Sentences with phrase «seats we are defending against»

In fact, in seats we are defending against Labour, only just over a quarter of Conservative Defectors now say they will vote UKIP.

Tory Defectors in seats we are defending against the Lib Dems have doubts about the party's competence, clarity and values — whereas UKIP voters really are for «none of the above», disliking all three parties, and being interested only in immigration, Europe and defence — though as I found in my previous research, most of those who are attracted to UKIP are not motivated by policy issues at all.

Not exact matches

The blow set Alongi back on the seat of his pants, but it did not stun him; he was up at the count of three and fully capable of defending himself against Quarry's ensuing attack.

The Labour MP, Oona King, whose father was an African - American political refugee witch - hunted out of the United States by McCarthyites in the 1950s was attacked as a Jew when she defended her East London seat against the Respect Party in 2005.

Halloran had been preparing to defend his northeast Queens seat against a growing list of Democratic challengers.

Halloran had been preparing to defend his northeast Queens seat against a growing list of -LSB-...]

@Watchman and others — targetting the Tories will do very well in seats where either the Lib Dems are defending against them or in three - way seats where Labour has little to no chance.

Perhaps the fiercest fight over the payroll tax is happening in southern Suffolk County, where incumbent Brian X. Foley is defending his seat against Republican Lee Zeldin.

My study of the most marginal seats the Lib Dems were defending against Labour and the Conservatives, published in June, found the party on course to lose most of its most vulnerable seats, with a few notable exceptions.

Over the summer I have looked at seats in England where the Lib Dems are defending bigger majorities to see how vulnerable they are against either rival.

With the battle over, the question now is whether the Republicans can form any sort of detente that will allow them to defend several Council seats against in the next city election, take on State Sens. Tony Avella and Joe Addabbo in 2012, and defend Bob Turner «s congressional seat.

In the last few weeks I have polled nearly 13,000 voters in the 40 Conservative seats with the smallest majorities: 32 of which the party is defending against Labour, and eight where the Liberal Democrats came second in 2010.

In this moderate upstate New York district, freshman Democrat Rep. Dan Maffei is defending his seat against attorney Ann Marie Buerkle, a conservative Republican who has never worked in Washington, and who has lately drawn the attention of the Tea Party and national conservative leaders.

Paterson, who was at one time floated as a potential candidate for Rangel's seat, is now returning the favor, saying in the wake of Obama's comments about Rangel last week that the congressman deserves a chance to defend himself against the 13 ethics charges he now faces.

For Gibson, every vote is a gamble this year, as he tries to defend his seat against a challenge from Sean Eldridge, a young challenger who will have plenty of money to attack Gibson's record.

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) is seeking to defend her seat against Mike Derrick, a retired army colonel from Peru, and Matt Funiciello, a Glens Falls bakery owner.

(b) This doesn't make sense... if a crew member needlessly punches you to make you straighten your seat then you just have to suck it up or you'd be guilty of defending yourself against a crew member fulfilling their duties?

In recognition of his role in leading these two victories, Paul Reichler was featured in a New York Times profile entitled «Defending David Against the World's Goliaths in International Court» and named «Litigator of the Week» by American Lawyer, which stated «Paul Reichler has been dubbed Mr. World Court for his dominance at the seat of public international law... But in the past week Mr. World Court became Mr. Arbitration.»