gets little out of the bid) they will, I expect, lose badly, and thus lose the majority they need.

Established media, state radio and tv and the political class had only a walk - on role in forcing the referendum which they collectively opposed: it was the victory by UKIP in a national election (the 2014) European Elections), social media, youtube and the spreading of the message even when it was kept away from the voters by the elite that did the job.

«That includes your part in the 2014 referendum which brought the country closer to independence than ever before.»

Glenys Wilmott stressed that the NEC and the party needs an early discussion of the implications of the EU referendum which was agreed.

From the «betrayal» of the Lib Dems over the Jeremy Hunt vote, when Clegg's party abstained and won the enmity of vast swathes of the Tory party, or the vicious tactics of the «no» campaign in the electoral reform referendum which disgusted Lib Dems and led to open rowing at Cabinet, the «calm and businesslike» relationship between the two parties has become a myth anywhere below the most senior levels.

It was the acrimony surrounding the campaign for the electoral reform referendum which ended the coalition's prolonged honeymoon.

Given that this was the SNP's message in 2011 and the party went on to hold a referendum which divided - and continues to divide - Scotland, this might not seem entirely convincing.

This has been politically a roller - coaster of a year with the EU referendum which resulted in the...

This has been politically a roller - coaster of a year with the EU referendum which resulted in the resignation of David Cameron and the accession of Theresa May, the re-election of Jeremy Corbyn, the resignation and then American tribute tour of Nigel Farage and the success of Donald Trump as US President elect.

The Prime Minister will have to decide whether she is willing to risk a second independence referendum which, if it goes in the nationalists» favour, would end her time at the head of the UK Government or whether making the Scottish Parliament more muscular might be a more prudent course of action.

He did this first by splitting from the centrist EPP group and second by announcing a badly - constructed referendum which divided the country, threatened to dissolve and impoverish it and put at risk not only Britain's security but that of our continent.

The 1976 referendum which authorized the Park District to issue bonds to construct the golf course, also authorized bonds of $ 1,300,000 for park development.

The outcome was the successful 1975 «Save The Parks» referendum which authorized the Park District to increase the corporate tax rate from.125 % to.175 %, increase the recreation tax rate from.075 % to.12 %, and issue $ 537,000 in bonds for deferred maintenance projects and construction of a maintenance garage at Frontier Park.

The regional government says 90 % voted for independence in the «illegal» referendum which was violently repressed by police.

Spain are currently going through a difficult period of time with the recent issues involving the Catalan referendum which resulted with police violence, and Gerard Pique being booed by his own fans.

Not exact matches

Both are Tory bastions which were flagship councils under Margaret Thatcher, but factors including the EU referendum have pushed up support for Labour, which advocates a softer position on Brexit than the Conservatives.

And in Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán proposed a referendum on the refugee policy, which he claims allows «gangs to prey on Hungarian women.»

Hammond's commitment to find the funds for Brexit preparations stands in sharp contrast to promises made by the Leave campaign before last year's referendum, which had assured Britons that leaving the EU would leave the country with hundreds of millions of pounds more a week to spend on other priorities such as its rickety National Health Service.

Mike Garland, executive director of corporate governance for New York City Comptroller John Liu's office, which has a $ 550 million investment in JPMorgan Chase, said «it was a disservice to shareholders that the vote became a referendum on Jamie Dimon.

However, Sarwar was one of the MSPs who sent a letter to Corbyn asking him to consider his position after his reaction to last year's Brexit referendum and is seen as a moderate, which could count against him.

On June 30, the last day the old provincial sales tax remained in effect, a coalition fronted by former Social Credit premier Bill Vander Zalm presented a petition of 557,383 valid signatures to the province's chief electoral officer, which forces a bill abolishing the HST to be either voted on in the legislature or put to a referendum.

When it collapsed in 2008, Britain rescued its citizens with a # 2.35 - billion payment and demanded reimbursement from Iceland, which refused in two referendums.

A referendum, which would be held a year from now and requires the support of 50 % of registered voters to enact a law, would be unlikely to overturn the HST.

The U.K. economy, which went into last year's referendum as the fastest - growing in the G7, is now the slowest - growing in the group.

Dow Jones reported that the referendum is slated for July 5, which would require a few more days of leeway from the euro zone.

The Spanish team joined a country - wide strike on Tuesday to protest against «the serious events which took place during the day of the Catalan referendum on independence.»

One major catalyst for the referendum was U.K. citizens» fears that high immigration was fueled by the right to free movement of people throughout the EU, which is entrenched in European law.

The U.K., which also experienced a volatile 2016 with its Brexit referendum, was ranked 16th amid a rise in popular engagement and membership of political parties.

If you need divine guidance on which way to vote in the forthcoming U.K. referendum on European Union (EU) membership, the Church of England has released a prayer to help that could help you decide.