Sentences with phrase «said calls for a referendum»

Mr Walker, the MP for Worcester, said calls for a referendum could not compromise the UK's efforts to support the eurozone.

The deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, said calls for a referendum were a monumental distraction, although a poll published by the BBC showed strong support for a plebiscite.

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He says that countries like Italy and the Netherlands could call for their own referenda and undermine the negotiations between Britain and the European Union.

Although a call for a referendum to decide the path of Yunker farm development has become a campaign issue for the April 1 election, trustees said they would not make their approval contingent on a referendum.

Glen Ellyn Park District Director Lois Gordon said park district commissioners can not call for a binding referendum until there are firm plans for such a swimming facility.

The group said that events in Catalonia and Kurdistan «has pointed the way forward for it because it was clearly demonstrated by both nations that IPOB can call for and conduct its own referendum with or without the cooperation of Nigeria.»

David Cameron for THAT honours list, after blundering by calling an EU referendum, fighting an unconvincing campaign and quitting as PM and then as an MP, despite saying he'd stay in the Commons.

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.

Mahmoud Abbas has been threatening to dismantle the Palestinian Authority over and over since April 2010, saying he would hand over «the keys» for the occupied West Bank to the Israeli government; while in 2011, Greek Prime Minister Papandreou threatened to leave the Eurozone and called a popular referendum on austerity measures, which implicitly questioned membership in the euro zone.

Professor Kevin Theakston, at the University of Leeds, said: «For all his achievements as a successful coalition prime minister, David Cameron's reputation and place in history seems destined to be defined by Brexit and his calling and losing the referendum.»

Opponents of the measure are expected to call for a referendum on the law, putting the final say in the hands of Maryland voters.

Former Labour leadership contender Owen Smith - who was sacked from Mr Corbyn's frontbench after breaking from party policy to call for a second referendum - seized on the apparent slip of the tongue by Ms Thornberry, saying it was the latest in a string of inconsistencies on Brexit from Labour frontbenchers.

His spokeswoman said ministers were «not persuaded» by the calls for a referendum.

Scots, a majority of whom want to stay, have said they will call for a referendum for their own independence (remember the 2014 Scottish referendum?

Cameron responds by saying he wants a referendum now and calls on Labour MPs to vote for it.

But he repeated his call for an early referendum on devolving income tax power to the Welsh Government and said Conservatives would campaign for lower taxes.

The main report by the joint committee of peers and MPs published on Monday broadly welcomes the coalition's proposals, but calls for a post-legislative referendum and says «a concordat» will have to be agreed between the two elected houses on their respective powers.

Owen Smith says we need to win then perhaps presents himself as part of the ELITE arrogantly calling for a second EC referendum (against the democratic will of the British people) and at a stroke loses 17.4 m Out voters!

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.

I think the most significant thing that's happened in UK politics in the past few weeks is Jeremy Corbyn sacking Owen Smith when he called again for a second referendum, and Keir Starmer coming into line very much on that and saying, «Look, we are leaving on March 29 next year».

Saying «time is short,» state Bar Association President David Miranda called on Cuomo to issue an executive order to create a commission to prepare for the 2017 voter referendum on whether to authorize a constitutional convention.

Mr Cameron said he was calling for a renegotiation between the UK and Europe, and a referendum on Britain's future in the EU before the end of 2017.

Instead of thanking the PM for suspending collective responsibility over the referendum — so that she can in effect call her boss useless, a failure in the greatest challenge of his political career, and still keep her job — Patel says that his most senior official is stitching the whole thing up.

Jeremy Corbyn has said Labour does not support nor will be calling for a second Brexit referendum but sidestepped the question as to whether he could change his stance in the future.

I guess the point of it is to find that out, although some people say that nobody would call for a referendum if he / she wouldn't be quite sure to win it.

The foreign secretary hit out at Conservative calls for a referendum, saying eight members of the Tory shadow Cabinet had blocked a public vote in the Maastricht treaty.

Although the letter does not explicitly call for a second referendum, it says that Labour should «acknowledge that the electorate may wish to change its mind about Britain's relationship with the EU».

However, calls for a referendum on the treaty were reiterated today by the Conservatives, as shadow foreign secretary William Hague said the prime minister «can not walk away» from calling a poll on the treaty.

Earlier Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer hinted Labour could change its policy on another Brexit vote by saying the party was «not calling for a referendum at this stage».

He also called both campaigns in the referendum «pathetic» and said he's merely enforcing what has been Tory policy for decades.

NJ Governor Chris Christie Calls for Voter Referendum on Same - Sex Marriage, Says He Would Veto Bill

Plaid have emphasised the need for a referendum to give the public a say on important democratic issues including: the present voting system, the power of the Whips, the Royal prerogative and calling for a fixed term parliament.

In calling for a $ 2 billion «Smart Schools» bond referendum to put better technology in schools, Cuomo said the improvements could help bridge the gap between poor and wealthy schools.

David Cameron is not in favour of a referendum on reforms to the House of Lords, he has said ahead of the release of a report which is likely to call for a mainly elected upper chamber.

Conservative MPs have called for the public to have their say on the UK's future in the European Union as they debate plans for a referendum.

«The referendum is a mandate to leave the EU, but it is not a mandate to suspend the basic principles of a representative democracy,» Clegg said, calling for greater examination of what Theresa May was planning.

He said the request for a referendum from the Welsh Assembly Government on more law making powers was «on top of her desk» and he looked forward to a «prompt call» for it to be held as Mrs Gillan said previously that she would not stand in its way.

«Today I call on Gov. [Andrew M.] Cuomo to tell the people of New York without any equivocation whether he supports a yes or a no vote on the Constitutional Convention referendum this Election Day,» said Bill Samuels, a major campaign contributor for decades who created an advocacy group to hold a constitutional convention next year.

Brown quotes Kenneth Clarke, the shadow business secretary, as saying that calls for a referendum on the Lisbon treaty were «crackpot» and «daft».

David Cameron has said that Lord Lawson's call for the UK to leave the European Union has drawn attention to his pledge to hold a referendum on EU membership after the general election.

The building's extensive water damage, cracking walls, falling plaster, and dry rot was unsafe, the board said, calling for a $ 2 - million bond referendum to pay for the needed repairs.